Tova Nights
Tova Borgnine Beverly Hills (1997)

This is a review for the vintage EDP

I am surprised that this scent doesn't get more "hype" but perhaps that's a good thing. I really seem to miss out on many of the fantastic "sleepers".

Like many vintages, the initial opening must be ignored (if you decide to spray it). I tried it both ways, and once I realized the cap can be unscrewed, I decanted some into a dauber bottle I had cleaned out a while ago. I prefer the dauber method, for certain - much gentler in the opening, plus, the marriage of the sandalwood, violet, iris, jasmine and lilac is more pronounced (at least to my nose) when applied by dauber.

I have read in several places that it is rumored that this was created from all natural materials - I do not know whether this is true, or based in any fact, but I could believe it based solely upon the quality.

As far as silage and longevity, it performs better as a spray, but as a dauber, it makes for a very beautiful skin scent. Now, as I am testing this in winter, I do wonder what warmer weather may do to "open up" some of the notes. I'll update once I learn.

Tova has recently expanded her line and has brought out a number of Tova scent flankers. I have the Jasmine and Sandalwood 'single notes' and her pink striped "For Her" by Tova. I like both of the single notes, although they remind me of Tova nights (musky chashmere woods) with either an added indolic jasmine or a raspy sandalwood note. But the For Her by Tova, I just don't get. It is a very soapy fragrance with lavendar and grapefruit over creamy facets. It strikes me as an attempt to appeal to the youth market with a Clean type perfume into her line. I wish she wouldn't have bothered. The soap scent trend has been so done (and to me its the most unimaginative trend). Tova does sheer, natural beautiful musky woody fragrances as well as anyone. Her other scents remind me a bit of Donna Karan's Chashmere Mist but of course Tova's are more indivdiualistic, I do think the quality is higher, and you'll not smell them on every other woman at the mall.

This scent is outstanding! Tova says she uses only natural ingredients, and I could believe it too. This scent starts out as almost nothing, very very faint by I think this is due to the huge amounts of oils in it. Very quickly you are surrounded by this wonderful I would say mildly floral chypre, that stays with you ALLLL day. Boy does this stuff last! Very nice scent indeed and believe it or not, it screams quality!