# Stink

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stink/617465>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stink/617465 "2012-04-01T12:18:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![tavaritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tavaritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavaritz)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stink/617465/1 "2012-04-01T12:18:45Z")

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Cecil’s column about personal hygien and stink:

> **[Is good personal hygiene a recent invention? (Did the days of old really stink?)](https://www.straightdope.com/21343698/is-good-personal-hygiene-a-recent-invention-did-the-days-of-old-really-stink)**

reminded me about the observation that now when smoking is prohibited in nightclubs they smell more or less like locker rooms.