[sumo] J-Scent, the fragrance brand from Japan, came out…

[sumorina at mac.com]

Not at all pungent once they have bathed, which they of course do after training and competition.

The sweet bintsuke smell is quite strong and you can tell if there is a rikishi on the train , for example.\

On my way to Tokyo for the sumo once I thought I was imagining it as I smelt bintsuke getting off the plane, and sure enough, there was Kyokudozan ahead of me to the exit.

One of the barbers told me he was strap hanging on the train and some other passengers were convinced there was a rikishi on board somewhere.  The barbers never quite get the bintsuke smell off their hands after years of applying it to glossy sumo heads every day.

Hope the J-Scent “Sumo Wrestler” lives up to expectations.

Katrina 



> On 19 Nov 2020, at 13:48, Mark Wige <markwige at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting! For some reason, never experiencing the "eau d'sekitori", I imagined the scent might be more on the pungent side. Thanks Katrina!
> 
> Makunomojo
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 4:13 PM <sumorina at mac.com <mailto:sumorina at mac.com>> wrote:
> Bintsuke is camellia oil and has a sweet and distinctive fragrance.  A few times I was asked why sumo wrestlers used talcum powder.  They may or may not use it after bathing, but I always assumed those questioners were confusing the smell of the bintsuke hair wax with their memory of talcum powder’s scent.
> Katrina 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 19 Nov 2020, at 11:02, Mark Wige <markwige at gmail.com <mailto:markwige at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Jeff! Just ordered one, sight (scent?) unseen. No idea what bintsuke smells like, hoping it's close to the real thing.
>> 
>> Makunomojo
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 1:05 PM Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com <mailto:jpaitv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> https://pronewsreport.com/2020/11/18/j-scent-the-fragrance-brand-from-japan-came-out-with-their-newest-fragrance-tsukishizuku-mother-of-pearl-on-nov-18/ <https://pronewsreport.com/2020/11/18/j-scent-the-fragrance-brand-from-japan-came-out-with-their-newest-fragrance-tsukishizuku-mother-of-pearl-on-nov-18/>
>> 
>> Scroll down. Now you, too, can smell like a sumo wrestler!
>> 
>> Gaijingai 
>> 
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