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: formal or fashionable attire or style of dress
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: a particular costume or outfit
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Frommer has no qualms about sauntering into an establishment and asking to use their toilette, baño, banheiro or loo.
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Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Eau de parfums are a great entryway into the world of long-lasting fragrances, as EDPs have a higher oil concentration than mists and toilettes, which allows for a stronger projection and long wear.
—ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
In present day, the brand has expanded to 49 candles, along with almost 40 eau de parfums and toilettes, tabletop, objets d’art, and limited edition drops.
—Margaux Anbouba, elle.com, 25 May 2023
Où sont les toilettes?
—Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
Bettina took charge of the boy’s toilette.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
In a vivid opening scene, Prioleau details the adult Miriam’s arduous toilette, and her reliance on pearl powder to whiten her skin.
—New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
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Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Eau de parfums are a great entryway into the world of long-lasting fragrances, as EDPs have a higher oil concentration than mists and toilettes, which allows for a stronger projection and long wear.
—ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
In present day, the brand has expanded to 49 candles, along with almost 40 eau de parfums and toilettes, tabletop, objets d’art, and limited edition drops.
—Margaux Anbouba, elle.com, 25 May 2023
Où sont les toilettes?
—Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
Bettina took charge of the boy’s toilette.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
In a vivid opening scene, Prioleau details the adult Miriam’s arduous toilette, and her reliance on pearl powder to whiten her skin.
—New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
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“Toilette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilette. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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