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Looking at the list of fragrances in the This Reminds me section, I didn't see Kor's listed which is a surprise, because this reminds me of that more than any of the other fragrances listed there. Beginning in the 1940’s, Piguet’s collaborations with famed perfumer Germain Cellier gave way to Bandit, Fracas, Visa and Baghari.
My 1998 (vintage) bottle is the eau de parfum concentration and I don’t find it loud in the slightest, but then I was imprinted with the original, full-bodied, hardcore Fracas at a very early age.If you are someone who loves tuberose scents or is a collector of tuberose perfumes, Fracas is one you simply must try. In fact, if heavy white scents give you a migraine, you should take a plane to the opposite side of the planet from whomever may be wearing Fracas.
Out of the vast array of expensive French bottles littering my mother’s mise à toilette, out of all the Lalique jars and containers filled with various mysterious, adult things, out of all the things that made being a woman seem so fun and magical, there was really only Opium and Fracas that mattered to me. v=1666622997"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":7341204570161,"title":"50ml, 1. I had approached Serge Lutens with Tubéreuse Criminelle, but too hard for me; I discovered Giorgio Beverly Hills not long ago, who seduced me despite his flashy aura that I find softened.
Clearly, a hint of scandal was exactly what Cellier wanted in her perfume and in her marketing (Don Draper would totally have given her the slow clap. Certainly, this Fracas is well equipped to continue catering to the not-so-recently-outdated group of perfumer wearers who are of the school of thought that if you are wearing perfume, you are wearing perfume, and ought to be strong, assertive, and explicit with your olfactory intentions. In the US, you can also find Fracas available at Saks, Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom (which only carries the Eau de Parfum version and the body lotion), and various online retailers.