Natasha Nóvaya Zaryá

Salem: Esteemed night owls! If, like me, you think after reading the headline that Tshajbukoshka should take less of whatever it is taking, don’t read on. It gets confusing, it gets a bit incomprehensible, it gets lengthy, it gets, in one word, 'tshajbukoshkaesk'!
Tshajbukoshka: Well, one should be allowed to sing! If you are really sooo interested in the scent, feel free to skip to the second-to-last paragraph.
Salem: (clamps both paws over its ears and curls up under the cupboard) So, Tshajbukoshka, do you just have a déjà vu?
Tshajbukoshka: Definitely yes! And if you only know Natasha from memes with talking cats, you’ve missed out. But no problem, we’ll catch up…
Salem: I have paws! How am I supposed to google? Oh well. Hey Siri! Who is Natasha?
Siri: Natasha is the short form of 'Natal'ja' and thus the first name of the following well-known personalities. Natal'ja Rudina, pseudonym 'Natali', born in March 1974 in Dzerzhinsk, Russia […]
Salem: Mooment! Isn’t that in Belarus!? Annexed?!
Tshajbukoshka: No, there are several places by that name, in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
Salem: Back to the topic! So it’s about the blonde who trills “Oh God, what a man! Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp in one bottle” and “I want a son from you!”? ^
Tshajbukoshka: No. She became famous with another song - my favorite is the ‘sea turtle named Natashka’. ^^ And now let’s briefly touch on the confusing point. Do you remember back then, in the Soviet Union?
Salem: We weren’t even born yet, you fool!
Tshajbukoshka: Okay, okay. Anyway, there was this ladies’ perfume called Natasha back then. In some shelves, like Aunt Sveta’s (and now raise your hands if you don’t have an Aunt Sveta! - No? I’m very sorry.), it’s still there today, somewhere further back. Because (allegedly) men liked the scent so much, they later made an Eau de Cologne out of it, which only differed visually in the label on the packaging and the sticker. (It said 'Cologne' instead of 'scent'/'perfume' //duchi//.)
Salem: Aha, okay. And what does the stuff smell like now?
Tshajbukoshka: For a price of about 500 rubles (for the vintage; currently around €8.60) you can find out! You can still buy it! And the crazy thing is: it used to cost 1 ruble 50 and is still affordable.
Salem: That can’t mean anything good.
Tshajbukoshka: Well, it was named, if at all, after the LEGENDARY Natasha, the one that will probably still be known in two generations, even though I have nothing against the other one.
Salem: Who IS that?
Siri: The living legend Natal'ja Fateeva, born in Kharkov, is currently 87 years old. She is known both as a screen heroine through her portrayal in more than fifty films and for her political engagement.
Tshajbukoshka: IS, not was. In 2013, Fateeva hung a banner for Moscow mayoral candidate Naval'nyj on her balcony: “Naval'nyj. Change Russia, start with Moscow.” After the police requested her to remove the banner, she refused, and hours later it was removed by the authorities. In 2014, she signed a petition against her president's Ukraine policy. She also signed the call for a congress “Against the War, against the self-isolation of Russia, against the restoration of totalitarianism,” which condemned the annexation of Crimea to Russia.
Salem: So what should I expect?
Tshajbukoshka: I expected ANARCHY! Power! This woman, brunette with blue eyes, has something to offer not only where she has no influence, keyword: genetics, but she inspires millions! Even though she will probably walk with crutches for the rest of her days, she is strong. When she opens her mouth, it is never to engage in trivial small talk. ^^^
Salem: Wow.
Tshajbukoshka: Then we seem to agree.
Salem: In that you talk too much? Yes. So. Wummser? Fougère? Chypre? Pantydropper?

Tshajbukoshka: Stop stringing together terms whose meanings we don’t know, you’re not Miss Turd. Aaaaalso… I told you what I expected. And now… is what you get. ‘Natasha’ in the bottle is friendly, floral, aldehydic-clean, and woody in the base.
Salem: Is that ALL?
Tshajbukoshka: Maybe there’s amber in the base, I’m not sure, that sounds familiar… and I mean, I can smell a bit of jasmine in the floral mush. Or… hmmm… some flower that is used very often in perfumes. Maybe I’ll figure it out, maybe not.
Salem: Generic?!
Tshajbukoshka: Meaningless. But hey, at least nothing is irritating my nose. And it lasts quite well, I easily get seven hours (on the wrist), it should last longer in the wardrobe.
Salem: Do you want to let it gather dust there?
Tshajbukoshka: No! Maybe I’ll gift it to Aunt Sveta.
Aunt Sveta: has so much personality that she doesn’t need perfume and even air would accentuate her character - if she would ever breathe (she certainly doesn’t do that while talking)
Salem: So it is indeed the other Natasha?
Tshajbukoshka: The image of the blonde on the newer (but still vintage) cover would suggest so. Anyway… Hey Siri! Please play ‘Veter s morja dul’ by Natali! (goes to look for the headphones)

^Song: “O Bozhe, kakoj muzh4ina” (og: О, Боже, какой мужчина! - “Oh God, what a man!”. 2014)
^^Song: “4erepashka” (og: Черепашка - “Turtle”. 2000)
^^^Article on eg.ru from 20.6.2022. Source: https://www.eg.ru/showbusiness/2312752-peredvigayushchayasya-na-kostylyah-natalya-fateeva-ya-stala-jertvoy-bezrazlichiya-i-ravnodushiya-so-storony-nashih-vrachey/amp/