13. Women Actually Wore Perfume
So far on this list, we’ve mentioned a lot of very stinky stories. But believe it or not, upper-class women actually did wear perfume. The Crusaders discovered perfumes from far-off lands, and brought back the samples for their ladies in England. After discovering this foreign formula, medieval women started making oils out of rose and lavender. Musk was very expensive, because it had to be imported. So many scents were only accessible to the upper class.