[EDIT adding usernames] because I got pinged by the bot to add usernames my bad I'm afraid of commenting here usually

This question has been asked a lot on this sub, here's a few of the bigger ones:

Did everybody "smell bad" in the in the medieval period? /u/Vox_Scholasticus

Is it safe to say that every single great person in history prior to, say, 1930, would, to our noses, smell just horrible? /u/siecle

In your field of study, what were the bathing practices of the middle class/common people? Also, how did they deal with the smell of body odor? /u/vonadler

Did history smell bad? /u/TRB1783

Would pre-20th century people smell bad to us?

What sort of common things were used to cover up body odor until deodorant was common place? /u/pretentious_lowbrow

Body odors before mass produced hygiene productds /u/cybelechild