Rumba

Balenciaga

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3.9

27 reviews
59%
would repurchase
3.7/5
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    5.0
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    BigEars

    11 years ago

    This is HUGE, sillage trails for miles and staying power around 5 hours on me. What I would call a retro chypre on the lines of the original Femme by Rochas or another JCE early scent - First. ...

    About reviewer (325 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    tweetyli1

    12 years ago

    I had a sample of this and with the name Rumba thought maybe it was like Mambo so I didn't expect much. The plum top note jumped out at me and though I'm not a big fruity perfume lover I liked...

    About reviewer (11 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBlond

    EyesBlue

    5.0
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    babsvs

    12 years ago

    Sometimes in both life and perfume you are happily chugging along on a train, not looking to make a change, and something just too wild and crazy not to be noticed comes along. And so it was with...

    About reviewer (58 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBlond, Other, Other

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    4.0
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    ellizam

    13 years ago

    I'm not sure I can wear Rumba, but I like to have a little to sniff and admire. Rumba was made by Balenciaga in 1989, and is a precursor to most of the Serge Lutens fragrances. In the base,...

    About reviewer (542 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    3.0
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    allegro_barbaro

    14 years ago

    This was originally made by Balenciaga but is now produced by Ted Lapidus (he of Python fame). I ordered it unsniffed based on all the reviews talking about how complex and incensey it is but it...

    About reviewer (251 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Wavy, Fine

    EyesGreen

    4.0
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    atomic_girl

    14 years ago

    Jean-Claude Ellena made THIS? Ellena, he who is known for tranquil scents such as Un Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes? Wow. Anyway, this is one BIG! LOUD! PERFUME! Big fruits, big hothouse flowers...

    About reviewer (572 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Neutral

    HairBrown, Curly, Medium

    EyesHazel

    3.0
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    Chamuda

    14 years ago

    This is a quality perfume; I just wish I could wear it. It's sort of a little bit of everything: a little bit floral, a little bit chypre, a little bit oriental, a little bit animalic. I...

    About reviewer (414 reviews)

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    wristsniffer

    14 years ago

    This is one big ole perfume. Dark fruits, woods, spices and honey. There is also the queer feeling of dry heat that you experience in a sauna. Oh! and candle wax, not scented candles, but big...

    About reviewer (35 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium

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    deeHowe

    15 years ago

    I was really enjoying Rumba, until my husband mentioned that it had an "unfortunate potpourri note." After which I was unable to smell anything other that potpourri. This is unfortunate, since...

    About reviewer (10 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    SNIFFMEALLOVER

    16 years ago

    I have wanted to try this for a very long time and finally came across Rumba today at my friend's house. Smells a little bit old school, but hey, what an unusual fragrance! Today was a very hot day...

    About reviewer (121 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Other

    HairBrown

    EyesBlue

    3.0
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    blowfish

    16 years ago

    80’s style in-your-face floral. Aldehydes, smoke, tobacco, dust, and green floral start, the brief must have asked for “sexy”, maybe with a reference to Habanita. Not candy sweet, but sweet in...

    About reviewer (40 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBlond

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    tessture

    17 years ago

    I don't get animal or incense at all with this one. It does have a taint of 80s to me, but merely because I was alive at that time and this reminds. I don't get the terrible power suit visions...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrunette, Other, Fine

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    1.0
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    BluCherub

    17 years ago

    Helloo 1980's! This scent is so full on - very raw and hedonistic scent, animalistic with no subtlety whatsoever. I found it over-powering and over-bearing and it reminded me of teased hair,...

    About reviewer (19 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinNormal, Olive

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    jemimagold

    17 years ago

    I was astonished to learn that Rumba was created by Jean-Claude Ellena as it is in NO WAY representative of the sheer, elegant fragrances that I associate with his minimalist, subtle style (eg....

    About reviewer (291 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

    HairOther, Other, Other

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    4.0
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    mary66

    17 years ago

    This is a Houdini fragrance. If it was a 'hard to find fragrance' (on Luckyscent for instance) it would be ten times the price. You think it's a loud, blatant, oriental and then it morphs into...

    About reviewer (58 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBlond, Curly, Fine

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    5.0
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    MakeupJunkie214

    17 years ago

    My favorite since the 1990's. Incense TOTALLY... Awesome scent..Sexy not spicy.... Reminds me of 100 lit frangrant candles all around me.. Hard to find!!!!!!

    About reviewer (44 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    threecats

    17 years ago

    I didn't like it at first, as it is so different from every other fragrance I've tried. It takes getting used to. It's a deep, rich, fruit/floral fragrance. It it were a color it would be dark red....

    About reviewer (105 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    labegude

    17 years ago

    Got a really inexpensive 3.3 oz. bottle of this off Ebay. My oh my. This stuff is intoxicating. I sprayed some on my arm, worked in the garden, took a shower, and could still smell it on my...

    About reviewer (82 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

    HairBlond, Wavy, Fine

    EyesGreen

    3.0
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    Infraredhead

    18 years ago

    This is going to sound crazy but it reminds me of night queen incense that I can find at my local head shop...yes there is me the nerdy woman in the corner sniffing incense while others are...

    About reviewer (87 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinDry, Fair

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    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    Goddess_Dreams

    18 years ago

    This has got to be one of the most ravishing, most exotic and most long-lasting fragrances I've come across in a very long time! Wonderful swapper sent me a generous sample and I've found myself...

    About reviewer (244 reviews)

    Age30-35

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