Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion scores 89% against Ted Lapidus Rumba overall — scored twice, once on the opening and once on the dry-down, because a scent rarely stays still on skin.
The two phases agree: Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion tracks Ted Lapidus Rumba about as closely in the first minutes as it does hours later, so what you smell on the strip is a fair guide to what you get on skin.
Both are built on sweet, floral, white floral and woody. Ted Lapidus Rumba adds fruity, animalic and amber that Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion does not. Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion brings honey, patchouli and rose of its own.
| Ted Lapidus Rumba | Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (estimate) | about $22 | about $25 |
| Longevity | 8h | 8h |
| Projection | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Sillage | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Released | 1989 | — |
| Main accords | sweet, floral and fruity | white floral, honey and patchouli |
Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion is not the cheaper bottle here: the estimates put it at about $25 against $22 for Ted Lapidus Rumba. It is on this list because of how it smells, not what it costs.
Carries forward the bold honeyed tuberose and animalic plum signature of Ted Lapidus Rumba with an intense, deeper twist.
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