Hygiene was no big deal
Since personal hygiene wasn’t a huge deal during colonial times, people — regardless of their social status — took the same number of baths per year. Dirt doesn’t discriminate. The wealthy, however, had more means of masking their body odor (such as oversized robes and fragrances).
On the other hand, the poor could barely afford multiple items of clothing, let alone fragrances. This caused them to smell a tad bit more rancid, not that it mattered much anyway.
