It’s Nepia’s Japan no Kaori toilet paper. Just what is Japan’s fragrance? According to the package it’s No. 1 SAKURA fragrance.
I’m not fond of scented toilet paper. I mean really, who are you trying to fool? The smell of your tp’s not going to make toilet odors more pleasant. But Japan no Kaori has an interesting fragrance. It’s a floral, but not sweet. It’s almost citrus. Very similar to cherry blossoms, just as advertised.
It’s also pink, another strike against it. I’m generally a plain white toilet roll girl, myself.
So why did I buy it? Three reasons. 1) I am fascinated by the idea of marketing toilet paper as “Japan’s frangrance.” Such agreeable cultural connotations for a such a mundane commodity. 2) I hoped it might inspire me to finish the lyrics for the other toilet paper song. 3) I wanted to share this oddity and ask you what you think America’s fragrance might be. New car? Plastics? Shopping mall?
Posted by kuri at May 04, 2003 03:53 PMAirport terminal Cinnabon stands!
Posted by: Stairs on May 4, 2003 04:55 PMIn Lancaster Co., PA it’s manure in three flavors; cow, pig and chicken. Not a great fragrance but a harbinger of great produce to come.
Posted by: Fran on May 4, 2003 09:11 PM…I don’t want to think about wiping my ass with a Cinnabon!
Posted by: mallrat on May 4, 2003 10:25 PMApparently the Japanese have also captured the American aroma.
I’ve been away too long to guess the American fragrance, but I could have sworn Japan’s was cigarette smoke. Where did this sakura thing come from?
Posted by: Michael on May 5, 2003 10:05 AMI think America’s fragrance is found near those containers outside fast food restaurants that say, “Grease Only.”
Posted by: Laga on May 5, 2003 10:29 AMYeah. The aroma of fast-food grease, road works crews spreading tar, or fresh-cut suburban lawns.
Here’s the link to the “American Aroma” I mentioned above.
http://www.zanthan.com/japan/archives/000473.html
french fries. oh,sorry…freedom fries.
Posted by: Emily on May 8, 2003 05:55 AMWellllll… SAKURA would be the traditional fragrance of Japan, not the modern one, as their modern culture is similar to the american one…
so, we need a compairativly old american fragrance… I’m not really much interested in cow(boy/girl) things but how about horse sweat or leather?
