Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jindodog]

So deodorant is not as common in Korea as it is in the west. I admit that I have never encountered a Korean who just reeked of b.o.

However, you western people out there who think that because koreans don't need deodorant you don't either, well you're just wrong. Maybe you can't smell yourself, but trust me, others around you can and its fecking disgusting. PLEASE spend the extra won and stop making me want to run the other way and vomit.

[riley]

You must have some pretty strong feelings on this one considering it's only the third time you've written anything.

Have to agree that I have smelled some funky foriegners, unfortunately, including myself. (I do remember my deoderant, it just wears out on these warm days.)

It's rare, but I have smelled some very funky strange smelling Koreans. From what I remember, they were all young and it was a wierd odor, almost skunky like. (real skunk)

[jindodog]

well it is something I feel pretty strongly about...I work with two foreigners who stink soooo bad...and I don't have the balls to say anything to them, so I thought I would just make a general anouncement and hopefully help some people out.

and yeah, sometimes the kids do smell pretty funky, like actual crap, or yeah skunky. p.u.

[chasmmi]

I find soju breath tends to overpower even the most stenchiest of stenches.

[Alan Partidge]

I have to admit that I've never smelled the classic BO smell coming from a Korean. The smell in a crowded subway car near the old people's seats is often pretty rank though.
Not a Korea bash, but I often smell alcohol breath when I'm walking during the day on weekdays. Good old liquid lunches.

[YoshaMazov]

[SPINOZA]

[Juregen]

[sojourner1]

Yes, I do not think Koreans have that under arm smell like us from America, but many times when I talk to Koreans face to face or get on a bus or train, I smell bad halitosis breath odors. It's a strong almost indescribable halitosis. Subway trains usually wreak of it majorly. I don't guess there is any kind of breath deodorant, becuase I see Korean teachers brushing their teeth many times a day to put halitosis at bay. One foreign teacher from America I know who has been here for 5 years has the same halitosis, but many times worse.

Underarm pits smell offensive on non-Asian people, while it's the breath that is offensive smelling on Asian people.

[eamo]

I smelt eye-glazing B.O. off a Korean the other day on the bus. It's not just us cheese-eating burger-chompers.

[VanIslander]

*beep* me, i've seen everything now

Koreans starting threads at Dave's ESLCafe to criticize foreigners.

A new low.

This place is starting to stink!

[the_beaver]

[Masta_Don]

Deodorant is a gimmick. I'd take au naturale over that horrible stench any day.

[normalcyispasse]

I think Koreans think they don't stink. Oh man, I've smelled kimchi sweat on some of these people that would make your teeth peel.

[freshking]

the mods have to do a better job of keeping the riff raff out for good