9 Best Carolina Herrera Perfumes for Women 2024

The name Carolina Herrera is both iconic and symbolic wherever it appears, both as a brand name and a multinational fashion company that has established itself with labels of elegance and sophistication. However, it seems insufficient to talk about this reputable fashion brand without talking about the woman whose name and brain started this now glorious fashion empire, Carolina Herrera.

Carolina Herrera comes from a well-placed and rich Venezuelan family and owes her love and affinity to fashion to her grandmother who inspired her to discover her love for designing at the age of 13 when she took her to a Balenciaga fashion show, which was also coincidentally her first fashion show.

Most importantly, her privileged background afforded her the luxury of travelling to different places and gathering an extensive experience and perspective which contributed immensely to her later designing career.

With the limited experience of working at a boutique, her love for fashion, and the wealth of experience gathered from travelling the world, Carolina Herrera moved to New York. There, with a reputation crowned by her impeccable fashion taste, she started the Carolina Herrera fashion brand in 1980. And in 1981, she launched her first fashion collection which recorded tremendous commercial success, gaining her fame and attention.

During these early days of her career as a fashion designer fairly new to the couture scene of New York, she served reputable customers like Duchess of Cadaval, the one-time first lady of the United States-Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Renee Zellweger, and the rest.  Following the expansion of this brand, Carolina Herrera later included a fragrance arm of the business following a partnership deal with Puig Group in 1988.

The first fragrance came from the collaborative efforts of Puig and Carolina Herrera and was Carolina Herrera, a fragrance named after her. This first fragrance created a huge impression at the time of its release and continues to date

To Carolina Herrera, perfume “is the most important invisible accessory of the woman”. To this effect, the Carolina Herrera brand has since 1988 created unique and original fragrance compositions for both women and women.

And with a worldwide customer base and appeal, some of the famous fragrance collections from Carolina Herrera are the 212 Collection, the Carolina Herrera CH collection, the 212 New York Pills, the Carolina Herrera Good Girl collection, and the rest. These rich and diverse wealthy fragrance collections cater to a wide range of men and women all over the world, while still allowing retention of their uniqueness with a blend of the elegance and style these scents bring. 

Carolina Herrera is of the belief that people should choose and judge scents by themselves while considering certain factors like longevity, type, and volume of the fragrance in question. Also, she sees perfumes as a crucial and integral part of every individual, seeing that the scent a person wears can be a great indicator of their mood.

And after over 35 years of being an active player in the fashion industry, Carolina Herrera has left the frontlines, with her youngest daughter and namesake, Carolina Adriana Herrera, taking over as the Creative Director for the brand’s fragrance line. Carolina Adriana Herrera has also shown to be cut from the same material as her mother, after being attributed with establishing the famous 212 fragrance collection that largely appeals to a younger demographic in Carolina Herrera’s customer base. 

In all, the Carolina Herrera brand stands tall as an iconic luxury fashion house recognised and patronized by customers all over the world, and over time have delved into the creation of more beauty products outside the original dresses it originally started out with.

The fragrance house continues to create fragrances that are also inspired by Carolina Herrera creative ideology, which is that the Carolina Herrera brand owes a responsibility to every modern woman, which is to make her feel confident, contemporary, and beautiful. 

Most importantly, here is a list of the best Carolina Herrera perfumes for women:

1. Carolina Herrera perfume

The Carolina Herrera perfume was launched in 1988 as an haute fragrance and comes as the first ever fragrance produced by the brand’s house of fragrance. As a white floral scent, it is truly a worthy first offering that captures the soul and essence of the Carolina Herrera brand and the variant of femininity that the brand espouses through its various creative outputs and symbols.

Being inspired by the personality of Carolina Herrera herself, this perfume represents her famous sense of style, elegance, effortless grace, and traces of notes that come bearing imprints of her earliest memories. Most importantly, this fragrance set remains iconic as it sets the standard for other fragrances that are part of the Carolina Herrera brand.

The noses behind this fragrance are foremost perfumers-Carlos Benaim, Rosendo Mateu, and Clement Gavarry, with Carlos at the helm of affairs. 

With regards to its fragrance composition, the included notes remind the nostrils of a magical blend of the Mediterranean sun and flower gardens. Existing as a tuberose fragrance, it exceeds expectations as it comes with a bold and daring personality. The fragrance trail starts with the top notes of apricot, orange blossom, green notes, Brazilian rosewood, and bergamot, all of which culminate into a sweet and tangy fruity scent that reminds one of fruit flavoured gum or gummy bears with a citrusy edge, although not as sugary or zesty.

