Owen

[real walrus]

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[ornate onyx]

i suppose it means "c'était le poil qu'il avait qui était le plus beau"

but i dont get the grammar or structure

also "Salamano le passait de la pommade " still correct? also why is not "lui"

salamano lui passait à/de la pommade"

i say this cause i saw passer de la pommade à qqn

[odd rose]

It says à la pommade, not de la pommade. À la pommade is the indirect object

[ornate onyx]

passer qqn à la pommade

and passer de la pommade à qqn

[odd rose]

This one is hard to explain but it's it's kinda like "of most beautiful (quality)"

[ornate onyx]

honestly that makes perfect sense in my mind

thank you

[odd rose]

I can't find any sources that can confirm the passer à la pommade thing, but
To me, it sounds maybe nonstandard? But I don't think it's wrong?
"Le passait de la pommade" would make no sense tho

[spring flint]

Il avait le plus beau poil => Le poil qu'il avait de plus beau
Whenever an adjective qualifying a noun is in the relative clause, de is added before it.
Ce qu'il y a d'étrange, etc.

Passer qqun à qqch is like put someone through something.