Rumba by Ted Lapidus Eau de Toilette Spray 100ml

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While the two converge most obviously in their juxtaposition of fruit and powdery clean musk, a conspicuous patchouli base note leaves Rumba feeling darker, heavier, and somehow more conventional than the relatively buoyant Kenzo.

Rumba By Ted Lapidus For Women, Eau De Toilette Spray, 3.33 Rumba By Ted Lapidus For Women, Eau De Toilette Spray, 3.33

But we all start somewhere, and in his early days he was - from time to time - paired with more established names. The fruit notes (plum, peach, raspberry) lie lightly over the invisible floral notes (orange blossom, magnolia, tuberose, orchid, gardenia, jasmine, carnation, heliotrope, muguet) with a pleasant incense base (patchouli, oak moss, sandalwood, cedarwood, styrax, vanilla, tonka bean, amber, frankincense, beeswax). Fortunately for him, because Rumba was a joint enterprise - and he was the junior partner - he can just shrug and say It wasn’t my fault guv, honest. But Ça Sent Beau is more nuanced and more interesting, and Baghari has more depth to it, so I'd reach for either of those two before Rumba.But there are some interesting grace notes: incense and moss, cool acid blackcurrant, a fruit syrup of runny boiled sweets, leather, tuberose, plum and peach, a green/citrus note with a fizz like sherbert. When viewed in historical perspective, Rumba's fruit, vanilla, and patchouli prefigure the gaudy berries and patchouli of Mugler's Angel, which would arrive just a few years later. The deeply resinous, mossy, animalic quality makes this a stand-out fragrance for special occasions. Smooth peach lactone and bouquet of sweet white flowers, among which I detect ylang-ylang, jasmine, and a dab of tuberose, soon join the lingering citrus.

Rumba by Ted Lapidus– Basenotes - Perfume and fragrances Rumba by Ted Lapidus– Basenotes - Perfume and fragrances

I currently own the Ted Lapidus version but, I owned a full bottle of the Balenciaga release, back in the early 90's. They are contrasted with the leather, floral, warm, and sensual base notes where musk and amber melt into the skin.With all the complexity of the heart and base notes, it's a pity one can't smell any richness in the composition as a whole. Either way, the two scents' pyramids have plenty in common: bergamot, orange blossom, tuberose, plum, peach, oakmoss, amber, and musk. The plush drydown of sweet amber, vanilla, and musk is naggingly familiar, and it's only after much head-scratching that it comes to me: in both style and olfactory texture, Rumba resembles Kenzo's Ça Sent Beau, released in very same year. The plum and peach notes--more plum than peach, to my nose--continue throughout the life of the perfume.