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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

Cologne is for drinking, they're probably spraying parfume.

No, jokes aside, cheap cologne was called "odekolonn" (VERY bastardized and estonianized pronunciation of eau de cologne) and bums would drink it. Since there's no excise tax, troinoi was apparently cheaper than vodka.

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