[3] The perianth segments are ovate in shape and display a bright yellow hue, accentuated by a subtle white mucro.

[12] The segments can be either partly spread or slightly reflexed, with a flat, overlapping arrangement that covers approximately one-fourth of the flower.

The mouth of the cup is straight or slightly expanded and features six distinct lobes, with a crenate rim.

Gray had collected many species of daffodils from trips to Southern Europe,[2] which he used as breeding stock.

By 2006 it made up 34% of the total Dutch daffodil bulb trade with 17 million pots sold at auction and distributed worldwide.

[18][19] In 2014 two new daffodil cultivars known as 'Tête Rosette'[20] and 'Tête Boucle',[21] said to be the offspring of 'Tête-à-tête' were exhibited at the Lentetuin show in Breezand, the Netherlands.

'Tête-à-tête' has a complicated parentage involving both hybrid cultivars and naturally occurring Narcissus species.

Due to the fact 'Tête-à-tête' is allotriploid and possesses three sets of chromosomes derived from different species it is sterile and cannot naturally reproduce via seed.

[25] It is also susceptible to Botrytis cinerea, Botryotinia narcissicola and various species of Penicillium which cause light brown colouring of scale tissue and in severe cases death to the plant.