The toilet paper dispenser as claimed for the invention including a housing (6) in which is housed a roll (3) of a paper strip (2), which has perforations transverse to strip (2) defining rectangular paper sheets (5) whose width is transverse and whose length is longitudinal. Housing (6) features a nozzle (9) with a dispensing orifice (10), by means of which the paper strip (2) is unwound. The dispenser is characterized in that the nozzle (9) and the paper roll (3) are disposed in such a way that the paper sheets (5) unwind one by one and emerge with a reduced crumpling as they exit the nozzle (9), the width of a sheet (5) is between 125 mm and 180 mm, and the ratio of the width of a sheet (5) to its length is between 0.45 and 1, preferably between 0.5 and 0.65, the paper being consumed optimally and in a pleasant manner.