what about deodorant? lotion? anything that makes you not smell like fish or the sea?
Well there is soap, so maybe?
It would slightly ruin the immersive experience of racial harrasment of the Skyhall people. There would be no dialogue telling us that we smell like shit and should take a bath.
Aura/focus spells
Focus techniques just make you smell like sweat, like some kind of anti-deodorant
Aura spells make you smell like the element.
Given that whale fat is an item, I think it’s entirely possible that perfume can exist. Perfume in the 1700s and 1800s were basically just distilled flowers (brewing caldrons could work for this) and I can’t remember exactly what is was, but I know some whale byproduct is used as an adhesive for perfume. However, whether or not the arcane peoples have discovered that is somewhat up in the air. Personally since gel potions exist and use whale fat, it’s pretty clear they know of its properties.
Even if they didn’t there’s been herbal perfumes that were just floral solutions for over 4000 years.
So yes perfumes more than likely exist in AU.
Bathe in the brig