Diamonds and Rubies Elizabeth Taylor for women

I found this page after chasing other fragrances created by Sophia Grojsman, the co-creator (or co-mastermind) behind my all time favourite perfume, Paloma Picasso's Tentations. After reading the reviews, especially the one who was actually reminded of Tentations, I'm going to give this a try. Definitely cheaper than buying new bottles of Tentations when I run out!

Does this really smell like the perfume CHER had out in the 80's/90's? I love Cher and I love perfume. If Dimonds&Rubies is as close as I can get to it I need to track that one down. How much would you say this smells like Cher's perfume?

A lovely, warm spicy scent, very rich and long lasting. Peach is a note which stands out in this. One of my favourites of the E.T collection

I love it, it is everything i expected! -does snoopy dance- it reminds me very much of tabu in the orangy floral feel, but without the cinnamon spiced zesty orange peel in your chinese food that makes you go wide eyed top note. Its more of a smooth mandarin orange feel. It reminds me a lot of uninhibited by cher, but a little lighter on the spiced tobacco and vanilla. I cant see how anyone has anything bad to say about this one ^_^

Intoxicating winter perfume, for real woman who wants to leave trace behind her...

This is a big heliotrope bomb, quite similar to Karl Lagerfeld's Sun Moon Stars. No spices whatsoever to my nose. pretty much a heady, sharp floral. I detect a slight note of tuberose, and a bare note of peaches. I can say this is sweet, but not foody sweet, a floral one. Overdo it and it can make you sick and repel people around. Use it wisely and it could be very interesting.
I recommend this if only you like florals.
The character of this scent is an outgoing, happy, active, slightly sensual, easygoing type of young woman.
This is a scent which I would wear on a day out, at some park or funfair. or an informal lunch on a spring day.

Let me begin with one word: Poltergeist.
This fragrance is only for those who are very psychologically and spiritually balanced. I agree with ALL of the reviewers, both negative and positive. I'm convinced that Diamonds and Rubies was intended to be worn by professional mediums who channel the deceased. This stuff is NOT for sissies. Proceed with caution. Dosage is everything- in small amounts it is bewitching- in large amounts it is bear spray.

Just received this fragrance (EDT) today and wore it out for a run in the park - springtime here. It did not quite suit the surroundigs of fresh green and damp earth but a lovely warm spicy fragrance nevertheless. An hour later, it smells identical to Nicole Miller - I have both and just checking the base notes they are almost identical. The peach opening is also quite similar with Nicole a bit more out there with the citrus influence. I'm not at all sorry to have both as they have subtle differences and both have great lasting power.

Within the first ten minutes I thought that it was a disaster. But now I can't keep from sniffing this as I'm trying to figure this out. This one is hard to describe, but I actually like it.

I agree that this is very heady.
I feel as if the peaches are quite drunken and they are laden with spice. Almost as if they are teetering on the edge and are about to spoil. It has that kind of intense edge to it.

The vanilla is in the background adding a softness to the spiciness of the scent.

All in all the dry down is very nice. Distinct. No powdery notes on me. And I'm quite happy with that.

Update: Six hours and this smells so fantastic! The spices have evened out and it is now oozing with a creamy (caramelish?) sensualness. I can't keep from smelling myself.

i like it. a boozy peach rose and vanilla compote, or warm punch. like drunken Tresor.

Very deep peachy fragrance.Rather sun-dried peaches. Not plain although. To me it's more like fruity than flowerish. Speaking about spices and fruits (again) it is smth. in btwn. mulled wine and punch - a gorgeouse mixture I would tell:-))))And it reminds of Paloma Picasso's "Tentations".

I was poking around the storage area in the barn this morning and came across a full bottle of this stuff that I had bought last year on a blind buy. Ach mi réaltaí agus gairtéir! (oh my stars and garters!), one whiff and I remembered WHY it ended up stuffed down in a box in the loft "O At least on me, it's second only to a perfume that shall not be named but who's name includes something about beings from other planets in it in the so-bad-that-even-the-goats-turn-tail-and-run-the-other-way! It was this sonic-boom loud blast of fruit cocktail that was 2 years past the expiration date mixed with wet dog. I remember now that that's the same smell that assaulted me when I opened the bottle new and untried so being stored away apparently didn't mellow it out any. I can't think of anyone I dislike enough to give this to so I guess it'll be going out with the trash...and hope the EPA doesn't come hunting me down for toxic waste mismanagement!

