Tuscany Per Donna Estée Lauder for women

My wife only has a few fragrances, and this is one of them. I was sniffing around the other day and thought to myself that, since I really liked the smell of this one, I might give it a shot myself. (For the record, I am a guy.) Got a couple of compliments on it. for my money, the best part is the drydown--a wonderful blend of amber, cedar, and vanilla.

I also did a blind "fragrance challenge" with this scent. In the challenge, I wear two different scents, one on each wrist, and label them fragrance A and B. My wife and son give a couple of sniffs about an hour after initial application and pronounce judgement. I pitted TPD against The Dreamer by Versace (which is similar in some respects) and Aqua di Gio pour Homme (which is totally different). TPD won both challenges unanimously. Moreover, neither of them could tell that this was supposed to be a ladies scent.

Bottom line: A very interesting scent...for men!

@ Moyra - Hi, Estee Lauder took over the production from their Aramis division for some reason. EL have a formidable reputation for quality so I doubt that Tuscany per Donna has suffered x

With Tuscany, the addition of the wearer's natural skin base has a profound effect on this scent.

This is the only perfume I have ever worn that people actually follow me out of elevators (male and female) to ask what I am wearing- or simply comment "you smell so good" -and I don't overdo it.

I do agree, also, that "off the body" it can have disappointing results, (someone commented "dated") and that some ladies just do not have that spicy "base" skin to carry this one off...I am 44...and it is a mature, confident, sexy scent.

Love this fragrance, and it does remind me of Tresor as well. So nice, had it in the 90's as a gift, very rich and feminine.

Color me confused...two major perfume houses have a perfume that is almost identical, one originally produced in 1989 (Samsara by Guerlain), one in 1993 (Tuscany per Donna by Aramis, the latter company being a sub company of Estee Lauder).
No one says a word. They say so little, indeed, that this huge fan of Samsara had no idea until an idle sniff-and-wander through local department stores yesterday.
I snapped up Tuscany immediately, its a good version of reformulated Samsara a la American "lite", less rich, less intense, but definitely very pleasant and wearable even in the torrid climate I live in.
I love having summer/winter versions of favorite perfumes and perfume styles, certainly Tuscany is a perfect Samsara sandalwood/vanilla for the summer.

A few years ago, I used to wear this in the fall and winter. I went through a couple bottles of it. Then...I'm not sure what happened. I started feeling like it was a little too sweet - the vanilla maybe? So I finished up what I had and started wearing Lolita Lempicka in cold weather.

I agree with other reviewers - this one is strong, even as an EDT. Apply it lightly. I find this to be true of all the Lauder fragrances I've tried. Good for them. They're giving the consumer his/her money's worth.

I was given this perfume for a good friend, I like it so much, it was a long time (about 1997). too bad I can't find it in my country 'cause for me was a pleasant and delicated scent.

I was given this perfume by a friend, and at first, I didn't like this one, it smelled so dated and 90's. But I sprayed it on my wrist this past winter, and I couldn't stop smelling my wrist. I detected a note that I just couldn't get enough of, kind of powdery in a way, and come to find out after looking it up on fragrantica, that it was vanilla! I'm so addicted to vanilla! This is an awesome perfume that has definitely grown on me, but please, please wear with a light hand, it can get overpowering very fast...one two spritzes at the most!

Sexy fragrance ...stay on power. People can't help but to ask what you're wearing. Very feminine.

Love this!!!!!

Womanly and sensual, Tuscany reminds me of Tresor and Poeme. But I enjoy it more than either of those (although they are both fine perfumes) because it is not as linear as Tresor and it doesn't go in circles over and over like Poeme. Tuscany is a nice in-between: both complex and determined, but very ladylike at the same time. If you enjoy the *scent* of Tresor or Poeme, but the *feel* is wrong, give Tuscany a try.

I had this when I was 21-22 and loved it. I also loved Tresor around that time in my life too. But it's a bit strong for everyday wear, and I wore it to feel special. Was very sexy too. Tresor was sweeter on me, and TPD was more richly warm and floral. It isn't as spicy/dry as Samsara is. I loved that too...Small world, non? I would recommend to use a light hand and be careful how much you wear with this one, especially if you are younger than 25. I would also say it's better suited to evening and romantic wear than daytime or office.

Um agree with chanteuse, it smells traditional and out dated. In my opinion, this fragance more to a women over 30th or 40th, i don't think it's suit with young girl such as eighteen years old.

