Apart from nose, this was all to do with signalling reproductive value. Many women too underweight to ovulate so a fat store was a bonus.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Sexually transmitted diseases which resulted in pubic baldness & offensive rotting smell also rife. Women with it wld buy merkins & scent.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Did perfume, cologne originate to mask offensive disease-related odors, then evolve into synthetic pheromones as used today?
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Replying to @IanAdAstra
To mask body odour, yes, and the odour of the streets, sewage, etc. Life was extremely smelly in medieval times.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Bit shy about inquiring about the source of the feminine fishy odor medieval gents thought erotic..
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Replying to @IanAdAstra
It is what you think! Frequent washing to odourlessness is new! Ppl smelled for most of our past. Some smells better than others
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Perhaps perversely, idea of erotic reek intrigues. Was price for healthier hygiene less vivid 'in your face, er nose' sexuality?
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Replying to @IanAdAstra
Sorry, I don't understand. People didn't wash much. Not a custom & also water hard to obtain. Everyone smelled. 1/2
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Instead of 'stinky' and 'non-stinky' people divided by 'healthy vaginal odour' (fishy) & unhealthy (rotten - STDs)
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Now I understand. Fishy odor signaled sexual health. By washing away all scent, we're erased potent STD tell.
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Yes but its still there.Scent tests using tampons showed that men, without knowing why, were more attracted to fertile women.
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