Robert Piguet

An iconic French perfume house, Robert Piguet truly shaped perfumery as we know it today.
In 1918, Swiss-born Piguet moved to Paris to pursue his dream of fashion design and dressmaking, beginning his career at legendary houses Poiret and Redfern.
In 1938, Piguet opened the House of Robert Piguet, where he gained notoriety for his elegant silhouettes the contemporary style of his designs. Through the House of Robert Piguet, he trained the likes of Hubert de Givenchy, Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain and Marc Bohan. Dior personally credits Piguet for teaching him the “virtues of simplicity through which true elegance must come.”
While Piguet’s impact on fashion is indisputable, it is his legacy in the world of perfume that made Robert Piguet legendary. Working with perfumer Germaine Cellier in the late 40s, Piguet’s legendary fragrances Bandit and Fracas ushered in a completely new era of perfumery. They were said to have a feel characteristic of his trademarks in fashion, with a “strict adherence to good taste, true luxury, and an innate sense of seduction.”
Most famous for the creation of Fracas – a fragrance worn by many a celebrity, from Grace Jones to Grace Kelly, Madonna to Mae West – Robert Piguet has achieved international cult status as a fragrance house.