Toilet water

[nq:1]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) the following: eau de cologne eau de parfum eau de ... call the last one, for example, "toilet water" - or is it really how you refer to it? thanks, Bartek[/nq]
Here in Brit-land I haven't heard anyone use the term 'toilet water' for many years, and even then, I only heard old people use it. The French terms are commonly used here - at least, the

[nq:2]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) ... is it really how you refer to it? thanks, Bartek[/nq]
[nq:1]Here in Brit-land I haven't heard anyone use the term 'toilet water' for many years, and even then, I only ... scent bottles (men call the stuff 'scent', women call it 'perfume' or 'fragrance') but never heard it used in conversation.[/nq]
Men may wear cologne, even eau de cologne

[nq:1]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) the following:[/nq]
Toilet water is what the dog drinks.

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[nq:1]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) the following: eau de cologne eau de parfum eau de ... strange to call the last one, for example, "toilet water" - or is it really how you refer to it?[/nq]
Some people still do, though it's normal these days to use the French terms, often abbreviated to EdC, EdP and EdT.
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Ditto, for the abbreviatio

[nq:1]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) the following: eau de cologne eau de parfum eau de ... call the last one, for example, "toilet water" - or is it really how you refer to it? thanks, Bartek[/nq]
Are you asking what I would ask for in a store if I wanted each of those? If so, it would be respectively , "cologne", "perfume" and "toilet water." Although, I might call eau de toilette

[nq:1]Men may wear cologne, even eau de cologne, but most men in the US would call it "after shave".[/nq]
Men's cologne is sold here. I have several tiny vials of it, given as samples when I bought perfume for my wife.

John Varela
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[nq:2]Men may wear cologne, even eau de cologne, but most men in the US would call it "after shave".[/nq]
[nq:1]Men's cologne is sold here. I have several tiny vials of it, given as samples when I bought perfume for my wife.[/nq]
Yes, I know. My point was that we call it "after shave".
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[nq:1]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) the following: eau de cologne eau de parfum eau de ... strange to call the last one, for example, "toilet water" - or is it really how you refer to it?[/nq]
When the distinction is important (i.e. when asking a shop clerk, or when selling bottles on eBay, etc.), just use the French terms. At other times, at least to my AmE ears, "cologne" is any f

[nq:2]Hi, How do you say (in BrE, AmE and CaE) ... - or is it really how you refer to it?[/nq]
[nq:1]When the distinction is important (i.e. when asking a shop clerk, or when selling bottles on eBay, etc.), just use ... literal translation of "eau de toilette", "toilet water" is always water that is in, or has been in, a toilet.[/nq]
Yes. Most younger people would understand, by 'toilet wa