My assumption was wrong. Unless, maybe they only recently started doing it, and so the habits were already well formed.
I really have no idea, I was just guessing to begin with. Just saying sometimes there is a reasonable explanation for why cultures do what they do.
I remember once seeing a show where they went around the world (it might have been on Oprah) showing different customs, I think it centered on women, and the Brazilian woman had a ton of perfumes on her vanity, while the woman from Denmark (might have been Sweden) had everything put away and very minimalistic.
America has everything from people who live sparsely to people who have stuff everywhere, but I’d say we lean towards having more stuff than less. Too much is more common I’d say.
Anyway, I’m just really pointing out the Brazilian having all the perfumes. Which maybe has to do with how people smell and cleanliness.
When I was a manager and buyer of fragrances at a large department store the Latin Americans bought a lot, and most importantly the men bought fragrances, a lot of American men don’t use them. My FIL lives with me now and in the morning I can smell his Azzaro across the house. Lol.