Is Blossom Perfumery 417 Bad Boy a dupe of Carolina Herrera Bad Boy?
Bad Boy EDT
| EDT | Concentration | EDP |
| M | Gender | U |
| 2019 | Year | - |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
417 Bad Boy EDP
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Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Bad Boy
- 417 Bad Boy
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Which Should You Buy?
A mainstream crowd-pleaser with a spicy-sweet punch. The cacao and warm tonka bean set it apart from generic blue scents, making it a playful, youthful, and seductive choice for evenings and cooler days.
417 borrows Carolina Herrera's Bad Boy blueprint - peppery bergamot up top, cedarwood and sage at the heart, tonka and amberwood underneath. The pepper hits harder and cheaper in the opening than the original's sleeker spice, and the whole thing collapses to a faint sweetness within a few hours, but as an evening-only stand-in it captures the gist.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
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Notes
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Base Notes
Base Notes
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
The spicy warmth, cacao, and sweet tonka make this a standout in cooler months and evenings, while the citrus and pepper bring enough freshness for spring. It can be heavy for high heat, so less optimal for summer.
Occasions
Best for dates and nights out due to its sweet, warm, slightly seductive vibe. Works casually and for some offices if applied lightly, but is too bold and gourmand for sporty or very formal settings.
Seasons
Community season votes for Carolina Herrera Bad Boy, the fragrance this is built to match, favour spring, autumn and winter.
Occasions
Wearers put Carolina Herrera Bad Boy, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for date nights and casual wear.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Shares 5 of its 8 notes, including Cedar, Pepper, Bergamot
Adds amberwood and dark chocolate, drops cacao pod and clary sage
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