Rose Sented Sweat

It was an especially humid and sticky day in the office today and the 4th floor CATIA room had a smell to match. They guy sitting next to me clearly didn't use deodorant. I don't mention this out of some American prejudice about people from other countries having bad hygiene (I am currently reading David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day -- see page 221 for a reference). Most of the youngish people I work with smell just fine and take extensive steps to stay that way including brushing their teeth or reapplying deodorant throughout the day in the office locker room. I have been told that some older people in Japan use deodorant without an antiperspirant, but the offending guy today couldn't have been wearing either. I found his poor hygiene especially contradictory since he was wearing a Rolex so clearly he considers how he presents himself.

At lunch I mentioned the smell to A and she sympathised and taught me about a gum marketed to remedy BO. The gum is called Otoko Kaoru and supposedly it changes the smell of your perspiration.