Re: the landlord question...
I used to manage a bunch of properties for my uncle, and I denied lots of people based on smell. 9/10 were smokers, but there was two times that I denied a property because of BO. One was straight up BO (on a white guy) and one was BO on an east indian family. Sorry, but if you smell like that after driving from wherever, and coming here, it means that my property is going to smell like that by dinnertime tomorrow. And it will continue to smell like that long after you move out. Just like smokers.
My job was to take care of the properties. I did just that. If anyone's feelings got hurt, TFB.
As for the OP, I don't think it's unreasonable to deny employment to someone who stinks, either. With all the smoker hate on this site, lots of people should understand how annoying a bad smell can be in a workplace. Cologne and perfume is terrible. Some people just don't want to smell it. I refuse to go to the gas station right by my house in the morning because the guy that works there on morning shift wears about 10 gallons of liquid crap to work every day. Smelling that before I eat or have coffee disgusts me. Then again, I smoke cigarettes. So I'm sure I offend the same amount of people that offend me.
If I was in charge of hiring someone that I had to work with in close quarters, that person better not wear cogolone or perfume to the interview.
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