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

For early modern Europe, as in India today, perfume had many functions, from medical to religious, that went well beyond its use as an expression of an individual’s taste, personality and toilette.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Which is why I couldn’t figure out why she told us to put late assignments in her boîte de toilette, or “toilet box.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020

In an attempt to compete with Beyonce and Britney Spears, Beck has decided to launch his own eau de toilette.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2016

"It's a concentrated perfume extract. I could dilute it into an eau de toilette."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda