Our take
What does Good Girl Gone Bad smell like?
Alberto Morillas composed Good Girl Gone Bad for Kilian Hennessy in the early 2010s, first for the In the Garden of Good and Evil collection, now filed under the house’s Narcotics line. It opens floral from the first second. Osmanthus brings dried apricot and soft leather, while jasmine and rose add sparkle. The heart is where the name makes sense. Creamy, slightly carnal tuberose meets narcissus, which is greener and faintly animalic. Honeyed orange blossom follows. On first sniff it reads as a well-behaved white bouquet, but something murkier keeps surfacing. The base is surprisingly light, with cedar and vetiver for a touch of dryness and amber for quiet warmth. This is nowhere near the heavyweight tuberose of Fracas. It is a brighter flower that sits close to the skin.
When to wear it
Spring and summer evenings, for dinner or a dressy occasion; two sprays at the neck. For lovers of white flowers who find most of them too heavy.
It belongs to the Floral family. Good Girl Gone Bad is one of 5 creations by By Kilian in our encyclopedia.
