Fracas for Men
by Robert Piguet

This one smells just plain weird. I usually have an open mind about fragrances, but this smells like a huge mess to me. The notes clash drastically and never seem to sort themselves out. The dry-down is the best part of the scent, but even that is a huge disappointment and not worth the wait. Fracas for men is powerful, I'll give it that.

13rd October, 2011.

Take this as a very personal opinion on the reviews posted: perceptions can be biased by false leads. In this case, there are plenty of grounds for them...

1. The blend was developed after the original brand name, Fracas, a classic women's scent.
2. The company in charge of its release was not the original company manufacturing and distributing the products under the brandname "Piguet", it was a licensee.
3. Piguet was later licensed to another company who relaunched the line according to the original concept - namely, manufacturing and selling high-quality scents.

Thus far, Fracas for Men is not listed in their product portfolio.

So we have a potentially failed case in here: Fracas for Men does not have anything to do with the real Fracas, and for worst, it has been blended by a company with a business strategy at odds with the present one. The result? The wearer will get a very bad first impression due to poor quality packaging issues mentioned by many reviewers.

Now, what about the blend? On first impressions, you might as well take Lomani Lomani for Men (this one: http://www.basenotes.net/ID26121011.html) and strip the very strong citric / lemon-like top notes. Make these more spicy with some fruit accords to the point of avoiding any annoyment. Later, make this notes morph slowly into slight floral and strong woody notes, albeit subtle. It somehow smells like a toned-down or a mellowed traditional aromatic fougere because of the spices.

As a conclusion, it is a well blended scent along classic perfume making, it def, does not smell edgy, at all. It does lack the sillage many fragrance aficionados demand of their perfumes, but alas, men are supposed to smell nice in a subtle fashion. Longevity is along the norm, 4 hours in acidic skin like mine. Add to all these the fact that it sold under a very convenient price. Thus, I think it would be a good choice for a "no frills" fragrance wearer seduced at the idea of using a traditional scent that is not widely known at all.

18th June, 2011.

If everyone would stop whining about the bottle and the fact that this doesn't smell like Fracas for women, maybe they'd realize that there's a good fragrance here.

This is a dry, spicy leather scent that smells of spiced soap and very old, almost musty, worn leather. The base is very mossy, which I always like. What is so awful about that? It smells very old school and masculine, so if you're looking for something hip, don't waste your time with this. I don't find this to smell like an 80s powerhouse scent or like Drakkar Noir - it smells like something that would have been released in the early 20th century. If anything, it reminds me a lot of Worth Pour Homme, which is another dry leathery scent.

This does not smell like a bad drugstore fragrance, so I don't know what those comments are all about. Just because it has the same name as a classic feminine scent doesn't mean it has to smell like it.

Fans of very old school and masculine fragrances should really enjoy Fracas For Men. I know I do.

MY RATING: 8/10

5th April, 2011.

After much lurking and reading, here is my first shot at a real review. I have to respectfully disagree Jude C. I love and wear VO by Jean Marc Sinan and that and Fracas are at completely opposite ends of the love/hate spectrum. The only similarity between the 2 is the silliiage. Fracas has the cheap smell of extremely soapy and nasty drugstore cologne.
It is a scrubber extraodinare, Pass with a capital P. Now let me run to the shower!

25th February, 2011.

Great masculine scent for the assertive types...lots of citrusy notes to start with followed by peppery, leather and woody notes...

I guess this scent was formulated in the 80`s...not for everyday use but for days where you feel up beat, in control and happy with the wonderful world we live in...

If you are a half full glass type, give Fracas for men a try...

Adequate longevity and sillage...

Thumbs up of course...

13rd February, 2011.

Soapy and cheap smelling about sums it up. Fracas for Men is a blot on the respected name “Fracas.” I can’t decide which is the most crass in this fragrance: the heart accord, the drydown, or the bottle… all of them are vying for the bottom of the barrel.

29th January, 2011.