This scent stays for a while before the innocently floral and slightly greeny scent of flowers takes over. These floral notes are a blend of luscious mountain and white flowers like creamy Indian tuberose, ylang ylang, narcissus, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, and hyacinth, all of which jointly give off a fresh and natural aura that feels more embracing than choking. 

At the end of this fragrance trail, there is a reassuring calm and softening that is courtesy of base notes like sandalwood, oakmoss, cedar, civet, amber, vetiver, and musk. 

The fragrance notes contained in this perfume are:

• Top notes: bergamot, orange blossom, green notes, Brazilian rosewood, and apricot. 
• Heart notes: jasmine, tuberose, lily of the valley, hyacinth, honeysuckle, and narcissus. 
• Base notes: oakmoss, vetiver, sandalwood, civet, amber, musk, cedar. 

This fragrance combines the very best of vintage scents and modern fragrance composition to form an awesome perfume for women that is ideal as a daytime and nighttime fragrance, especially for work and play occasions. Another remarkable feature about this fragrance to note is its longevity and silage, as it stays fresh up to 20 hours after being applied. 

Still staying true to its idea this fragrance seeks to embolden, the outer design replicates the ageless fragrance inside the bottle. This perfume comes in a crystal-like art deco bottle that is translucent and marked with defined lines in a way that screams French.

In addition, the stopper comes in a glimmery shade of gold that holds the gaze and sits atop the bottle like a crown. This stopper has a translucent feel too and embodies the elegant shade of femininity that this perfume is all about, along with a boldly inscribed CH initial in front.

2. Carolina Herrera CH Sublime Perfume

CH Eau de Parfum Sublime is a part chypre part floral fragrance that was released for women by Carolina Herrera in the summer of 2013. As an unusual feminine scent that is irresistibly alluring and sensually brazen, the perfumers behind this fragrance composition are Elizabeth Vidal, Olivier Cresp, and Rosendo Mateu.

CH Eau de Parfum comes as a reinterpretation of the earlier CH fragrance which was released in 2007, though with a slightly different edge. This newer fragrance comes with fresh addition of notes that reflect the feel of modernity, all of which are different from what the older fragrance contained. 

This perfume opens up with the freshly exciting notes of bergamot and passionflower, which hints at a variant of femininity that is both sophisticated and mysterious. The heart notes remind the nostrils of a lush flower banquet as it contains orchid and rose, both of which allude to a traditional sense of femininity that is often identified with the rose flower.

The combination of the top and heart notes creates a sense of harmonious blend of the vintage and the contemporary that highlights its contrasting spontaneity and cultured elegance. Furthermore, the base comes with a deeply sexy and mysterious feel with respect to its inclusion of notes like moss, leather, patchouli, and amber.

In all, the scent profile of this perfume consists of zesty citrus notes, fresh and dainty floral notes, which is then sealed off by earthy and musky base notes, forming a uniquely exotic scent that works well as a daytime or nighttime fragrance especially for work and other scenarios where an intense perfume will be out of place. Not minding the minimalism to its creative process, this fragrance has a romantic and intensely classy appeal that cannot be overlooked.

The fragrance notes contained in this perfume include-

• Top notes: Bergamot and passion fruit. 
• Heart notes: pink orchids and roses. 
• Base notes: leather, moss, amber, and patchouli. 

Just like in the fragrance composition, the inherent creative inspiration reaches to the bottle design and exterior appearance. The flacon is shaped like a cylinder and stands on one side, while the body is translucent and then covered with purple leather. Also, on top of the body is a purple ribbon designed in the shape of a bow.

The stopper comes covered in gold, along with the rims on the circular sides of the cylindrical shaped bottle as if mirroring the colour of the perfume contained inside the bottle. Both the purple encasing leather and purple bow boldly represent the view of femininity this perfume upholds, which is the confident, alluring, and modern idea of femininity.

Also, the use of leather in the bottle design also hints at the elegance and sophistication that is associated with what it looks like-a a first-rate leather bag, which in turn mirrors the classy nature and luxurious aura that this perfume exudes. And most importantly, this perfume is sure to turn heads when applied and will certainly be the centre of attention when placed on any dresser or vanity. 

Furthermore, this scent from the CH fragrance collection comes in eau de parfum concentration, and this translates as increased sillage and longevity more pronounced than your average perfume (eau de toilette or eau de cologne).

