A London sushi restaurant has asked customers not to wear fragrances – can smell spoil our enjoyment of food?
Dress codes are not unusual in high-end eateries, but London’s Sushi Kanesaka restaurant has taken things one step further, asking guests to refrain from wearing perfume so as not to interfere with the sensory experience of other diners.
Heavy fragrances, the restaurant suggests, could mask the “refreshing” ambient scent of vinegar, and of the fish itself. So should the approach of the £420-per-person restaurant be adopted more widely? Is perfume on a dinner date, while making you smell better, likely to make your food and drink taste worse?
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