Timeline for Is wearing perfume in public transports or rooms bad in Japan?
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| Jan 24, 2020 at 1:26 | comment | added | Tom Kelly | When exactly did you visit Japan? Japanese culture depends a lot on the context. Practices also vary depending on the season as the climate changes a lot. | |
| Jan 23, 2020 at 6:49 | comment | added | rbaleksandar | Strong scent of any kind is considered bad manners in most societies. Be it strong perfume, be it stinking arm pits, be it smell of garlic coming in waves out of your mouth, be it smelling like an ash tray after a quick ciggy during lunch break (note to all smokers out there) is something that shows lack of tact. If I can move away from a strong smell, I do it (whenever possible). Some people even believe that putting excessive amounts of deodorant when being all sweaty negates the stench from the sweat. It does not. It just annihilates the smell receptors of everyone around you. | |
| Jan 22, 2020 at 19:33 | comment | added | Eriol | For what it's worth, just from general hearsay: I've heard from locals that general preference for scent is 清潔感, fresh and natural. Soap, shampoo, body lotion etc. Also touted as a general reason why people dislike strong scents in enclosed environments (like a train) is the concept of 気を付け, being generally mindful of other people's personal space, that includes what can go into their nostrils unsolicitedly. | |
| Jan 22, 2020 at 11:44 | answer | added | CPHPython | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 7:57 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @reirab Exactly, male foreign students from the Middle East used to wear very strong scents when I used to live in the dorms. | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 7:25 | answer | added | Tom Kelly | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 3:43 | answer | added | mLstudent33 | timeline score: 28 | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 1:58 | comment | added | DXV | I'm allergic to strong perfume (causes sneezing) and although I live in Japan, I'm allergic to it in any country. | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 1:32 | comment | added | reirab | @Arthur'sPass That varies a lot by culture. Personally, as an American (and especially as one who is allergic to most perfumes,) I find it rude anywhere, but it seems to be much more accepted or even expected in some other cultures. For example, it seems to be common in certain parts of the Middle East in my experience. | |
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| Jan 21, 2020 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1219409389045657605 | ||
| Jan 20, 2020 at 23:07 | comment | added | Stewart | I thinks it's rude, regardless of country. But I suffer it quite frequently on commuter trains into London. Excessive aftershave; person opposite painting nails with no ventilation; you name it. But if I am un-British enough to call a person out for it, no matter how polite or how gentle, oh boy! Be ready for bad attitude. | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 22:06 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 20, 2020 at 14:52 | comment | added | user105640 | Why just Japan? I've rarely encountered anyone wearing strong perfume or fragrances anywhere. | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 14:42 | answer | added | the other one | timeline score: 102 | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 14:25 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | Other people's possible fragrance sensitivity is a good reason to avoid perfume on trains, and in other enclosed public spaces where it is not possible to avoid you, anywhere in the world. See WebMD. | |
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