#- That's Korekiyos Rambling (it's from Wikipedia)
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
Milk baths and bad smells
#korekiyo shinguji#kirumi tojo#cruise ship au#danganronpa ask blog#There are legends that Cleopatra bathed in goat milk daily for her complexion. These legends have not been confirmed and some historians be-#lieve that Roman Empress Poppaea (wife of Nero) set this bathing fashion after Cleopatra's death.#Queens Catherine Parr and later Elizabeth I of England bathed in milk in the belief that it would make their skin appear more youthful and#pale.Tincture of benzoin was also referred to as a 'milk bath' in the United States in the 1800s#which could in some cases be confused#for baths of cow milk#also popular at the time. There are references to cows milk as a bath technique found in India in the 1800s in#“Fifty-one years of Victorian life” by Margaret Elizabeth Child Villiers#Countess of Jersey. In the early 1900s#singer and Broadway star#Anna Held was reported to bathe in milk daily. She was later quoted as having bathed in milk two times a week when living in Paris#finding#it difficult to do so while traveling. Her husband Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. later reported to the press that she bathed in milk daily and set up#photo shoots so that reporters could photograph the milk being delivered to her. A buttermilk bath was also a common historical bathing#technique for show animals and remains in practice today (such as for pigs and dogs).#- That's Korekiyos Rambling (it's from Wikipedia)
18 notes
·
View notes