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brie
i always thought it was, but i've tried to figure it out and everyone's saying that its actually just their culture to shower less and they dont wear a lot of perfumes or deodorant.
just wondering! not trying to be mean!
Answer
OK. The nearest and fairest answer yet is Rudolph's.
Most French people do not smell bad, because even though they may not bathe as often as Americans, despite the fact that they have to be careful about electricity bills, they still wash, and nowadays they shower. Let's face it, the Americans did not bathe that often before they had running water on tap, and in some areas they are not too fussed about personal hygiene either still nowadays. Many French houses are old and had to be adapted to have running water and to install state of the art bathrooms last century.
I was born after WW2 when half the infra-structure in France was still in ruins. I shared a dorm in a convent school and each of the girls had to get a jug of water from one cold tap to wash every evening and replenish it to wash in the morning. When we woke up at 6 am, we had to break the ice in the pitchers in the winter. The nuns inspected us and if we were not clean they scrubbed our necks with a nail brush, so we would not have dared not to wash. We had a hot shower twice a week but we were clean. At home there was just one bathroom for twenty people so we had to take it in turns to have a bath, but there were wash basins in the bedrooms with running water and believe me they were used, and we ran through soap as if there was no tomorrow.
Nowadays every house has at least one bathroom and an increasing number of people have had showers installed in old buildings. Just because one does not have a bath daily does not mean that one is unhygienic.
America is vast and new buildings are all equipped with state of the art sanitary ware. One of my daughters has a bathroom and a walk in wardrobe in each of the bedrooms and her house feels like a mansion compared to the tiny European houses.
With regard to the smell, a lot of garlic is used in French cooking. This has a very pungent smell and Americans are not used to it.
As for soap and perfumes etc... it is proven that the French use an enormous amount of soap , and deodorants are sold in large quantities too. Perfume used to be a way of disguising BO so now that people have hot running water and deodorants they do not use it in large quantities. In any case France is the country where most of the world's quality perfumes are made and a woman will buy an expensive brand and use it sparingly rather than drench herself in a cheap perfume with no lasting power.
I think that many people in America have preconceived ideas, and it has become a game to bash the French amongst school kids who have never set foot in France and appear to be knowledgeable by saying that they are rude, they smell etc...Though I am French, my English is such that people never guess that I not British and there is definitely a difference in the way I am treated when they discover I am not British, a sort of lack of respect which is unjustified. Incidentally when I first arrived in England people had no bathrooms either and in certain areas they bathed once a week in a tin bath in front of the fire. I never heard the Americans saying that the Brits or the Irish were dirty or smelly because they only bathed sparingly.
OK. The nearest and fairest answer yet is Rudolph's.
Most French people do not smell bad, because even though they may not bathe as often as Americans, despite the fact that they have to be careful about electricity bills, they still wash, and nowadays they shower. Let's face it, the Americans did not bathe that often before they had running water on tap, and in some areas they are not too fussed about personal hygiene either still nowadays. Many French houses are old and had to be adapted to have running water and to install state of the art bathrooms last century.
I was born after WW2 when half the infra-structure in France was still in ruins. I shared a dorm in a convent school and each of the girls had to get a jug of water from one cold tap to wash every evening and replenish it to wash in the morning. When we woke up at 6 am, we had to break the ice in the pitchers in the winter. The nuns inspected us and if we were not clean they scrubbed our necks with a nail brush, so we would not have dared not to wash. We had a hot shower twice a week but we were clean. At home there was just one bathroom for twenty people so we had to take it in turns to have a bath, but there were wash basins in the bedrooms with running water and believe me they were used, and we ran through soap as if there was no tomorrow.
Nowadays every house has at least one bathroom and an increasing number of people have had showers installed in old buildings. Just because one does not have a bath daily does not mean that one is unhygienic.
America is vast and new buildings are all equipped with state of the art sanitary ware. One of my daughters has a bathroom and a walk in wardrobe in each of the bedrooms and her house feels like a mansion compared to the tiny European houses.
With regard to the smell, a lot of garlic is used in French cooking. This has a very pungent smell and Americans are not used to it.
As for soap and perfumes etc... it is proven that the French use an enormous amount of soap , and deodorants are sold in large quantities too. Perfume used to be a way of disguising BO so now that people have hot running water and deodorants they do not use it in large quantities. In any case France is the country where most of the world's quality perfumes are made and a woman will buy an expensive brand and use it sparingly rather than drench herself in a cheap perfume with no lasting power.
