On 5/10/2014 MarenSeattle said: On 5/10/2014 Barbiedr said: Tova Signature is her latest attempt to get back to the original and I think it's very close. I enjoy it. I believe is has 28% essential oils in it. Tova Platinum is an earlier version which has a slightly higher amount of oils in it like 31% or something like that?
What happened to her original? I wore bought some in the early 90's, and thought it was very nice.
Maren, I believe that QVC acquired the line and cheapened the ingredients. Tova stepped back into the manufacturing about eighteen months ago (by re-acquiring the line or by becoming more hands-on, I don't know), and she tried to get it back closer to the original. The rising price of certain of the ingredients had something to do with the change in formulation, too, but mostly I think it was a change in ownership that caused the downfall of an otherwise stellar fragrance.