To add to this, sweating was normal, and though there were various ways to deal with the smell of body odor, the rich mostly just caked on perfumes like how a teenage boy, discovering girls for the first time, over-does the axe body spray (or whatever kids these days use, lol.).
Outside of perfume, which was ridiculously expensive, they’d make do with things like potpourri in little baggies or herbs or flowers. Whatever they could get, and didn’t break the bank.
Other methods of keeping it in check include things like bathing and simply going nose-blind, and contrary to popular belief, people did bathe regularly- including at public baths.
/jk. Guess my point was today we (western weirdos?) use antiperspirants like sweating like plebs is gross. Similarly, it’s rather normal to bathe after a workout or something where you were sweating. sweating is normal, sure. but we’re rather weird about it compared to back then.
To add to this, sweating was normal, and though there were various ways to deal with the smell of body odor, the rich mostly just caked on perfumes like how a teenage boy, discovering girls for the first time, over-does the axe body spray (or whatever kids these days use, lol.).
Outside of perfume, which was ridiculously expensive, they’d make do with things like potpourri in little baggies or herbs or flowers. Whatever they could get, and didn’t break the bank.
Other methods of keeping it in check include things like bathing and simply going nose-blind, and contrary to popular belief, people did bathe regularly- including at public baths.
To add to this: sweating still is normal
you don’t burn off your pores? wierdo.
/jk. Guess my point was today we (western weirdos?) use antiperspirants like sweating like plebs is gross. Similarly, it’s rather normal to bathe after a workout or something where you were sweating. sweating is normal, sure. but we’re rather weird about it compared to back then.
It was only a slightly humoristic reply to your “sweating was normal” is all :)