The "personal hygiene" issue is one that is classic French - after all Napoleon famously wrote to Josephine "Do not bath, I am coming home," so that is totally a matter of cultural preference!

I have never been to France, but the Louvre is on my list of someday places to visit!

And I adore crunchy baguettes like that - even if they bruise the roof of my mouth! The squishy ones are just not right to me!