Rose By Any Other Name

How honest of Japanese men to admit they stink and that's why women won't touch them with a barge pole. It couldn't have anything to do with air sex, or that men read rape manga in public and perform chikan on trains. Hell no. It must be that they're not rose-scented.

Well, they are now. Thanks to Rose Menthol Gum.



This gum is not only rose-flavored, it creates a rose-scented body odor for an hour or two after mastication. At almost twice the price of regular gum, it sells out so quickly it's almost impossible to find.

But I have some. And like the socks that make you lose weight, I will be selling the gum in the U.S. at an obscenely high mark-up.

I've also had trouble finding deodorant in Tokyo for men. It just doesn't seem to be available. Do you think that would help with body odor? Also, I wonder if the men here would smell better if they weren't chain-smoking, beer-guzzling, squid-munchers. Just a thought.