I have no idea why I purchased Diamonds and Rubies, as I do not care for floral oriental fragrances; however, I could not resist a bargain, so I picked it up. I find it sad many younger noses of our current society are trained by current trends to think women should smell like Fruit Loops and Jolly Ranchers and if not the smell is "old" because it is not "now".

But I refuse to let memories ruin a scent for me, and wore this, picking it apart until I saw it's beauty.I like this a lot, it's a womanly scent and it has some vibes and glamour from the old Hollywood in the 50s. I don’t need to add much to the descriptive reviews, I am just going to do a comparison to Nahema and Tentations. great for the spring/summer -- but could also be a clean, clear type ice princess vibe for the winter months. Her scents are almost as fine as the jewels she loved and as the first celebrity perfume "designer" she definitely knew what she was doing. The peach is like peach syrup and it comes through in the opening and stays strong throughout the performance of the perfume, enveloping those multi colored florals.

Grojsman’s creation Lancôme Trésor shares a similar fuzziness, but I find Diamonds and Rubies to be much more comfortable to wear than Trésor. Opens quite intense, filling the air with a trail of what others have described as "churchy", rich incensy and aromatic. It’s a bit too boozy for me at first, I love the peach, but then the vanilla sweetens it all too much. There is a discernible smokey incense note as well as a lotion note in this which makes this perfume unique - not run of the mill.

Passion, her debut fragrance (1987) is Liz Taylor as Cleopatra, in full make up and costumes, atop that giant Sphynx as she enters Rome in triumph. Diamonds and Rubies is for a woman with some life experience under her belt, a woman with confidence and ability. I really love the perfume version and it is much smoother and spicier than the EDT which does sort of deliver a big hairspray type cloud. I really like diamonds and rubies, I agree with the reviewer comparing it with tresor,that is, mixing the original fragrance with tresor's peach notes and a bit of a powder note in it as well.