Boudoir vs Salon - What's the difference?
boudoir | salon |
a large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests
a gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting
an art gallery
a beauty salon or similar establishment
As nouns the difference between boudoir and salon
is that boudoir is a woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom while salon is lounge.boudoir
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Usage notes
Strictly refers only to a woman’s room, but sometimes used informally or humorously by men to refer to their inner sanctum, as in (The Big Sleep) (1939), by American writer (Raymond Chandler), where (Philip Marlowe) (the hero, a man) says (p. 53): :“Tut, tut,” I said. “Come into my boudoir .”