fragrance cosmeticsI wear fragrance cosmetics every day not because I sweat profusely but out of personal pride.  I love smelling good because it makes me feel great. However I was reading an article today that reminded me of just how easy it was to get sweaty when I lived in Athens, Greece. At that time in my life I had to be very careful to apply deodorant and fragrance cosmetics because I knew that if I did not I would start stinking fairly quickly.
The article I read was about which US cities were the worst for body odor based on information about temperature, stress levels and nicotine consumption which apparently contributes. Most of the smelliest cities were in southern states like Arizona, Texas and Louisiana where the summers are very dry and sticky.  I figured when I read that article must be one of the smellier cities on earth because of the temperatures and the fact that most Athenians love to smoke cigarettes.  
Now I live in a suburban area of the Maryland and things can get pretty humid when summer comes along. However I work from home so there is no commute and I am in the air conditioning. Hence I don’t sweat unless I go outside and work in my garden. I imagine that if I lived in New Orleans or even inner city Baltimore I would definitely have to be extra vigilant about fragrance cosmetics the way I was when I lived in Athens. I hate to think what the sweatiest cities in the world would smell like without fragrance cosmetics. Cities like Athens, Marrakesh and Cairo must have really reeked before fragrance cosmetics became popular.