Didn't the Europeans always have issues with their water sanitation that is why that "custom" developed? Showers are not abundant "ritual" as it is in our culture. It is beginning to be one. And the French use to make lavish perfumes--the real stuff--the oils and stuff broke on Jesus Christ's feet.
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True story - a friend of mine was studying in Germany, and they thought he must have a skin disease because he bathed EVERY DAY.
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