Thanks for having me and thank you to everyone who listens! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have (there are none too dirty!). I've provided a list of some sources below if you'd like to read more about the topic.

• Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1660-1669)

• Katherine Ashenburg, The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History (North Point Press, 2014)

• Kathleen M. Brown, Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America (Yale University Press, 2011)

• Emily Cockayne, Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England 1600-1770 (Yale University Press, 2008)

• Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz, The Toilet of Flora (English translation, London, 1779)

• Amanda Vickery, Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Yale University Press, 2009)

• John Styles, The Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century England (Yale University Press, 2007)

• Lynn Sorge-English, Stays and Body Image in London (Pickering & Chatto, 2011)

• And special thanks to Abigail Cox, Apprentice Milliner and Mantua-Maker at Colonial Williamsburg, whose extensive hands-on research of 18th century hair care has not yet been published

Awesome. I will be listening to this. Thanks for putting this together. I would love to know more about the early history of deodorant.

Thanks, /u/colevintage. At around the 18 minute mark, you mention that in portraits, you sometimes see excessive powder from the powered wigs on people's shoulders. That seems like real commitment to accuracy in portraiture! I would have thought the portrait artist would just not paint that to slightly flatter the subject.

Special thanks to Elm, Mark K., Vlad, Max M., Will R., William R., Sarah G., Bill R., Richard B., Stuart G., Johnathan W. and William N. for their generous support of the podcast through the AskHistorians Patreon. And thanks to all our new supporters as well!

As announced on the show, we'll be doing the book giveaway monthly now thanks to the generous people above and all the rest of the patreon supporters. I'll announce the next slate of books in the upcoming episode with /u/agentdcf.

And, of course, a big thanks to /u/colevintage for chatting about underthings and sweaty armpits.

/u/ColeVintage Thanks for the very informative discussion. I have a few questions about early deodorant. I found in interesting that the first ones were waxed based.

Wax (carnauba, bee, candelilla wax) is increasingly found in deodorant today. So I am interested in the early wax based deodorant you mentioned. What wax did they use?

You mentioned that you have recipes for early body care products, do you have any recipes for early deodorant?

Also I would be interested in reading more about the early history of deodorant. Do you have any suggested readings that cover deodorant?

Hi /u/colevintage, great podcast! It struck me as full of "treasures fallen by the wayside" of history, to paraphrase someone I can't recall.

You mentioned the usefulness of morning-dew on bushes and grass for its oxidizing effect on clothing - could you point me to some substantiating details about this practice? It sounds fascinating!

I'll listen to it later at work but: How do you guys decided whats worth more than one episode? Lie the spanish civil war got one and baking bread gets 2? Not that I'm complaining.

As always, it was a very interesting listen. Thanks, /u/400-Rabbits and /u/colevintage!