Why do all perfume bottle say 'l'eau de toliette' when that means toliet water in french?

am i miss understanding does it mean water toliet? its wierd..Why do all perfume bottle say 'l'eau de toliette' when that means toliet water in french?
First - perfume and toilet water are very different. Toiliet water is scented water, essentially. Perfume is a distilled scent, very powerful and usually expensive.





Second - Toilette - loosely translated toilet - does not refer to the porcelain fixture in the bathroom,but rather the process of preparing yourself to be seen in public. In the days of the French kings and queens, there were courtiers whose sole job was to help the king dress - and these were positions of great prestige.





Preparing your toilette was a process that could take hours - and in days when bathing was reserved to once or twice a year, the need for a scented water to help mute the body odors was really great. Thte last thing you would do, in preparing your toilette, was to sprinkle yourself liberally with eau de toilette - water of the toilette - and you were ready to go out in public.





Nothing to do with the crapper.Why do all perfume bottle say 'l'eau de toliette' when that means toliet water in french?
Where do you think that ';toilet water'; gets its scent from? I guess that some people's stuff don't stink after all. Report Abuse

Typical *rolls eyes* Report Abuse

I have to note the fact that the answerer's nickname is Uncle ';John';.





Purely coincidental, I'm sure. Report Abuse

wow that was a great answer for a toilet question...well done... Report Abuse

The process of getting dressed and ready for the day is ';attending to ones Toliette'; not the comode where you eleminate excess used foods.
Its a slang saying. Like Faux pas. Which is literally False not.


Imagine if someone speaking french heard, wassup, or dude. They wouldn't get it either.





l'eau, means a substance that looks like water.


toliette, means a toilettry (shampoo, lotion, are all toilettries)
I'm guessing that toilet water means something different to the French.