Fracas for Men

I got a bottle of this for an incredibly good price as my friend HATED it... like many seem to I felt like an elephant in the room while discussing this with friends, as I really enjoy it... so long as I only spray once. Every few hours or so. The opening is almost nauseating but it dries down to a very lovely woodsy fougere. Lots of lavender and this wood that fragrantica has called 'teak' To me, this smells of sugar that's been burnt black, a really dark licorice and a deep rose. I honestly think this has been blended quite well. It feels a little soapy and the opening is far too strong, but it finishes soo well. Whoever the perfumer, whatever the time, this was really enjoyable for me and a spectacular blind buy. On my first try, I got really tipsy and was planning to record my horrified reactions. My reaction was no where near as hilarious as I expected so I never shared the recording (which I'm glad of, in retrospect)

Update: really nice but definitely much, much too strong.

Got my bottle today sealed from the 90's, I can say that some of the notes in my bottle has obviously aged. I can no longer detect the opening notes but can detect a fresh aromatic barbershop style opening and definitely the wood/patchouli combo which has aged beautifully with a hint of masculine rose faintly in the background. Musk and spices which smells like cumin to my nose (although not listed) can also definitely be detected. Longeivity and silage seems moderate. The sprayer is poorly made so it's not always easy to spray but I am grateful that at least my sprayer is still functional if im patient enough! A great reference scent added to my collection and I am happy to finally be an owner of this underrated gem.

I enjoyed wearing this fragrance and am personally in awe of Fracas for women; yet sadly, I have to agree with AliceBowie that the packaging and mechanism of the bottle could be improved. I would still buy and wear this fragrance purely because I like it, it's inexpensive and because I refuse to be a perfume snob. The lime, apple, neroli and bergamot are very masculine/citrus top notes that actually last quite well, and the sillage of teak wood is great in the drydown as well. This fragrance is definitely worth a try if you're not fussy about the packaging.

DREADFUL is the kindest word I can come up with for Robert Piguet's Fracas for Men. Oh my bloody stars it is like smelling Freon mixed with sewage from Tijuana that has been fermenting in an old cooler for about six weeks in the Mojave Desert. I have passed homeless men on the street that smell better than this travesty. I did a little research and there is a reason behind why it smells so bad. It seems this was created when Piguet was sold to a company called, Alfin Inc solely to cash in on the fame of Fracas for Women. When the company was sold Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics Ltd. in 1995 this formula was dropped as a phony Piguet from the line. It was considered not a legitimate creation of the house of Robert Piguet by those in the know. I won’t even bother to go into the notes since they are so noxious that I could not identify a single one as I ran screaming for the shower. The bottle is some kind of pseudo deco design with a huge ugly plastic cap. It shouts “I am cheap, loud and classless and I don’t care!” through a bull horn as it rides on a unicycle down the center of Rip-off Avenue. Fracas for Men is the grand marshal of the bad taste parade.