As a little boy, I remember my mother looking at the clock in the evening and saying "oh dear, it's 8 o'clock and not a child in the house washed" My 3 sisters, were sent upstairs to have a bath and my brother and I were washed by mother, in the old style Belfast kitchen sink and left to drain on the wooden draining board! But we loved it, except when she rolled up the corner of the flannel and poked it into our ears. OW.
I'm old enough to remember the droughts in the UK and the slogan "bath with a friend"
When in Thailand or the UK, the wife and I always shower in the morning and when we change our cloths during the day, we have another shower and shower again, last thing at night.
We have always, since getting married, taken a bath or shower together when possible, as I have to rub her back with one of those emery stones
and she does the bits of me, that I can no longer reach.
And our little son, would spend all day in the bath or shower, if we let him.
When the wifes family stay with us in the UK, the 2 bathrooms are permanently occupied by someone taking a shower or bath and the water bill goes through the roof!
It's not difficult to smell good, no matter where you live and in some cases, such as the above, keeping clean and smelling fresh, can be fun.
If I do smell to the Thais, then maybe the wife has missed a bit of me.