French Connexion: creating a stink about our meilleurs ennemis across the Channel

Smelly, but not French

The idea of the French being smelly suits froggiebashers and Little Englanders and, arguably, quite a few of those people who decide what is published by the British media.

Is there the whiff of truth in the allegation, or is it a stinking lie? There are references to American soldiers turning up their noses at the personal hygiene of the young French women they 'met' (I believe they were also sniffy about English girls) and, without trying too hard, I came up with an example from Brazil and two more from the USA - all for The Connexion*, a decidedly unfroggiebashing newspaper published for English-speakers in France. In the interests of accuracy, not to mention self-preservation, I must insist the French are positively fragrant ...