I think that many people in America have preconceived ideas, and it has become a game to bash the French amongst school kids who have never set foot in France and appear to be knowledgeable by saying that they are rude, they smell etc...Though I am French, my English is such that people never guess that I not British and there is definitely a difference in the way I am treated when they discover I am not British, a sort of lack of respect which is unjustified. Incidentally when I first arrived in England people had no bathrooms either and in certain areas they bathed once a week in a tin bath in front of the fire. I never heard the Americans saying that the Brits or the Irish were dirty or smelly because they only bathed sparingly.
Need a theme for a preteen girls bedroom.Need something that she will like now and wont be "kiddie" in a few?
Sara Johns
years!. she is 11 and not to picky but her fav color is purple and the room is on the smaller side. But i just want something I can do now and when she is 17 it wont look like shes sleeping in her little sisters room.
Answer
Okay.
If you paint it dark purple, it will look smaller.
If you paint it too light you run into little kid.
That being said....do i medium BRIGHT purple, with a vivid green trim, it will fun now, and can be funky later. I'm not sure on your budget, but paint isnt too expensive, so if she outgrows/changes her favorite color, its not expensive to re do. Also when she's a teen you can make her pay for it herself, or earn the money for it by doing chores, help with your other daughter, yard work etc.
Some cheap add ons that can be removed when she gets older/tastes change are wall decals. Wal Mart Target Lowes and Home Depot all carry them for a pretty cheap price. (Home Depot and Lowes are a little better quality/variety, maybe 2-3 dollars more.) That way it can personalized with out spending too much or skipping them all together and looking generic.
Solid color curtains she cannot out grow. Pick a color that compliments the paint. Dark purple with the bright purple would be really pretty, and regulate the temp of her room (which will save money)
A nice green accent rug, square or round, stay away from items with stuff on them, she'll out grow it or hate it eventually.
Painting her furniture black would "age" the room also. However, white would be fine also.
Now.
Are you doing bedding?
If so, choose a colorful fun blanket/sheet set. Bed in bags are available at many retail stores for not too much money. Choose patterns or geometric prints. Butterflies are always girly but sometimes end up being juvenille.
If she has posters, get some inexpenisve poster frames in silver, it can really pull her room together, and she can change out the pictures/posters as she grows, and take them on to college. Its a great way to have her room look polished. (try Michaels')
Last but not least.
Silk flowers can be used in so many ways and are not expensive at all, you can use them to tie back curtains, decorate walls, borders, desks, chairs, lamps curtains bookshelves. Glue them to the lamp shade to make her old lamp new. When shes over it, pull them off.
Also, fun shaped Christmas lights add something funky and fun to a room without costing too much. Now they can provide comfort visability at night, when shes older they can just be fun.
I don't know, hope I helped.
Okay.
If you paint it dark purple, it will look smaller.
If you paint it too light you run into little kid.
That being said....do i medium BRIGHT purple, with a vivid green trim, it will fun now, and can be funky later. I'm not sure on your budget, but paint isnt too expensive, so if she outgrows/changes her favorite color, its not expensive to re do. Also when she's a teen you can make her pay for it herself, or earn the money for it by doing chores, help with your other daughter, yard work etc.
Some cheap add ons that can be removed when she gets older/tastes change are wall decals. Wal Mart Target Lowes and Home Depot all carry them for a pretty cheap price. (Home Depot and Lowes are a little better quality/variety, maybe 2-3 dollars more.) That way it can personalized with out spending too much or skipping them all together and looking generic.
Solid color curtains she cannot out grow. Pick a color that compliments the paint. Dark purple with the bright purple would be really pretty, and regulate the temp of her room (which will save money)
A nice green accent rug, square or round, stay away from items with stuff on them, she'll out grow it or hate it eventually.
Painting her furniture black would "age" the room also. However, white would be fine also.
Now.
Are you doing bedding?
If so, choose a colorful fun blanket/sheet set. Bed in bags are available at many retail stores for not too much money. Choose patterns or geometric prints. Butterflies are always girly but sometimes end up being juvenille.
If she has posters, get some inexpenisve poster frames in silver, it can really pull her room together, and she can change out the pictures/posters as she grows, and take them on to college. Its a great way to have her room look polished. (try Michaels')
Last but not least.
Silk flowers can be used in so many ways and are not expensive at all, you can use them to tie back curtains, decorate walls, borders, desks, chairs, lamps curtains bookshelves. Glue them to the lamp shade to make her old lamp new. When shes over it, pull them off.
Also, fun shaped Christmas lights add something funky and fun to a room without costing too much. Now they can provide comfort visability at night, when shes older they can just be fun.
I don't know, hope I helped.
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