Tosca (Eau de Cologne) by Mäurer & Wirtz

See Prices

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Tosca Mäurer & Wirtz 1921 Eau de Cologne

6.4 / 10 171 Ratings

A perfume by Mäurer & Wirtz for women, released in 1921. The scent is floral-powdery. It is still in production.
Compare

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Sweet

Spicy

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Neroli

Bergamot

Lemon

Orange

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Lily of the valley

Narcissus

Ylang-ylang Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Labdanum

Ambergris

Patchouli

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

6.4171 Ratings

Longevity

6.6140 Ratings

Sillage

6.1133 Ratings

Bottle

6.3145 Ratings

Value for money

8.827 Ratings

Submitted by Parfum1311 · last update on 01/27/2026.

Source-backed & verified

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Tosca Parfum

Tosca Eau de Parfum

Tosca Eau de Toilette

Nuit de Longchamp (2008) Eau de Parfum

Graduate 1954

Tweed Parfum de Toilette

Reviews

25 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/15/2013

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

EvaK
31 Reviews

EvaK

Very helpful Review 5

From shock to surprise

This review is for the vintage parfum - I don't know other versions.
The initial opening is extremely sharp and bitter to my nose. The last thing I would have expected from this shock was the metamorphosis into a gentle, elegant powdery-flowery beauty! It settles sweet and classy - not femme fatale like Habanita, but I agree that there are similarities. Vtg. Tosca is not dramatic, makes me think of one of those women with impeccable style - never a loose thread from the ivory suit, never a single stain on her shoes or the matching purse. It's an incredible polite fragrance, yet you're curious to find out what lays behind all this polite elegance. There's something surprising and exciting inside. Love it.

10/30/2013

5.5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Gold
726 Reviews

Gold

Very helpful Review 3

The long-forgotten Christmas gift-pack

Are you looking for vintage "Tosca"? It's still very easy to find good specimen of this famous German fragrance everywhere on the internet, since nearly every granny who is NOT into perfume seems to be hiding a bottle of "Tosca" somewhere in her closet. I received my recent vintage flacon three weeks ago when my 84-year-old mother-in-law discovered her long-forgotton "Tosca" in the corner of her bedroom-shelf. "Tosca" was and still is the fragrance my own mother would never ever have used or would dream of using today, but then again, she always loved perfumes - and her first fragrance was "Bandit" by Piguet. When I was a teenager and started trying perfumes in department stores etc. I sneered at "Tosca". The image of the scent was extremely old-fashioned and I hated everything about it. It struck me as a sharp, aldehydic scent, unsentimental in spite of the kitschy advertisments broadcast on German television. I'm convinced that millions of German women weren't at all keen on receiving the obligatory "Tosca gift set" their grumpy husbands selected for them at Christmas.
Revisiting the fragrance today, I have to state that I still can't warm up to it. There is nothing pretty about "Tosca". And there is nothing complex or cunning about its formula either, a couple of white flowers against a background of dashes of labdanum and patchouli. I still find it a curiously old-fashioned scent, but not in a good way. Perhaps its attempt at smelling inoffensive is its limitation. Compared to contemporary fruity-florals, vintage "Tosca" might seem quite passable today, but I can't wear it.
As for the new reformulated version I'd better keep my mouth shut, "watered-down" would still sound like a compliment.

09/04/2023

7Scent 4Longevity 5Sillage

Ringtale
141 Reviews

Ringtale

Helpful Review 2

Get the EDT or even better: the EDP!

Tosca...such an underrated and unknown gem! I own the EDC, the EDT and the EDP for which I already wrote a review. (all current versions)
The EDC is a nice, vintage cologne, but fleeting, though less fleeting (and more interesting as a scent) than Echt Kölnisch Wasser Eau de Cologne, but it is a very nice cologne, maybe for bedtime, very soft and spicy.
But ah...the EDT is already something different: aldehydes, done at their best. soapy, spicy, out of the shower-like and cosy but bright. With decent, moderate longevity and sillage, fitting an EDT.
I prefer the EDP. The EDP almost smells like the sum of all my favourite fragrances. Here also aldehydes, sharp and 'fatty' like they used to perform in Estée by Estée Lauder, but the scent of Tosca EDP is more flowery and spicy than that.
Without being similar to those, in the EDP I do get vibes of Ysatis, of Boucheron, of Estée...you name them. Not of Chanel No 5 with which it is compared often. But Chanel No 5 is a scent I absolutely don't like, so don't buy blind, expecting Chanel No 5, I would say.
Longevity and sillage of Tosca EDP are stunning!
I hate the 'old lady' comments in general, but when it comes to Tosca, it really can annoy me...Tosca may have an 'old soul' but she is far too fresh to be associated with 'old ladies'. Nothing 'musty' in Tosca EDP. I think it is easier to get in Europe than in the US, but if you can get your hands on the EDP and don't mind a little 'vintage' and 'soapy', you won't be disappointed.

Updated on 09/04/2023

01/09/2026

3Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

MrsGuerlain
640 Reviews

MrsGuerlain

1

Tosca the Survivor

If all perfumes were films, Tosca would be ‘Tosca the Survivor’. Belonging to the Maurer/Wirtz franchise it would be a spin-off of the famous ‘4711 the Everlasting Fragrance’. It would be ‘Mandalorian’ compared to Star Wars. Just not as good.
I have three editions of this well known fragrance from three different time pockets. The bottle designs vary but the smell stays the same. I do not like Tosca. Not in any of the variations I have. Too old school and too overwhelming. Unlike 4711 I simply cannot find any mitigating circumstances. To my nose it is just horrible.
Year 2, 240/365

02/07/2016

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

loewenherz
920 Reviews

Translated · Show original

loewenherz

Top Review 39

Mom's Crocheted Toilet Paper Roll on the Parcel Shelf

Recently, in the parking lot of a large supermarket, I was loading the contents of my shopping cart into the trunk next to an elderly couple. They seemed to be in their mid-seventies, and the way they lovingly helped each other and interacted was beautiful. They naturally called each other 'Mom' and 'Dad', and when he made a smacking sound while packing a bag of green beans (full of joyful anticipation for the upcoming dinner, undoubtedly a nice piece of bacon would be involved), I would have loved to give them a quick hug.

On the parcel shelf of their car lay something I hadn't seen in years (oh, what am I saying, decades!) - a neatly crocheted roll of toilet paper in muted brown tones - with a frilled decorative edge, it just needed a pom-pom on top. In the 80s - when there was no Sanifair, and a trip to the Costa del Sol could take 48 hours, including trying to convince customs officers that, of course, you had no wine with you - these crocheted toilet rolls were a German family standard. (Often, there was a second roll covered in this way on the guest toilet - from which a Spanish woman playing castanets would emerge.)

The little old man and the little old woman radiated a down-to-earth quality and modesty that seemed touching and outdated - 2016, in the parking lot of this supermarket. You could almost see how used wrapping paper was carefully smoothed out and put away - and whether a threadbare sweater could perhaps still be saved with a new collar. Mom manages the finances with strict leniency, and as long as there are occasionally beans with bacon, Dad has always delivered his earnings to her without complaint - less out of habit, more out of genuine trust.

Conclusion: when the little old woman got into the car (he helped her, even though she wasn't sick, and the space wasn't tight - just to help her), I could see a small bottle lying on the inside of the passenger door. It was Tosca - in the very simple bottle with a label and a blue plastic cap. I then briefly imagined her refreshing herself with a drop of it before meeting old acquaintances (whom you only see sometimes since they moved to Osnabrück). And I thought to myself: it's actually nice that this still exists.

More reviews