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May one use deodorant to remove bad odor on the 9th of Av (fast day commemorating the destruction of the Temple) and does it make any difference whether or not it is perfumed?

It is permissible to use perfume to remove bad odor, even on the fast day of the 9th of Av (Halichot Shlomo 522).

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