Something between Casmir and Tabu. It is intoxicating. Very feminine, sweet, spicy, powdery, and nothing aquatic.--which I hate. Lots of scents have that aquatic note these days.
I hate the other Diamond series. Sapphire... aquatic and cheap. White diamonds is just too harsh and old fashioned. I don't know what happened here??!! This is a very warm, cozy, sweet, and woody experience. The whole day I get a whiff of my Rubies when I turn my head around and it is just the best. I have a lot of perfumes but this is my Casmir. I know that it is the peach, Vanilla and cinnamon which makes these two scents similar.

I got this because I like collecting perfumes. I am not that keen on it. I can appreciate it but it is heavy and I feel sick when I wear it. It reminds me of a cross between Jessica Simpson Fancy Love and Giorgio Red. It is very elegant and ladylike. It has a certain depth to it but unfortunately I feel very neusiated every time I wear it.

a sickly sweet oriental i was introduced to rubies a few years ago. Note to all perfumers: peach and rose seldom ever work together.

A well done perfume, without exquisite claims. Very cheap.Good for wearing everyday. Elizabeth had good taste( rests in peace!)

i loves this perfume (excuse me i'm french ,don't speak english very well!) but this perfume don't stay on my skin.........too light for me ,but i like this frangrance so lovely ,sweet (peach or abricot???)

This scent is like a lite version of Sun Moon Stars Karl Lagerfeld. I do not like it! Awful... Sorry!

Well, I have a stately 100mls of this lovely sitting with me, that I bought as a blind buy for a tenner as it's Grojsmann and she's beginning to grow on me!! This is a 'fume that needs sniffing from a distance, not straight off your wrist as it may come off as initially a little harsh. I can definately smell all of the notes listed, especially rose, almond and vanilla. To me, it's verging on the gourmand and though people have called it a 'granny' scent, this could easily be marketed in red packaging with Britney et al's face on it and be considered a youthful winter fragrance. I can also pick up a whiff of the classic 'Tresor' in it - of course also Grojsmann. It takes a little longer to get the softness of Tresor, probably due to the budget but it's worth sitting for 10 mins to get to the mid stage which is peachy jammy goodness.
I think it may be a little heavy for the spring/summer but this is a goodie for cold winter nights without a doubt.
Really nice, especially at the price!! Thanks lovely Liz and Sophia x

In honor of Liz Taylor, today I'm using one of the most brilliant perfumes produced under her name, Diamonds and Rubies.

She's gone, but his fabulous scents will stun us forever.

Rest in peace...

Elizabeth Taylor
*Feb. 27, 1932 †March 23,2011

Blind buy based on reviews here, Not dissappointed, this scent is rich and heady, like biting into a plump apricot from hot pie with a sprinke of almonds for measure.
I was waiting for the colder months to start wearing this one~
~In leiu of tonights sad news I will wear it tomorrow.
I hope anyone reading this review follows suit and wears their Liz scent to say goodbye..

Goodnight Dame Liz, May your jewels sparkle forever xx

I'm a Sophia Grojsman fan. Love the soft, sweet, feminine sensibility she has. When I read that Diamonds and Rubies was one of hers, I had to try it. As ellismaireg says, you need to let it air out, because when you first spray, there's a harsh, bitter chemical smell, which soon fades. Soon rose is the main note I smell. I also get the comforting scent of tea and honey (as sweetnspicey says, if you like red rooibos, you'll like this). There's another note, not sure what it is, it's a sort of lemongrassy kind of smell...is it the bitter almond wood? The opening and middle are a bit synthetic, but in the drydown, a lovely soft amber is prominent and worth the wait. To sum up: a rose-tea-amber scent. Yes, that's it - it's a tea-rose scent, plus amber. Lasts several hours, suitable for everyday wear, as long as you spray lightly (if you overspray, it may be offensive). IMO this scent may better suit more mature women. I found a 3.3 oz. bottle for $12.99 at Marshall's yesterday that'll last me a long time (you only need a little spritz, cause this baby's strong).I like the tall, regal bottle. The faux diamond encrusted cap makes me feel like a queen. Queen Perfumista Sophia Grojsman, you rule!

