Comment on What were the original antiperspirants before modern day ones?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 days agoTo 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 a teenage boy discovering girls for the first time.
Other methods of keeping it in check include things like bathing and simply going nose-blind.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
To add to this: sweating still is normal
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 days ago
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.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
It was only a slightly humoristic reply to your “sweating was normal” is all :)