During the reign of Louis XIV, Versailles noblemen urinated openly against the courtyard walls in full view of other members of the court looking down from the balustrades above. The whole palace was said to stink strongly of urine and body odor. Bathing with water was thought to be unhealthy, and neither the king nor the court ever did.
Every American today lives immeasurably more comfortably than Louis the Sun King did in the 17th century.
Which is why the French invented perfume