I’ve sat next to a European on a flight wearing a biker leather jacket and the jacket was unzipped for a second to get something from an inside pocket... OMG pure BO, luckily she zipped it up again. I think deodorant in Europe is optional because that is not the last time I gotten a whiff. Leather is good at keeping it contained. My housekeeper gets kind of ripe too, she’s a natural, masks it with patchouli oil.
>> I think deodorant in Europe is optional because that is not the last time I gotten a whiff.<<
Fifty years ago, on my first trip to Europe I was gobsmacked by the BO stench on the streets and on public transportation. Back then few women bothered to shave their pits and that greatly aggravated the problem. But for the last 10 years I’ve traveled all over Europe and have been amazed by the transition to upscale fashions and attention to personal appearance of most women. Men too.