VIII . Does your muse wear perfume? In what situation? What is the name of the perfume if it can be bought in stores?
I decided to combine my answer with a question about hygiene.
In short, it is obvious that in the world of the post-apocalypse, where such blessings of civilization as a shower, soaps, deodorant and so on are absent. Rotten teeth, lice and other delights are the best friends of a typical inhabitant of the wasteland. My assumptions about hygiene in the game are based only on my imagination, because the game gives us too little (thus giving room for our imagination).
So, we can sometimes find pieces of soaps. I honestly don’t know what happens to soap two hundred years after a nuclear blow, but let’s imagine that it can be used. I’m also sure that people make their own soap. Of course, it is not the same as it was before the war. Could there be any shampoos and other stuff? I tried to google it, but couldn’t find anything.
About water. Again, the game gives us unrealistic ideas about the world of wasteland, because I don’t think that if you just boil water or use those water purifiers made of shit and sticks, the water will be as clean as in the Alps or Baikal. I read the literature on this topic, and it was said there that very small doses of radiation don’t have a strong effect on the human body and animals, but, I quote, “the information can be not accurate”.
Perfume? I think this is a great success if you manage to find a whole, not broken bottle.
So, let’s suppose that people make soap and it can be bought as an ordinary product, and the water is purified so that radiation gives only a slight effect. We answer the main questions.
Ivakir washes herself and her clothes when she can. In her hut there is only a water column. Sometimes this is not enough to wash, so she just goes to the nearest settlement (Iv has many connections, so this is not a problem; at least, she can pay them to use water). The first two days she smells normal, considering that she doesn’t use anything which can block the smell. Unless she is lucky and finds a box of perfume. But the mix of perfume and sweat is horrible.
I also read a method with soda, which helps to get rid of the smell, so if there is a soda, she also uses it.