In fact, deodorants invented in Ancient Egypt

And not in the nineteenth veke



It is estimated that until 1888, the year the first deodorant (who, incidentally, was called "Mother") humanity is not too worried about the smell of sweat, but in fact the means to disguise existed in ancient Egypt.

Notable Egyptians not only took a bath with scented oils and incense, and moistened his armpits spirits, to "hide" sharp "flavor". Later, the Greeks adopted this tradition, and from them is so elegant way to deal with the undesirable side effect of cooling the body fell to the Romans.

A few centuries after the Christian era began increasing influence of the Christian Church, many of whose adherents preach austerity and almost all kinds of body care and personal hygiene was considered sinful vanity care of carnal beauty.

Under pressure from leading figures of Christianity of incense and soap invented by the Phoenicians as early as the year 600 BC, for a long time almost forgot. Gradually, the fashion for spirits began to return, but they were very expensive, so afford to buy them could not everyone.

Until the appearance of in XIX-century toilet water perfumery was not mass, and in 1903 invented the deodorant, which not only interrupted the smell of sweat, and reduced the ducts of sweat glands, thus eliminating the cause of the smell.

via factroom.ru