So every pharmacy has this shelf devoted to toilet water(here in Trinidad at least) they have vaguely Victorian sticker art and names like rose water, Florida water, kananga water, heaven water? you get the idea. Faintly scented and smells of alcohol, I take it is some sort of cologne?
My wife is no help she says its probably old people stuff they keep around to placate the elderly and fussy.
They taste funny.
Basically. Ideally, perfumes and colognes are for fancy things and eau de toilette is for every day use.
You’ve heard of bottled water and how it costs more per gallon than gasoline? Toilet water is expensive bottled water for spoiled dogs. The alcohol is actually a type of mouthwash. Many people consider dog breath to be unpleasant.
Eau de toilette, where “toilette” is derived from “to wash”, and is what someone does at their dressing table. Very weak perfume.
It doesn’t actually come from toilets.
You’re welcome!
This. Thank you for the straight answer.
So you don’t as the wiki article claims put this stuff in your bath water?
So it is watered down cologne, so…why not just let peeps water down concentrate at home? It seems like a useless niche.
It’s what you give to your great aunt Lavita when you have to give her SOMETHING, but you don’t want to spend a lot of money. It’s also what you give your 6 year old daughter, when she wants something that smells nice, but she’s inclined to pour the whole damn bottle on herself, and you don’t want her to pour something that costs $100 an ounce (or more) on herself.
Basically, when you give toilet water, you are saying either “I’m broke” or “You tend to bathe in this stuff”, or both.
It’s not like you can water it down with well… water. It’s a combination of alcohol and water and the scent would be altered if the consumer were to take this on themselves.
I find most scents too concentrated and on the rare occasions that I wear a scent it’s an eau de toilette strength for that reason.
The alcohol evaporates very quickly, so it’s good for people who apply too much because it doesn’t have much staying power. Perfume is oil-based, so it hangs around.
It’s from a time when actual water was of very dubious quality. It used to be that water was considered too rough to put on a lady’s face. Hence alcohol based “water” was popular because it was more sanitary and cleaner. That’s also why cold cream used to be popular as a ladies’ face cleanser. You massaged it on your face and the wiped it off with tissue paper - no actual water was involved at all.
Dogs like toilet water