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    <periodOfReport>2018-03-28</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TIFFANY &amp; CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TIF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001229659</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FISH LAWRENCE K</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>TIFFANY &amp; CO.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>727 FIFTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $.01 Par</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-03-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>98.5679</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>34511</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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        <footnote id="F1">The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The price actually received ranged from $98.56 to $98.61 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and the issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">933 shares in the total are unvested restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-03-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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X0306
4
2018-03-28
0
0000098246
TIFFANY & CO
TIF
0001229659
FISH LAWRENCE K
TIFFANY & CO.
727 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock $.01 Par
2018-03-28
4
S
0
6000
98.5679
D
34511
D
The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The price actually received ranged from $98.56 to $98.61 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and the issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
933 shares in the total are unvested restricted stock units.
/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact
2018-03-29