3. Chic by Carolina Herrera eau de parfum spray

Chic eau de parfum is a floral scent launched by the Carolina Herrera house of fragrance in 2004. This extraordinary perfume was created for renowned perfumers, Alberto Morillas and Jacques Cavallier and comes as a counterpart fragrance for the Chic variant produced for men by Carlos Benaim, Jean-Marc Chaillan, and Ann Gottlieb. 

Bathed in fiery red, this fragrance embodies raw romance and feminine passion, while still retaining the classy elegance the Carolina Herrera brand has grown to be associated with. Coming as a really “chic” floral fragrance, it steers away clearly from the traditional pure and chaste quality attributed to floral scents and instead complements the confident, sexy, and inventive side of the modern woman.

With a fragrance composition consisting of contrasting floral accords, citrus notes, and musky notes; the overall fragrance personality reveals a unique sense of simplicity and sensuality.

Also, it comes as a great scent for summer and spring, and a perfect nighttime and daytime fragrance for work and play settings. Chic eau de parfum gives off that warm, fresh and clean smell that feels like a combination of a fresh bath with a floral-scented soap, and lasts all day long all thanks to its eau de parfum concentration. 

When applied, the first scents that hit the nostrils are the fresh and floral notes of white and pink flowers like Bulgarian Rose, Tuberose, and Red Freesia.

This olfactory sensation lasts for a while before giving way to a new tangy scent, courtesy of the heart notes like mandarin blossom and orange blossom, along with more floral accords. Towards the end, this fragrance trail adopts a contrasting warm and settling end feel due to the inclusion of sandalwood, white musk, and vanilla. Therefore, the fragrance notes contained in this perfume include:

• Top notes: tuberose, Bulgarian Rose, and Red Freesia. 
• Heart notes: Lily of the valley, Orange Blossom, Mandarin Blossom, and Freesia. 
• Base notes: Vanilla, White Musk, and Sandalwood. 

Most importantly, it has been reported that there are two versions of this scent, the earlier one that came out in 2004 and the new variant, maybe a flanker, that is seen as the watered-down version of the first that came out in 2006. Both came in different boxes and this seems a sure way to differentiate between the two variants.

However, we are not yet sure if this new variant is a flanker of the previous scent or just a reformulation of the previously existing fragrance. 

Chic eau de parfum comes in a simple bottle covered in hot red and white and comes in a rectangular bottle with a translucent bottle belly. Also, the packaging box comes in the same shade of red, white, and a little bit of grey.

4. CH Africa Women by Carolina Herrera

CH Africa Women is a part floral part oriental fragrance that was launched for women by Carolina Herrera in 2015. This fragrance comes as a second limited-edition flanker of an already existing fragrance launched in 2007 and as one of the additions to the expansive CH fragrance collection, along with the CH Africa Men released in the same year.

Also, this perfume shares a similar creative inspiration as the limited edition fragrance before it, the CH Grand Tour, which was inspired by train travel through the Americas (south). Like the name reveals, this exotic fragrance owes its creative inspiration and choice of notes to Africa and her rich environmental variance.

The fragrance journey takes the olfactory senses on a spectacular journey through the thick Kenyan vegetation, the arid deserts in Nigeria, and the scenic view of the red lake in Tanzania. 

Quite a rare and unusual fragrance when compared with other scents in the Carolina Herrera collection, this limited edition perfume tries to (and successfully captures) the luxury and matchless olfactive experience of a safari trip through Africa’s best gifts from nature.

When spritzed, the fragrance trail starts with the fresh and uplifting notes of sunny tiger African orange and violet which barely stays, before giving way for the spicy and exciting feel of heart notes like cinnamon, and rooibos tea. However, that initial citrus and floral notes float through the fragrance trail and becoming noticeable at intervals, while still offering a slightly differently refreshing olfactive feel from the deep and intense heart notes. And as the fragrance trail starts to wear down a bit, there is a calming blend of rooibos teas with the base notes of incense and vanilla. 

The fragrance notes contained in this fragrance are:

• Top notes- Sunny Tiger African orange and Violet. 
• Heart notes- Cinnamon, Rooibos tea, and iris. 
• Base notes- vanilla and incense. 

Asides from the fragrance composition, the product design and packaging also incorporate ideas from the creative inspiration for what is inside. The perfume comes in a short cylindrical bottle wrapped in leather. Also, this leather has a camouflage pattern that can be said to reflect the colours of the fauna and floral of the vegetative terrains that inspired its creation.

