There's a compatibility in smell

I have a good sense of smell.

But I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage.

I was introduced to a nice guy who I could talk to well and whose interests were similar to mine after a long time.

Fortunately, we were attracted to each other and had a good meeting without any major problems, but

“There's a problem.”

“Why? What's wrong?”

“I didn't know at first, but this guy's breath smells so bad.”

“Doesn't he brush his teeth often?”

“So I gave him gum. I even gave him candy. But it's only for a moment.”

“Oh, it's not from his mouth, some people have a strong smell because their stomach is not good.”

“What should I do?”

“Is it really bad?”

“I can't breathe when he gets close.”

“How about giving him a gift of mouthwash just in passing?”

I can say for sure that I've tried every method I could. But his bad breath didn't go away.

One day, while we were walking together, he seemed to notice something strange and asked me about it, so I finally told him the truth.

He was very embarrassed and apologized, saying he would try to improve.

I felt sorry and grateful.

But even after eating and brushing his teeth in the bathroom and gargling, the smell didn't go away.

On the contrary, the deep smell that came up through the mint scent made me crazy.

I told my senior about it at lunchtime at the office, and he laughed for a while and said,

“Don't you know that there's a smell compatibility between men and women?”

“Smell compatibility?”

“Because everyone has a body odor, right? If they match each other, it's not unpleasant, and if they don't, it feels disgusting.”

Sadly, I wasn't so into him to tolerate his bad breath.

Officially, I didn't develop a strong liking for him, and unofficially, I broke up with him because of his bad breath.