Is it strange that one of the sweetest, sexiest romance manga I read all year wasn't the one about buff fireman but instead one involving a scent fetish?
SWEAT AND SOAP (Ase to Sekken), by Kintetsu Yamada. First published in 2018 and first published in North America in 2020.
PLOT:
Asako has struggled all her life with excess sweating. That's why she's so happy to work at a place like Lillidrop, a company that manufactures great smelling toiletries that allow her to manage her condition and hide any hint of BO. That's not enough to throw off Kotaro, a product developer with an uncanny sense of smell who finds her scent irresistible. She finds his attentions embarrassing at first, but the more time Kotaro spends with her the more these two find themselves drawn to one another.
