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Tuscany Per Donna by Estee Lauder, 1992

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By Cricketkitty
This is a good safe fragrance for people who want to go the floriential route, but like to keep it light. I found it to be not bad but somewhat ordinary, not exciting enough for me to buy a full bottle, but throughout the 90s you always got a generous "gift with purchase" sample at the Estee Lauder counter, which I would occasionally wear. I agree with Exciter76 that you can smell spices though none are listed in the notes.
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By exciter76
I cannot help but tie this fragrance to nostalgia; I wore this fragrance to my senior prom. Nostalgia aside, this is actually a really enjoyable hearty fragrance. Tresor may have popularized the spicy pitted-fruit floriental trend of the 1990s but Tuscany Per Donna perfected that trend. TPD smells like the 1990s but it encapsulates the best of what the decade had to offer in a bottle. TPD is distinctive, redolent with spice-laden stone fruit preserves. There are no spices listed but it smells spicedI think the spiciness can be attributed to the carnation (Im not a fan of carnation but it is so irresistible here). It does not take long for the vanilla, amber, and warm woods to imitate the scent of bakery goodsthose fruit-filled butter cookies come to mind. Its blissful! This decadent scent will stick around from first spray to next shower. The sillage and projection are typical of most 1990s scents: strong and sturdy. I have an aged bottlemy second onefrom the late-1990s that has only gotten richer with proper storage and time. I liked it when I was seventeen but I love it now that I am old (read: evolved) enough to appreciate all its phases. I love TPD for its unabashed personality and its ability to be gourmand at heart without being sickly saccharine.
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By sophi
This is so feminine and classic perfume! The fruity-herbal opening is strong juicy with peach-orange-plum combination with green notes! Rich and floral heart with prominent honeysuckle ,hyacinth and carnation notes...dries down to a most warm and woody sandal-amber-musk basenotes! Great perfume ..warm sensual woody classic!
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By lauermar
This is a supreme Italian-style scent. It compares favorably to the now-discontinued rare Venezia by Laura Biagiotti, considerably cheaper and easier to find. The only thing missing is the Japanese Wong-Shi flower. Still, this is very very close. I'm glad to have discovered this, because I'm running out of Venezia.
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By mysolegia
This has been my signature scent since 1995. I keep coming back to it, even after I discover something else that I totally love. I'm wearing it now and I can't even conceive of loving something more than TPD. It has everything I love in a scent---wood, spice, flowers and herbs. Think open hilly fields filled with wildflowers on a sunny day somewhere near Palermo. That's what I am reminded of when I wear it.
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By stefanos.f
I would like to say that IF there was a parfume that could make me go nuts when ever a woman was whearing it... IT DEFINITELY was this one. Driving me crazy... So it was the parfume I also got for my wife. After 11 years there is no other parfume that makes me want to smell it until my nose hurts. I will pay what ever it costs to have it allways available for her.
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By Zhara8
After much anticipation, (spicy carnation? fruits of Italy? sounded so promising!) I find this stuff to be utterly......... ho hum.

Very Dept. Store, very ordinary, a faintly pleasant floral/orchard note in the drydown, and a faint, distant reminiscence of Albert Nippon, which I used to like. Also a faint, distant reference to Fendi's original scent, which I detested. Tuscany per Donna is quite loud and lasting, so at least one gets one's moneys worth, I suppose. Although it's a '92 launch, it makes me think of the big hair 80's in a totally major way, a decade I adored, and yet this represents like the totally most bogus part of the eighties, like just too Nancy Reagan, like I am so sure, y'know.

Very, very glad I got the little bitty tester vial instead of a bottle.
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By Heidi
I love this perfume, too bad here in Belgium they don't sell it anymore (at least not were I live). I just like the way this smell stays 'open' at the end, like it's unfinished. I don't find it necessary that each perfume has to end with wood or amber and certainly not with vanilla. It's like you want to keep breathin' in deeper and deeper to reach the end of this smell... . It's a while ago since I've worn this, I think about 13 years... .
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By shellygilbert
Love this fragrance...I'm noticing a trend...All of the ones that I love have all thumbs down reviews! Oh well, I guess you have to give me cedit for being an individual and loving what works for me.
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By ubuandibeme
Carnation is one of my most favorite floral notes - when done well. Too bad this Tuscany per Donna is not one of those. The spiciness of the carnation here is sharp and almost unrecognizable. It lacks depth, and I think it actually adds to the demise of this scent. Possibly due to the blend of other notes or poor quality product. The carnation I love is the one that shines in Caron's Bellodgia ~ spicy yet creamy smooth and soft. Also with peony listed in it's notes, I expected a softer more powdery drydown. And, yes, this concoction is some mighty powerful juice! I think the smell lingered for days...and for me...that was NOT a good thing.
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Top NotesRose, Muguet, Citrus, Mediterranean Herbs
Middle NotesJasmine, Carnation, Honeysuckle, Peony
Base NotesSandalwood, Amber, Vanilla
Launched Date1992
GenderWomen
AvailabilityIn Production
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