What Did the Past Smell Like?

Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by agumonkey on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:52PM (#25420670)

Can't find where, but recently there was an article about the birth of chemical sanitation which led to an odd cycle of cleaner surroundings followed by side effects from using all kinds of acids and solutions which smell was not pleasant too.

Also I wonder if the countryside wasn't a lot better than big cities like paris ..

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Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by airstrike on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:31PM (#25421218)

> Also I wonder if the countryside wasn't a lot better than big cities like paris ..

Between Town and Country, the aristocracy has historically considered the former to be the lesser choice.

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Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by iguy on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:02PM (#25424000)

In many places, the aristocrats lived in the city for the winter (when the cold kept the smells and disease at bay) and in the country for the summer.

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Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by handedness on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:31PM (#25424263)

I've spent long periods in the zero-tourism parts of some developing nations, and from an olfactory perspective (among others) the countryside is always infinitely preferable to big cities.

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