People carried flowers to mask the bad smells
Victorian cities stank—literally. With limited hygiene and poor sanitation, bad smells were everywhere. The solution? Carry a posy of fresh flowers under your nose as a natural air freshener.
People would sniff them to avoid throwing up from the smells in the street. If you had a flower in your hand, it was like carrying deodorant… but for your face.
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