Comments on: The Balenciaga Sisters: Rumba and Talisman fragrances http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-169491 Angela Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:31:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-169491 That's news to me! I don't know how it smells. If you love it, though, I bet you can still get the old Balenciaga bottles at discounters. That’s news to me! I don’t know how it smells. If you love it, though, I bet you can still get the old Balenciaga bottles at discounters.

]]> By: sniffmeallover http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-169445 sniffmeallover Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:36:36 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-169445 Rumba is now sold under Ted Lapidus name, does it smell the same? Rumba is now sold under Ted Lapidus name, does it smell the same?

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83203 Angela Wed, 13 May 2009 14:42:29 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83203 Good comparison on Femme. And, yes, I love how Femme is so affordable. I bought my bottle at Marshall's, a discount store here, and it was a bargain. I'll definitely try Gem, if I can find it. Thanks! Good comparison on Femme. And, yes, I love how Femme is so affordable. I bought my bottle at Marshall’s, a discount store here, and it was a bargain. I’ll definitely try Gem, if I can find it. Thanks!

]]> By: parisa http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83133 parisa Wed, 13 May 2009 05:57:29 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83133 So, Rumba is more like Parfum de Peau Montana, sweet fruits from `80s. I more like resins+dried fruits. I will get some sample of Amouage, but it`s price is worthy of sultan. Femme can be purchased for less than 20$. I will never understand that (not complaining). If you love Femme, you would definitely love Gem Van Cleef. Most wonderful perfume, of course discontinued, but in Europe it can still be found in 3oz EdT refill bottles. So, Rumba is more like Parfum de Peau Montana, sweet fruits from `80s. I more like resins+dried fruits.
I will get some sample of Amouage, but it`s price is worthy of sultan. Femme can be purchased for less than 20$. I will never understand that (not complaining).
If you love Femme, you would definitely love Gem Van Cleef. Most wonderful perfume, of course discontinued, but in Europe it can still be found in 3oz EdT refill bottles.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83120 Angela Wed, 13 May 2009 03:26:21 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83120 A woman of great taste! I adore Femme, too. Femme and Rumba really aren't similar at all. Rumba smells more like a 1980s party fragrance, while Femme is equally forceful, but more the seductress. Rumba is probably easier to like for most people than Femme. It's a good, easy summer night fragrance. Have you tried Amouage Jubilation 25? It's wildly expensive, but if you like Femme I'm guessing you'll love Jubilation 25. If you can swap for a sample, or buy a sample somewhere it would be worth it. A woman of great taste! I adore Femme, too.

Femme and Rumba really aren’t similar at all. Rumba smells more like a 1980s party fragrance, while Femme is equally forceful, but more the seductress. Rumba is probably easier to like for most people than Femme. It’s a good, easy summer night fragrance.

Have you tried Amouage Jubilation 25? It’s wildly expensive, but if you like Femme I’m guessing you’ll love Jubilation 25. If you can swap for a sample, or buy a sample somewhere it would be worth it.

]]> By: parisa http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83103 parisa Wed, 13 May 2009 01:37:55 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-83103 I need some help. My favourite fragrance is new Femme Rochas. I don`t have a chance to try Rumba, but I can order a full bottle. Plums, peaches in both...are they similar in any way? If I love Femme, would I at least like Rumba enough not to throw it away? I need some help.
My favourite fragrance is new Femme Rochas. I don`t have a chance to try Rumba, but I can order a full bottle.
Plums, peaches in both…are they similar in any way?
If I love Femme, would I at least like Rumba enough not to throw it away?

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-70350 Angela Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:30:26 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-70350 Isn't it lush? So not JCE's style these days, and to tell the truth, who knows how much involvement he had with it in the first place. It's a nice, whopping 1980s ride, and I love the beeswax and hot dust. Isn’t it lush? So not JCE’s style these days, and to tell the truth, who knows how much involvement he had with it in the first place. It’s a nice, whopping 1980s ride, and I love the beeswax and hot dust.

]]> By: mals86 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-70199 mals86 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:09:21 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-70199 Okay, yet another one you made me want, Angela... but I won't blame the sad state of my bank account on this one - I lucked into a partially used 1 oz bottle on ebay for, can you believe it, whattadeal, $7 including shipping! Big ripe lush peaches and those yellow plums, almost candied -- I'd say jammy but the fruits are so big, it's more like they were poached whole in heavy syrup, and yet you get more fruit than sugar. And the flowers! Gosh, that tuberose is almost as unabashed as Fracas', and the carnation, orchid, and gardenia are lush too. After a couple of hours I start getting a deliciously fleshy note - someone said "clean sweat" and that's pretty close: the smell of nude, glowing skin. Shortly afterward, the "hot dust" furnace effect shows up, a smell I've always liked, along with a sort of burning-beeswax-candle note, and suddenly the whole thing is very, very comforting. Wow. A wild ride. Hard to believe JCE composed this one, since I'm more familiar with his minimalist Jardin-style things. And it's even harder to believe that I thought I hated loud complex perfumes. (I resent Opium, for doing me out of a lot of perfume pleasure over many years.) Okay, yet another one you made me want, Angela… but I won’t blame the sad state of my bank account on this one – I lucked into a partially used 1 oz bottle on ebay for, can you believe it, whattadeal, $7 including shipping!

Big ripe lush peaches and those yellow plums, almost candied — I’d say jammy but the fruits are so big, it’s more like they were poached whole in heavy syrup, and yet you get more fruit than sugar. And the flowers! Gosh, that tuberose is almost as unabashed as Fracas’, and the carnation, orchid, and gardenia are lush too. After a couple of hours I start getting a deliciously fleshy note – someone said “clean sweat” and that’s pretty close: the smell of nude, glowing skin. Shortly afterward, the “hot dust” furnace effect shows up, a smell I’ve always liked, along with a sort of burning-beeswax-candle note, and suddenly the whole thing is very, very comforting. Wow. A wild ride.

Hard to believe JCE composed this one, since I’m more familiar with his minimalist Jardin-style things. And it’s even harder to believe that I thought I hated loud complex perfumes. (I resent Opium, for doing me out of a lot of perfume pleasure over many years.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-16144 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:14:21 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-16144 Hurray! I bet it even smells better as the weather cools. Hurray! I bet it even smells better as the weather cools.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-16143 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:24:21 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/29/the-balenciaga-sisters-rumba-and-talisman-fragrances/#comment-16143 Ah, discipline gets thrown out the window with me a lot, and I do wish I could come into a load o' money to support my impulse buying...but I must say, I got my bottle of Rumba yesterday, and it was well worth it. It's really unique and I do think it smells like a nightclub, absolutely. After several hours, it smelled a little like clean sweat on me, which I didn't mind at all. Thanks for the suggestion, Angela. I am very happy with Rumba! Ah, discipline gets thrown out the window with me a lot, and I do wish I could come into a load o' money to support my impulse buying…but I must say, I got my bottle of Rumba yesterday, and it was well worth it. It's really unique and I do think it smells like a nightclub, absolutely. After several hours, it smelled a little like clean sweat on me, which I didn't mind at all. Thanks for the suggestion, Angela. I am very happy with Rumba!

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