Arm & Hammer Essentials Deodorant, Fresh, 2.5 Oz

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First of all, I must point out that this product has been mislabeled here as an "antiperspirant", which it is not (natural deodorants never are, since the "antiperspirant" ingredients are what potentially cause cancer.) This product's label, clearly seen in the picture, advertises it as being an "aluminum free, paraben free, natural deodorant."

Ok, having cleared that up, I am happy to report that this deodorant is absolutely fantastic! It smells wonderful (a crisp, clean, almost sporty-like scent, like the smell of many men's body washes...I'm a total girly-girl, however, and the sporty fragrance doesn't bother me at all or make me feel like I smell manly or anything.) Even better than the way it smells, though, is the fact that I don't feel like I'm just covering up my own body odor. I live in the southern CA desert, where it is 110°+ the whole summer, and sweating is completely unavoidable. Any other natural deodorants I've tried recently (Tom's of Maine, various salt crystal types, Jason, and a few others I can't recall off the top of my head right now) did nothing to prevent the sour pit odor that can occur in miserable summer temps, no matter how fastidious I was regarding my personal hygiene! I didn't want to, but I finally had to give up on using safer, healthier, "natural" deodorants because I couldn't stand my own stench (and I'm pretty sure others around me couldn't stand it, either!) I reluctantly went back to using an antiperspirant deodorant that has aluminum and paraben in it...effective against sweat and odor, but at the risk of causing cancer?? Yikes.

My mom found this product while she was on vacation, and decided to give it a try, even though we'd both concluded that natural deodorants just don't work as well or even at all as regular antiperspirant deodorants do. Thank goodness we've been proven wrong! Finally, here's a natural deodorant which I can feel safe and comfortable using, it works all day, smells terrific, and keeps me from smelling like a funky hippie! :) (I'm all for a green, holistic, all-natural lifestyle, but...you know what I mean??) I highly recommend this deodorant!

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Once upon a time when I was a teenager I used to sweat a lot. This sweating, shockingly enough, was focused pretty much in my armpits. Some of you may also sweat from your armpits. Don't worry... I hear this is a common occurrence.

It must've been hormonal or something because I don't sweat nearly that bad anymore. Regardless, at the time I tried a few things to help the situation. I tried Certain Dri Antiperspirant Roll-On for Excessive Perspiration 1.2 oz (35.5 ml), the OTC super antiperspirant. It cut down on my sweating a lot but I wasn't quite satisfied.

My doctor gave me a prescription for Drysol, the prescription-only super antiperspirant. This stuff would literally keep my armpits bone dry if I were doing jumping jacks in a dry sauna while wearing a parka. What's the catch? After the first application the stuff starts irritating your skin and it gets to the point where it burns mercilessly when you apply the stuff and then even after washing it off your underarms are extremely tender and itchy. I couldn't live with that.

Fortunately I grew up into my 20s and my crazy hormones chilled out and I stopped being an excessive sweater. But I still sweat like a normal person and here was my main concern:

I HATE RUINING SHIRTS! Yellow stains, white stains, "stiff" fabric, what have you... I hated it. And so I was using Mitchum Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant, Power Gel, Mountain Air, 3.4 oz (96 g) (Pack of 4) because it was a strong antiperspirant (25%).

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Here's the key point: all along while I thought I was doing more to alleviate my problem, I was in fact exacerbating the problem! I thought it was sweat that ruined shirts. No, not true. IT'S THE ALUMINUM-BASED CHEMICALS IN ANTIPERSPIRANTS THAT RUIN YOUR CLOTHES! What???? I know, shocking. When they mix with your sweat they react and then bleach or stain or stiffen the armpit area of your clothes. So by using Mitchum, which has 25% active antiperspirant ingredient, I was actually doing MORE damage.

