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 years the stuff I’ve worn has been Marinella 287, a freshly citric, almost barbershop eau de toilette produced by the underrated Neapolitan haberdashers of the same name.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020

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

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

“Don’t worry, keep it,” she said, already returned to her toilette.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt