These Past Hygiene Practices Will Shock You

Flowers To Mask Body Odor

By this point, you’re probably starting to wonder if all these health practices made for some pretty terrible body odor. Well, they did. Of course, everyone smelled equally terrible, so it wasn’t as offensive as it would be today. Women did make some effort to mask their stench with the help of flowers, but it’s hard to imagine that was quite as effective as modern-day deodorant.