I watched a documentary about Versailles some time ago, and the the conditions the French kings lived in was just horrid. No personal hygiene like we have today, perfume on top of perfume on top of perfume.
Sanitation was almost nonexistent- people would relieve themselves wherever they happened to be if they couldn’t make it outside and the royal staff would have to clean it up- I’m surprised it doesn’t still reek hundreds of years later.
Yes...we take it all for granted. I know that over time you get used to it, but...Damn!
I have been around unwashed people, and it smelled bad. Am I a mean person for saying it? The facts are never mean.