In addition, there is a red strap that extends from the bottle stopper towards the bottom and contains a golden charm pendant of a giraffe and the CH brand name. The bottle stopper comes in a golden colour too, as if complimenting these pendants. Finally, the packaging box isn’t any different and comes in the same camouflage pattern that the leather material around the bottle is made of.

This perfume is both pleasant and energetic and can serve as a multi-purpose fragrance for all seasons. CH Africa Women comes available in 100ml bottles in eau de toilette concentration and has moderate longevity and sillage.

5. Good Girl Eau de Parfum by Carolina Herrera

Good Girl eau de parfum belongs to the oriental vanilla fragrance family and is a fragrance for women released by the reputed fashion house, Carolina Herrera, in September 2016. The face for this fragrance is Karlie Kloss, as part of a marketing campaign that continuously spread the driving slogan, “it’s so good to be bad”. 

Most importantly, Good Girl eau de parfum comes as one out of different variants of this very successful scent. Making quite the fashion statement, this fragrance comes in a bottle that is shaped like a stiletto, with impressive silhouette shades of royal blue and midnight blue, with a golden heel. The symbol of a stiletto used as the flacon represents the power and control it embodies.

Just like the male counterpart, Good Girl plays with the idea of sharp contrasts of the multifaceted existence of the modern woman, for whom this scent is specially crafted. It highlights the sweet and sensual, the bold and vulnerable, the vibrant and delicate, the feminine and sexy.

Furthermore, it can be said to be that fragrance that successfully captures the representation of the Carolina Herrera fashion brand, especially the faultless grace and spice it comes with.  As evident in the fragrance composition, a note like jasmine highlights the feminine side, while notes like cocoa and tonka bean extol the darker side to this fragrance. In addition, notes like almond and coffee define the brand of vibrant boldness that this fragrance represents.

Good Girl eau de parfum contains fragrance notes like:

Almond, bergamot, coffee, lemon (as the top notes)

Jasmine sambac, Bulgarian Rose, Orris, Tuberose, and orange blossom (as the heart notes)

Vanilla, Tonka bean, Cinnamon, Coffee, Cacao (as the base notes)

In all, this fragrance is meant for the sexy and self-aware woman that confidently drives her world. It is also an ideal night or daytime scent with remarkable sillage and longevity.

6. Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy Perfume

212 Sexy is a floriental fragrance for women which was released by Carolina Herrera in 2005. It belongs to the famous 212 fragrance collection from CH and was created by renowned perfumer, Rosendo Mateu. This fragrance lives up to its name, especially in how it exalts an idea of femininity that is alluring, charmingly irresistible, and full of sensual energy. 

With reference to the fragrance composition, this fragrance is an end product of the combination of two widely different things that end up fusing together as one. To this effect, the passionate and rousing top notes of bergamot, pink pepper, and mandarin orange form a symmetrical union with the delicate floral notes of gardenia, pink rose, cotton candy, pelargonium, and more floral notes.

At the base, notes like patchouli, musk, sandalwood, caramel, and vanilla offer the final calming support as the fragrance trail dies out. The fragrance notes contained in this perfume are:

• Top notes: mandarin orange, bergamot and red pepper.
• Heart notes: pink rose, gardenia, cotton candy, floral notes, and pelargonium. 
• Base notes: sandalwood, musk, patchouli, caramel, and vanilla. 

Still, on the contrasting feature this fragrance gives, there is a perceptible vibe playful but at the same time gives off impressive sensual energy that is typically feminine. Typically a nightlife scent with impressive sillage and projection, this fragrance could also serve for work settings depending on the environment and nature of work. Furthermore, this fragrance comes shaped like a pill, just like every fragrance in the 212 fragrance collection.

Also, it incorporates that harmony that comprises of two staggering contrasts, quite evident in how it combines a metallic rose mid-section with two transparent bottle ends still covered in a light shade of rose, ultimately creating very obvious differentiation in colour and creative style. 

7. CH Privee Eau de Parfum by Carolina Herrera

CH Privee Eau de Parfum is a leather fragrance specially created for women by Carolina Herrera in 2017. This fragrance is part of the famous CH fragrance collection and is inspired by the idea of intimacy and places value on priceless moments spent with self.

Just like every other fragrance in the CH fragrance line, the CH Privee embodies the Caroline Herrera idea of elegance and appeal that transcends time and context. Though being majorly leather, this fragrance also incorporates spicy and floral notes in the fragrance composition, to create a first-rate feminine fragrance that speaks class and affluence. 

