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| Subject: Japan's stinky environment ministry to women: "Combat body odor... use scented fabric softener" Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:18 am | |
| Japan's environment ministry came up with a novel suggestion earlier this year for women sweating out the summer in hot, energy-scrimping offices. "Combat body odor,'' the ministry suggested in a tip-filled Web page touting its turn-up-the-thermostat campaign, "by using scented fabric softener.'' In the fragrance-happy U.S., that would have been just so much background scent, but in Japan—traditionally a land of subtle smells—it raised quite a stink. Call it the war of the noses.
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