But would would I do without my precious antiperspirant? Sweat? Heavens no! So I tried out Speed Stick by Mennen Antiperspirant Deodorant, Stainguard, Clean 2.7 oz (76 g), Pack of 3. It turns out their theory is to have less active ingredient for the antiperspirant (only 10% while Mitchum had 25% and most regular antiperspirants have around 15%) and a more "clingy" formula for the stuff to keep it from rubbing off on your clothes from your armpits. I guess I liked it but I was still troubled by the fact that the evil stain-causing antiperspirant, while at a lower concentration, was still present. I wanted to be able to wear my nicest shirts and not be stressing over whether they're getting ruined or not.

So I decided to make the change. Along with learning about possible-although-a-good-chance-not-actually-related connections between increased aluminum in the body and Alzheimer's disease, I decided to make the move to strictly deodorants antiperspirant-free, that is.

BUT I WAS SCARED! A MERE DEODORANT WITH NO SWEAT-STOPPING POWER? HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY SUFFICE?

Enter Arm & Hammer Essentials Antiperspirant / Deodorant, Fresh, 2.5 Oz/pack, 4 pack. HO-LY CRAP! I did careful research into all kinds of aluminum-free deodorants. Some had cotton in them. Some were crazy crystals from the Earth (which, I've learned, is simply the natural ore from which aluminum is made so, yeah, for what it's worth). Some had tea tree oil and Shea butter and all the fad-like seasonings and spices you could ask for. But the reviews for the Arm & Hammer Essentials Deodorant sounded good so I got it.

HERE'S THE SKINNY:

It says it's unscented. It's not, but from what I've read of the scented versions, they are way too overpowering and so the unscented version gives you just enough fresh fragrance.

I found that with my previous antiperspirants/deodorants like Mitchum and Speed Stick, the scent lasted the full day. But I would say I ended each day smelling what I like to call "funky fresh". It was sort of a weird mutant smell created by the merging of B.O. and the fragrance. So it still smelled fresh but with like a bit of a sour twang. The underarm fabric of my shirts also would have this funky fresh smell at the end of the day.

With the Arm & Hammer, I was amazed. About halfway through the day I can't really detect the "fresh" scent anymore. But that's okay, because it's labeled as unscented, right? So by the end of the day, of course, there's no fresh smell. But guess what else I don't have at the end of the day? The funk. No funky, and no fresh. It's amazing in a good way! After a long day of sweating in the DC summer humidity, at the end of the day my underarms simply smell "neutral". As in, they smell like nothing. There's just nothing! I love it! No B.O., no sour funk, and not even any deodorant smell. It's really cool, actually.

This stuff works. I consider myself an average to slightly above-average sweater. My primary concerns being ruining clothes. This stuff is an answer. I highly recommend this product.

And honestly, I don't notice myself sweating any more than I did before when using Mitchum or Speed Stick. So I'm not missing the antiperspirant at all!

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I was very disappointed when I received this deodorant and read the ingredients and saw that it contains Triclosan. I bet that most people who want to avoid parabens and aluminum want to avoid Triclosan too. I won't be using it.

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After using this for a few weeks and thinking I'd finally found a deodorant without aluminum that works most of the time, I looked at the label again and discovered that this product contains triclosan. My mistake for not reading closely when I bought it, but disappointing...

The FDA is reexamining triclosan which may be an endocrine disruptor.

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I had read some reviews for this scent saying it was either "too strong" or "not something a chick could wear." For me, personally, I disagree with both these comments.

No offense, but when you get a deodorant that's scented, one should expect that it IS going to have a scent......or you'd have gotten an unscented variety. I suppose if you have a really sensitive nose, this may possibly be strong to you, but in my experience such people usually avoid scented products anyway.

And, true, this isn't a really fluffy feminine smell, but I actually don't particularly care for those kinds of scents anyway (I'm female, by the way). For the most part I prefer clean scents for deodorant rather than something that smells too flowery, too perfumey, too powdery (which I think makes you smell...older), or something wacky like fruit. So if you're a female wanting a more "ladylike" scent, this isn't it. But for my tastes, it's perfectly fine. There are coriander, lavender, and rosemary oils in it....if you like essential oils (again, a preference of mine), this will also probably be up your alley.

The application is very smooth, and you don't need very much. I'm very satisfied with this product and would recommend it to those looking for those natural product alternatives.