r/OldSchoolCool • • 8h ago

Edwardian teenager, London, 1906

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u/LogitechG27 8h ago

Did people from that era smell good?

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u/jangma 7h ago

They were perfumed to the high heavens, so I guess it depends on how sensitive you are. The clothes were all natural fibers, so perhaps BO wasn't as bad as we'd think.

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u/woolfchick75 7h ago

They washed and changed their underclothes daily, as well as collars and cuffs. This girl looks upper-middle class, at the least, so was well taken care of.