Woody, citrus, or aromatic colognes, for example, tend to wear well as daily “signature scents”—the smell your coworkers, friends, and the guy at your local bodega associate with you.

However, Sondré Adams, a registered counsellor at Cape Town Therapy Hub, says it is important to acknowledge that the ‘silly season’ can also bring a surge in stress levels. “South Africa ...

Along with the trees and the decorations and Christmas carols (not the good ones sung by The Pogues or Ramones) comes something more irritating than Whovillians to a Grinch. I’m talking about ...