Why are colognes and perfumes called ';eau de toilette?

this label, and others like eau de parfum, refer to the concentration of scent. eau do toilette had about a one to six percent concentration so it's more light and doesn't linger as long and is more like a strong body splash. And eau do parfum is a more potent mixture and ';perfume'; is the most potent, and expensive of the bunch.





Basically, it's a scale for scent concentrationWhy are colognes and perfumes called ';eau de toilette?
I have seen that on lots of perfume, I think that is french for perfume. See a french dictionary. Good luck.Why are colognes and perfumes called ';eau de toilette?
I have no idea but isn't it weird? it bugs me it's like why would i want to smell like a ';toillete'; ahah nice question though : )
water of the toilet? lol i sure wouldn't want to smell like that.
Long ago, when men shaved and ladies put on makeup and did their hair, the table they used was called a ';toilette';. They would say that they were ';making their toilette';, which means they were cleaning up a tad.





Eau means scent. ';Eau de fleur'; means scent of flowers.





Therefore, ';eau de toilette'; means the fragrance that is on your dressing table.





It's all in the translation.
It's French for calogne spray.


Kinda weird though!
It's in french.. and they consider this phrase perfume in the french language is toilette. It's not pronounced ';TOILET';.
literally, it means ';toilet water';





think about it... you go to the bathroom (aka 'the toilet') to freshen up... like putting on perfume