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Nov 19 2007

Apparently Deodorant is Seasonal

Posted by: Chris in China, Commentary

I ran out of deodorant, so while shopping at Carrefour (the French Walmart) on Saturday, I thought it would be a good idea, since I was there.

We searched everywhere in the cosmetics/personal supplies area for my brand, and couldn’t find it.  COuldn’t find most the other brands for that matter.  We asked an employee where it was, and they told us:

“Oh, that’s a seasonal product.”

So, people don’t sweat (and smell) in Winter?

I beg to differ.  Luckily, I found another brand that was pretty well hidden…

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This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 10:23 am and is filed under China, Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • [...]On the last few years I've seen a number of anecdotes about buying deodorant in China, topped with a post by Chris about the product apparently being “seasonal” (srsly?????). Well, this morning I topped that one. I asked my guide/real estate agent about buying some. He couldn't understand the word. I got my dictionary. He read the definition, shook his head knowingly, and told me he never heard of the concept. He later took me to a large, fancy, “laowai-friendly“ market, as we would have described it in Beijing, where I did indeed find the product. Then I left for the cashier, while he remained behind studying the shelf in anthropological fascination.[...]
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