Tete-a-Tete

11. september 2013 I am very excited since this great fragrance has finally been added to database. Oh, this is the smell of childhood, my mom used to own a bottle (i think most of russian women back then owned it). Back then they were presented in different rectangular flacon with a golden screw-on lid. After all these years i still can smell this wonderful fragrance, i used to unsrew the lid secretly and sniff it. For me it wasn ́t a heavy one or unpleasant, i was bewitched by it ́s beauty. It was green and sharp chypre, yes it was on the heavy side but very much enjoyable. Even for some 5-7 year old like me. And epitome of class for me back then, my mom used to wear it to the theatre, so for me this was a "special occasion evening wear fragrance". I do see this fragrance more associated with brunettes than blonds but it is just a matter of taste. Just few weeks ago i have purchased a new formula in bottle looking like in the avatar. Yes it has changed, BUT i still find it quite close to the original and enjoyed wearing it during hot summer day while testing it. It is labeled 35ml parfum spray and let me tell you that it has an super excellent lasting power and sillage. Just ONE spray lasyed on my arm over 24 hrs!!! Isn ́t this great!? And the best thing is the price! Very affordable! This green classy chypre adorned with an intensive blackcurrant leaf note and thans to that and rose it is not masculine at all. It is deep, rich and tending to be a cold fragrance. I don ́t see it as warm one, for me it is on the colder side. I might be mistaken at the moment but as much as i remmeber it was somehow distantly similar to Yves Rocherś "Venice" vintage in EDP which my mom used to have as well (however i might be mistaken). I do love this fragrance and will be wearing it myself as well later this year. Honestly, "Novaya Zarya" still makes some really good and affordable perfumes. P.S. Try also the "Gold of Scythes". It is not as amazing as the vintage formula, however still extremly good!

Oh, how I love these kind of perfumes. I don’t even have to close my eyes to see the end of a theater play when thick velvet curtains fall in slow-motion on the dusty dark wooden floor boards. Bright lights go out with a flash, leaving a warm orange-yellow colour making the large stage an intimate spot in a second. The mumbling audience leaving the room, a last laughter that fades away. A cramped dressing room, clothes everywhere, lots of makeup on the table, a bottle of scotch and dozen soft shiny beats from a broken pearl neckless. And then the smell of powder... it’s almost suffocating but creating this sensual atmosphere at the same time. Now it's time for a tête-à-tête. I’m still surprised how acurate currant leaves smell like civet (makes it animal friendly!) and anise making it such a powdery perfume. Lovely! I’m not getting anything masculine and no strong green notes, basiclly the projection is 'just' about “civet”, amber and the powdery anis. Like L'Heure Bleue, I can't stop sniffing but at the same time I feel like I really need some fresh air. A very welcoming perfume on this rainy day, where I'm sitting at my desk supposely writing a business article...

Tete-a-Tete. What a magnificent perfume. It's perfect. So beautifully strong, luxurious and feminine. So classy. So refined, but powerful. It's how a perfume should be - for me at least. I love them strong, and Tete-a-Tete is glorious. It is a perfect chypre perfume. Beautiful rose and jasmine and yang-ylang, and blackcurrant leaf; gorgeous anise, and the patchouli is heavenly, so is the vetiver and oakmoss. It's all fabulous. Very very fabulous. I adore it. It's bewitchingly glorious. I feel so beautiful in it. I feel like a very sensual, high class woman, on my way to the theatre, dressed sumptuously in my opulent, gorgeous satin gown, on the arm of my beloved. All the beautiful smells wafting around me, and everyone smiling at the beauty I am exuding. It's a glorious dream of a fragrance.

I love Tet-a-Tet. The only advice, use it in smaller quantity, it may easily overwhelm, beautiful, hearty, all-consuming power. Truly feminine smell, so much in love with it... Try it if you like chypre fragrances, has good sillage, and long lasting, this is why use the smallest quantities, overall divine chypre.

Powerful, warm, rich, elegant. Novaya Zarya again proves its commitment to glorious top quality scents. It took me ages to get my bottle but I'm absolutely in love with it. Glamorous, slightly androgynous, sexy in a vintage way, spicy, with the right hint of citrus and rose to keep it wearable.