So if you did view Germany (or France), you'd notice that fewer than two-thirds shower daily. (Brit's too).
The two countries where it seemed like 85-percent or more of folks showered daily? Portugal and Italy.
Back in 1978, when I first got to Germany.....this was one of the top 250 topics that came up in my first couple of weeks of orientation....that a lot of Germans were a once or twice a week on shower routines. The general hint was that you got off work....Germans came home and 'sponged-up' the upper half of your body, and waited till 'shower-day' (twice a week). At first, I thought it was a joke but I came to realize that the general problem I came to 'stand'....was that everyone was applying an awful lot of perfume/after-shave as they left for work.
In this solution, the problem was mixing sweat-smell with some perfume/after-shave, and you got a pretty bad scent.
A big deal? As I age now....my sense of smell has gone to crap, and I can sit in a German train....end-of-the-day, and people with three or four days straight of zero-showers don't bother me.
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