Rumba by Ted Lapidus Eau de Toilette Spray 100ml

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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). Having served its purpose, the Loads-a-Money jibe - and the stonking fashion that went with it - was thought to be overstated and embarrassing. While by no means the olfactory hurricane that is Angel, Rumba is strong stuff, with ample projection and several hours' worth of lasting power. 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. But we all start somewhere, and in his early days he was - from time to time - paired with more established names.

Rumba Passion Ted Lapidus perfume - a fragrance for women

I currently own the Ted Lapidus version but, I owned a full bottle of the Balenciaga release, back in the early 90's.The base notes (woods, resins, musk, oakmoss patchouli et al) keep the fragrance deep and very sultry.

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

As the 80’s came to an end, and the Berlin Wall came down, Capitalism no longer needed to flaunt it’s opulence in the face of our Commi-Bloc neighbours; the fight had been won and the whole Big Hair - Big ‘fume - Big Shoulders thing was now surplus to requirements. They are contrasted with the leather, floral, warm, and sensual base notes where musk and amber melt into the skin.Either way, the two scents' pyramids have plenty in common: bergamot, orange blossom, tuberose, plum, peach, oakmoss, amber, and musk. 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. Vintage Rumba is precisely one of those eighties beasts, which developes and evolves under the consept floral leather. 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.

Rumba By Ted Lapidus For Women - Eau De Toilette, 100ML Rumba By Ted Lapidus For Women - Eau De Toilette, 100ML

The deeply resinous, mossy, animalic quality makes this a stand-out fragrance for special occasions. 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 plum and peach notes--more plum than peach, to my nose--continue throughout the life of the perfume. 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. A hint of coconut in the fruity floral accord lends the composition an understated tropical exoticism. 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.