The fragrance notes in this perfume are pink pepper, leather accord, Osmanthus, vanilla, and musk. 

Coming down to the bottle design, the exterior shows that it is really a leather perfume as it comes in the usual short cylindrical bottle that most perfumes in the CH fragrance line come in, and is wrapped with red leather. Also, there is a leather bow tie in front of the flacon that comes in the same shade of red on the body of the bottle, along with golden C and H letters which are the brand initials.

The stopper comes in the same golden shade as the pendant. Also, the packaging box of this perfume has the same red and golden shades found on the bottle. 

Furthermore, this fragrance works as a perfect work and casual fragrance, stemming from its mature and cozy feel when spritzed on the skin or a worn piece of clothing. Though coming in eau de parfum concentration, this scent comes with average sillage and longevity and might not be concentrated enough for people who love intense perfumes. 

8. 212 Glam by Carolina Herrera

212 Glam is an oriental vanilla Carolina Herrera perfume for women that was released by Carolina Herrera as a pair in 2012. Both limited edition fragrances, though the same, come in different packaging bottles and are influenced by the bubbling nightlife in the city of New York. In its fragrance composition, it includes fragrances notes that capture the pulsating energy, drive, and the glamour of the city that never sleeps. In this manner, it would not be wrong to say that this fragrance is a special tribute to the fun and spontaneous woman. 

Coming as the party elixir, it opens with a candy type of sweetness courtesy of fragrance notes like toffee caramel and sweet notes, while the heart provides a pleasant distraction from the madly sweet scent to introduce welcome floral notes. However, a part of this sweetness is still retained as there is an inclusion of cotton candy as one of the heart notes. Finally at the base, comes the warm and profuse woody notes that provide a stable balance to the whole mix. 

The fragrance notes included in this perfume are:

• Top notes: toffee caramel and sweet notes. 
• Heart notes: pink rose, cotton candy, and iris. 
• Base notes: woody notes. 

On-body design, these bottles are designed by Fabien Baron. And both pairs come in the same alluring shade of pink that reminds one of the candies, with one shaped like the famous 212 fragrance bottle and the other as a pill bottle locked in a rectangular shape. The latter also comes with a certain effect that feels like the shimmering reflection of water on the slightly translucent cover of the bottle. Also, it exists in au de toilette concentration and offers an average sillage and longevity.

9. Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Rose Perfume

212 VIP Rose perfume is a floral and fruity fragrance for women that was launched for women by Carolina Herrera in 2014. This fragrance comes as a flanker to the previously launched 212 VIP fragrance that was released in 2010. The nose behind this fragrance is Lucas Sieuzac, while the face of the campaign aimed at promoting this fragrance is that of supermodel, Gisele Bundchen.

Like the inspiration behind the creation of most fragrances in this collection, this fragrance exists as an olfactive representation of a New York city private party/nightlife. Supposedly created for a younger crowd, this feminine fragrance glorifies a lively glamour, fun and sophistication, all of which are reminiscent of the thriving city that inspired its creation.

Therefore, it works ideally as a nighttime fragrance for parties, dates, and social hangouts with friends. Also, it comes with great sillage and lasts up to 8 to 10 hours after being spritzed. 

What opens up this fragrance is the bubbly and spicy scent of notes like pink pepper and champagne rose, which starts as a perfect party opening on a typical good night out. Next in the fragrance trails are notes like peach tree flower and bouquet, which provide the subtle contrasting powdery and typically feminine scent that oozes radiant sensuality and excitement.

Towards the end, the initial excitement and floral goodness make way for the deeply calming and soothing base that comprises notes like musk and Queenwood. In this regard, this fragrance contains notes like:

Top notes- champagne rose and pink pepper.

Heart notes- a bouquet of roses and peach tree flower. 

Base notes- musk and Queenwood. 

Belonging to the iconic 212 fragrance collection with bottles that look like pills, the 212 VIP rose fragrance comes in the same pill bottle covered in a gradient comprising of white and matte rose pink, which in all makes the bottle a sight for days.

Though coming as a flanker, this bottle design of this fragrance differs in many ways from the previous fragrance as it comes shaped as a single compact bottle with a transparent bottom.

Also, there is an inclusion of a shade of gold that casts a ring in between the bottle and the stopper. This same shade of gold is used to write the inscriptions on the bottle. You can add this among the best Carolina Herrera perfumes for women.