toilette

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In “Enchanted Escape,” we see her ostentatiously unadorned Sèvres porcelain plates and silverware for the royal toilette, a pink neoclassical armchair for resting after doing very little.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The cult perfume maker Diptyque created an “Othoniel Rosa” scented candle and eau de toilette.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

And so now the last part of my toilette is a couple of squirts of cologne, something that pre-virus I only bothered with before going out to an expensive restaurant dinner.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2020

The camera stands petrified by his toilette: his zesty dental flossing and dorky nasal dilators, the creams he gobs on his soft feet and disappointing pate.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2018

When the ladies were separating for the toilette, he said to Elizabeth—

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen