Rumba by Ted Lapidus for Women

Rumba Perfume by Ted Lapidus, Rumba is an oriental floral fragrance for women that was launched in 1989.

It opens with top notes of plum, bergamot, peach, raspberry, orange blossom, basil, and mirabelle. Its middle notes consist of honey, tuberose, jasmine, carnation, heliotrope, gardenia, magnolia, lily of the valley, orchid, marigold, and rose. Its base contains notes of vanilla, ambergris, leather, tonka bean, patchouli, musk, sandalwood, plum, cedar, styrax, and oakmoss. This head-turning fragrance has enormous sillage and is very long lasting.

Ted Lapidus is the maker of this fragrance. He is a Parisian designer that launched his own brand in 1951 after completing an apprenticeship with Christian Dior. While he originally focused his label on fashion, he expanded into accessories and fragrances in the 1970s. He launched his first fragrance under his name in 1970 in collaboration with L’Oreal. His son took over the company in 1989, and the label ended its clothing division in 2000, choosing to focus solely on accessories and fragrances.