Why is this an acceptable gift

[Ang3leyes]

Why is deodorant a gift given for valentines, Christmas, or birthdays?

I love getting smelly stuff sets for special occasions. They’re in the same boat as new pyjamas and fresh socks- always welcome and appreciated. I think it’s quite nice to receive little gifts that make your every day life a bit nicer- adds a little pizazz to a boring monday morning when you get to crack open a fresh shower gel from the christmas stash 😂

Below the poverty line... how snobbish. Get over yourself.

Yes because people below the poverty line don't deserve nicer gifts,something cheap will do.

Not having a go at you pp but I know people who think that

Ours take unopened bottles
Plus food banks, refuges, overseas aid will take them
Or churches, schools, local charities for raffle prizes

Not to mention the environmental impact of just chucking shower gel down the drain

I don’t think that - wealthy person descending from upon high to give deodorant to somebody on the breadline - is usually the dynamic, though: I think that branded boxed gift sets containing matching deodorant, bubble bath, moisturiser etc are often exchanged between people, neither of whom have a lot of spare cash, who usually can only afford to buy or justify buying non-branded bath things for themselves. And so a £15 or £20 Lynx / Sanctuary / Dove / Bayliss and Harding gift set in an attractive box is a bit of a treat, and a thoughtful gift.

If you’ve the spare cash to go out and buy yourself Aesop hand wash just on a whim then no, a toiletries gift set from Boots isn’t going to seem like much of a treat; but a hell of a lot of people in the U.K. aren’t in that sort of income bracket.