5. Pretend to sniff the air: “Someone’s wearing a really nice scent.”
You can compliment a Japanese woman on how good she smells if you know that she’s confident about it. “It’s not a bad feeling when someone gives me compliments about my favorite fragrances,” said a woman in her 20s. However, if she doesn’t like you, there’s a chance that she might find you creepy and say, “Don’t smell me!”