Ted Lapidus Rumba Passion vs Ted Lapidus Rumba

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.

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Ted Lapidus RumbaTed Lapidus Rumba Passion
Price (estimate)about $22about $25
Longevity8h8h
Projection8/107/10
Sillage7/107/10
Released1989
Main accordssweet, floral and fruitywhite 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.

Why these two are matched

Carries forward the bold honeyed tuberose and animalic plum signature of Ted Lapidus Rumba with an intense, deeper twist.

Scores are estimates built from note structure and community consensus, not laboratory measurements, and noses genuinely differ — treat a high match as a strong lead rather than a promise. AltScent is independent and is not affiliated with, authorized by or endorsed by any brand shown.

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