![]() ![]() I did them all-from Old Spice to Brut to Canoe. By the time I was a teenager, I could recite the pros and cons of every smell-good product on the market. It’s not that I wanted to smell like a woman I just didn’t want to smell like a stinky man. Which is why I started at a very young age to aggressively deodorize myself. ![]() Sure, Dad and assorted uncles might smell like English Leather or Aqua Velva in the morning, but it was only a temporary curtain over the inevitable odors of armpit, beer, smoke, wet dog and apres-workout gym bag. Men can sweat all they want, but women don’t. Men are stinky pigs, and women are dewy lilacs. I was brought up believing that men smell, women don’t. Let me pop another green pill and tell you about it. It was a week I thought a lot about smell (its physical and psychological manifestations) while contemplating the oddly diverse subjects of sweat glands, foot perspiration, body image, pheromones, animal magnetism, flatulence, and “natural” living. How could a little green pill take the place of dozens of cleansing and grooming items to which I’m slavishly devoted? For someone who will go to any length to smell like anything other than himself, this was also a personal test of will. It’s flying off the shelves at pricey boutique stores such as Henri Bendel in New York and Fred Segal in Los Angeles-two particularly odiferous cities, where the rich and famous will go to any lengths to smell like anything other than themselves.Ĭurious, I decided to forgo my usually rigorous daily hygiene routines to test Body Mint for a week. The size of a Tylenol but the color of moss, my Body Mint pill claims to reduce breath, underarm, foot and feminine odor (hey, what the heck?) courtesy of chlorophyllin, a derivative of chlorophyll.īody Mint, which advertises itself as a “100% total-body deodorant,” is the hot new commodity in the personal-grooming realm. It’s a swallowable Mennen Speed Stick, a digestible can of Lysol. My little green pill is supposed to reduce body odors from the inside. I’m living the hygienic equivalent of going commando. Though I have showered each day and brushed my teeth, no odor-containing or odor-altering product has touched my skin. My signature cologne sits untouched on my dresser. I’ve pushed aside mouthwash, foot sprays and body talcs, too.
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