Come up smelling like roses
After a long, hot summer, Japanese firms are calling in odour experts to deal with "smell harassment" in the workplace. Corporations have become acutely aware of the pitfalls associated with staff with strong body odour or bad breath, as well as the lingering scent of cigarettes or overpowering perfume.Mandom, Japan's largest manufacturer of men's personal-care products, has started holding seminars on odour etiquette.Japan's middle-aged and older "salarymen" are often the target of criticism that they smell, particularly heavy smokers.Firms are calling on Mandom to instruct employees in the art of remaining odour-free because "a marked increase of women in the workforce are sensitive to men's smells", a spokesman for Mandom said.Growing awareness of the problem has caused a minor boom in products designed to keep people cool in an office. ..
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