I enjoyed your pun. As for the scent, I'm still courting it.

All I have to say is that if you are a fan of red rooibos tea and want very badly to smell like it, this would be the perfume for you. It's all there: the smooth vanilla-like sweetness, the gentle spice, and the subtle fruitiness. The ironic part is that while I love to sip a hot cup of rooibos, Diamonds & Rubies is not my cup of tea. Pun intended!

I have several Elizabeth Taylor perfumes, and even the ones I don't think I like end up smelling really good on me -- often completely different than they smell on other people. However, Diamonds & Rubies is downright depressing for some reason. I feel like I should be in some film noir, smoking out of a bitch-stick, numb from too much valium, but dressed to the nines. Although that image does have some glamor to it, it makes me feel hollow. .. just like Diamonds & Rubies. Occasionally I still wear it though, when I'm in a particular mood, or wearing lots of black faux fur.

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This was a blind purchase, as it was such a bargain. I'm glad I bought it! Unlike other reviewers I don't find it very strong, but it is longlasting indeed. I get lots of jasmine at the beginning. The spices are just outside my comfort zone, but I think the drydown is very feminine and elegant without being too sweet. I might even buy a backup bottle!

A definate spray it and don't sniff it for 10 minutes, it will knock you out. You can run , but you can't hide, once you have sprayed it on....lol...

But when you do sniff it, it is really quite intruiging. I love orientals, the more unusual the better, hence my love for Kenzo-Jungle.

If you like the opulent scent of deep red roses,combined with the scents of sugar almond, jasmin, vanillary, musky, in a creamy milkshakey way, which produces an exceptionally warm, sweet and a truly sumptuous fragrance, then this is a winner.
Is powerful and long lasting and nothing actually ( that I have encountered in my perfume history) reminds me of it. Maybe it is just my body chemistry with it, I do understand why not a lot of people would gel with it, but I love it like a blanket of danish pastry.......xx

This was a blind buy for me but I couldn't resist it since I got it at such a bargain. I decided to give it a try one day and was surprised at how much I liked it. The peach, almond and spices are very evident in this fragrance. The florals blend with the spices and create a feminine, sensual scent. It reminds me of a more sophisticated version of Exclamation (it must be the peach). Ladies please go easy with the application, a little does go a long way & it lasts for hours.

it is very strong so you cnt spray too much but i love the smell of it

I think this is beautiful. I've been picking up a lot of these discontinued ET fragrances at discount stores like A.J. Wright and T.J. Maxx, and for $9.99 for a 1.7 oz. EDT, she has some lovely, complex, long-lasting fragrances that smell FAR more expensive (except for Diamonds and Emeralds...to me, that's her only clunker).

Diamonds and Rubies goes on very juicy-peachy/almondy/spicy floral, which is nice, but it softens and turns into a lightly spiced yet fresh floriental, with the roses, orchid, spices and creamy woods fully developing; I think the sweetness of the orchid is especially striking. It's different; sweet but not in a candyish or fruity way and balanced by the spices and woods. I think it would be wonderful worn in the autumn.

Looking at the notes this should be my number one of the diamonds series, but it is not.
My top is as follows:

1. White Diamonds & Sapphires
2. Emeralds
3. Rubies

GREAT!

This is another perfume I own purely for nostalgic reasons. Someone I went ot school with used to wear it and I was obsessed with smell of it then.

It does smell slightly dated now and is a bit of a onslaught of flowers and spice but I still like it nonetheless.
The more modern perfumes have made this feel old in the way they are composed. But this was still excellent in it's day.

It smells very rich, very floral with an exotic twist. It smells quite powerful at first but when it dries the huge array of flowers in the heart get to shine a bit. Unfortunately this is where it becomes a bit "Granny" as some people would say..