Oh this perfume has quite a story in my life! I used to have a smaller bottle in my early twenties, but when I had more money available they already discontinued it in Holland. So I gave up on it back then. Then walking in the city centre of Amsterdam, I saw a little store selling vintage perfumes (a bit like treasure hunter Amarilia). And the man there had a 100 ml EDP available. It was pretty expensive, but at least I had it again! Then I used to stare at the box with the beautiful flower print and ADORE it. Years later shopping in Manhatten I saw it available in stores! I was so jealous that they had it in the regular collection! I had been using my 100 ml EDP very carefully and now, years later, I have a backup from NathalieZ. You are GORGEOUS my sweetheart!
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Lovely perfume. I had it some jears ago. Nice and comfy smell.

Iam so happy to rediscover Tuscany per Donna again. I wore it many many years ago back in 90's but suddenly lost it as it was discontinued by Aramis.
It took more than 10 years to find out that Estee Lauder is still producing it, and thank god it still smells the same as I remembered. I had to order from US though, cannot find in any European store or on-line. What a shame, this is a hidden gem!
To me Tuscany per Donna fits better to a woody-oriental group. It is deep, woody, sexy and extremely feminine.
I would call Tuscany as a little sister of Samsara. It is more floral and wearable than Samsara, with beutifull slightly powdery sandalwood-musky-vanilla drydown. Very long lasting and memorable. A little goes long way, don't need to reapply. If you like woody-orientals (or Samsara) give it a try!

"A rare fragrance worth tracking down"

This is unlike any other scent in my perfume wardrobe... exotic with deep floral base and oriental allure.

The blend wears well in the evening at the theater, during a cool day with scarf and jacket, on the couch with a loved one... any where at any time during any activity.

An ideal signature scent if you wont your signature to be unique.

Having already set foot on the sweetest of memory lanes by donning TRESOR for the first time in years, I could not resist indulging once again in TUSCANY PER DONNA, which I have always viewed as a close cousin in spirit, flavor, and form. And I do mean flavor!

TUSCANY, too, offers a blast of sweet rose with lots of vanilla and peach, but this fragrance has a somewhat better defined development trajectory than TRESOR. Which I suppose is fairly faint praise, since TRESOR is practically linear to my nose!

TUSCANY dries down to a still very sweet but also woody-spicy layer with more depth than TRESOR, perhaps because of the panoply of other notes, most of which are simply drowned out by the peach-vanilla-plum-rose tour de force. It's funny though, I always preferred TRESOR before. Today, TUSCANY seems slightly more perfumey than TRESOR, and I love the scent of both, but they seem so very far away from the chypres I've been wearing of late.

I think that's okay though. I can love the music of Elvis Costello and J.S. Bach at the same time, so why not TRESOR and TUSCANY alongside MITSOUKO and L'HEURE BLEUE?

i am also confused. i swear this is an aramis fragrance.

i thought aramis did this fragrance? not estee lauder?

I like this but think it smells an awful lot like Guerlain's Samsara.

Loved it for decades and decades. Very classy & italian style. Very sensual as well.

About 10 years ago my mom had this fragrance and I liked it. It was very complex and rather sweet. Very floral. Now however, I find it too traditional and out-dated.

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For many years, Tuscany was my signature frangrance, and I always received many compliments. On me, the floral doesn't overwhelm the fruit and bergamot notes, but my favorite are the basenotes---amber, cedar, and vanilla. It's a warm womanly scent, and with a touch of sweetness.

I happened upon this scent a few weeks ago when I was testing some Lauder fragrances and I very nearly bought some. There was something about its bracing mix of citrus and carnation that caught me off balance and held me in its spell for several minutes. In the end I went home with a bottle of Knowing, which in hindsight is truthfully more my style. But if you have dismissed the Lauder lineup as too floral, too mass-market, or too anything, give Tuscany Per Donna a sniff. It may just change your mind.

When I smell this fragrance, I think of an atrocious flower bed with bees hovering over them and stealing the nectar. Although Tuscany provides imagination for me, I really don't like this at all. I hate hyacinth, and I am able to detect that the most out of it. I don't really get any of the fruits except for maybe the peach. I also smell carnation, and the carnation note in Tuscany reminds me of Guerlain's Terracotta Voile D'Ete, which I do like. Tuscany just isn't for me, it's a very 70's vintage fragrance (although released in 1985?). Reminds me of vintage fur coats that have been stuck in an old, stuffy closet for years covered in cobwebs. And this perfume just so happened to be with that poor coat in the closet.

Sweet and fruity, yet elegant.