The dry stage is the more exotic part and probably my favourite. It's worth a smell to see how far perfume has come since this was made..

just purchased my bottle of diamonds n rubies n i still cant get the mmmpphh factor i love when wearing perfume.its not one to remember or buy again once its finished,its barely there n i expected something better since its elizabeth,it cud be updated n the notes fine tuned to be more appealing to the senses!!

This one is my favorite of all the Diamonds series. It dries to a soft smell. It is not strong, so suitable for daywear.

To me this smells similar to Giorgio Red, or a much softer, minus the spice, version of Spellbound by Estee. I think this might be good as an evening winter fragrance. Also a more mature scent. It is kind of heavy.

I'm a man so my opinion doesn't hold much sway here, but my humble opinion is that this is for grandma, and only if grandma likes the smell of peaches, which is really all that comes across with D&R by L.T.

Rubies are my favorite gemstone so when this was 1st introduced I bought it unsniffed. I LOVED it & wore it everday until it was discontinued. It was a soft feminine smell for me & men continuously asked me what I was wearing. It is softer than than the other "Diamonds" & I hated it when she discontinued it.

This is ATOMIC BOMB strength perfume! It almost smells like Tigress from the 1970's except it is much more crass to the nose, Tigress was soft. Ive never been able to completely warm up this fragrance. Not one of my favorites at all!

I bought this fragrance after I have already smelled two by E T - White Diamonds and Black Pearls. The composition of this fragrance seemed attractive but when I smelled the first whiff, I was disappointed - the floral elements of ylang ylang and jasmine are rather overpowering such that the perfume is very sweet. I simply couldn't smell the spices since the floral bouquet dominates throughout even in the dry down. It's simply not for me I guess.

I bought this fragrance after I have already smelled two by E T - White Diamonds and Black Pearls. The composition of this fragrance seemed attractive but when I smelled the first whiff, I was disappointed - the floral elements of ylang ylang and jasmine are rather overpowering such that the perfume is very sweet. I simply couldn't smell the spices since the floral bouquet dominates throughout even in the dry down. It's simply not for me I guess

Between Diamonds and Sapphires, the Emeralds, and this one, my favorite by FAR is this one. I just got it after wanting it for the longest time. Elizabeth Taylors' fragrances are very dear to me, and even though I might be considered younger than her typical audience, I actually like all her fragrances, and I find something in each one to appreciate its scent. Diamonds and Rubies is the scent I am currently wearing, and I've had it on for a couple of hours... The drydown is lovely; the powdery vanilla makes it alittle sweet, and while I can't pinpoint what it is that's making this 'cigar smell' within it, I actually find it quite nice and very relaxing too:)

This is my favorite or the Diamonds group. It's a very complicated scent a gigantic bouquet of hot house flowers and a combination of all my favorite basenotes all in one scent.

Looking at the wild number of notes, I would have expected Diamonds and Rubies to be a bit cacaphonous but the blending is so splendid that no one flower outshines the rest and they do not compete in an olfactory tug of war, either. Grojsman makes the flowers "play nice" and the basenotes and spices cheer in the background.

A pretty bouquet to go with your Diamond and Ruby earrings when you are out for dinner. Nice stuff.

Rubies are my birthstone & since I have, & love Diamonds & Emeralds I had to buy a mini of this to try.I bought it in pure perfume form & it is a very lasting perfume.

Although it is a nice scent it is my least favorite of the line so far & only because it becomes way to powdery on me.I have never been a big fan of powdery scents but behind the powder it is pure beauty as was Elizabeth Taylor herself back in the day.
I mean the women got married more then 5 times & was still winning the men over so she must have been doing something right & she obviously knows what smells good ;) I am a fan of the three perfumes I have of hers so far & I am willing to bet her others are just as good.

This is a lovely scent with a strong spicy beginning that dries down softly. It takes a few minutes after initial application, but some soft rose tones start to break through the spices - but the spices remain, giving the rose scent a very unique stimulus. Definitely a nice scent and it lasts a long time on me.

A bit heavy. It's ok.