How Advertisers Convinced Us We Need Deodorant - Cheddar Explains
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Body odor is natural, but it’s not exactly welcome… Thankfully, we have all kinds of deodorants and antiperspirants to help eliminate the stink. But believe it or not, there was a time when people weren’t so ready to accept these solutions. In fact, it took a pretty savage marketing campaign to convince us we had a problem at all.
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As a fulltime Uber driver with around 60 people in my car per day, I can confirm NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WEAR DEODORANT
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Yeah, I'm baffled by the idea that it's somehow a ploy to sell an unneeded product. Let's ride the Parisian subway and then talk.
what happened to the smelly taxi cab drivers. uber got rid of most of em. lol
You need to turn off reciculation mode in your AC lol
@@daijoubu4529 I rarely have that turned on, some people smell so bad that even opening the sunroof and cracking the front windows isn't enough and I end up putting the front windows all the way down. Not always the most comfortable thing in bad weather.
Antiperspirants are definitely necessary for some people. I'm one of them, my armpits sweat _really_ bad, even when I'm not hot. (And it's truly awful when I'm hot, even with antiperspirant.) In my case it's probably a genetic thing that happened to impact my armpits mostly. I have a cousin whose hands sweat constantly in the same way, leading her hands to feel cold and clammy to others.
If I don't use antiperspirant, I'm physically uncomfortable even if the sweating isn't bad enough for others to notice. Odor isn't the issue in my case.
have you considered getting botox injections in your armpits? it helps a lot for people with hyperhidrosis.
@@vanitymarks8798 Nah, antiperspirant keeps it under control enough for me personally since I spend most of my time indoors where it's climate-controlled. I would if I had to spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer, though. Plus I'm not sure insurance would cover it, and I couldn't afford it out-of-pocket.
@@ManabiLT I can recommend Nuud. It's scentless and depending on how much you trim your hair under your arms, it keeps you smell free for up to a week.
are we the same person?? my armpits always sweat, even when it's freezing winter temps. and my cousin has extremely sweaty hands haha. but i finally got botox for my underarms and it's helped quite a bit.
I'm going to change your fucking life mate, go buy salt crystal deodorant, wet it and wipe on your armpit until it fells dry. i'll be waiting for a thank you lol
Deodorants. A need for the modern age. Where you work inside closer to other people. Many older farmers even today do not use deodorant. Because even if they sweat they are outdoors working and at the end of the day they will shower and eliminate body odors. Hygiene in the modern age is EXTREMELY important. I have worked in offices with people that look decent but would refuse to use soap and deodorant. And I have worked with the exact opposite. Where the cologne wand perfume was SO strong it made people puke.
Many offices ban the use of cologne and perfume and even fragrant lotions.
Just take a shower people and scrub with soap every day.
Chuck 👋
That's not hygiene. Not wearing it does not mean that you're not clean and healthy.
Scrubbing with soap every day is bad for your skin. You should do it every other day, except for the most sweaty parts of your body.
you shouldn't even use soap in the first place as it strips our skin's natural oils and causes bacterial imbalances that causes skin problems. Wash with an emollient instead.
I spend enough time around people on public transit not using deodorant, OMG am I glad as many are convinced to use it as are
It would be pretty interesting to talk about the differences between a shampoo and a regular soap, what makes them different?
Been wondering about this lately too
Soaps
Soaps are potassium or sodium salts of a carboxylic acid having a long aliphatic chain attached to it.
They are surfactants (compounds that reduce the surface tension between a liquid and another substance) and therefore help in the emulsification of oils in water.
Soaps are generally prepared via the saponification of fats and oils.
The carboxylate end of the soap molecule is hydrophilic whereas the hydrocarbon tail is hydrophobic.
Detergents
Detergents are the potassium or sodium salts of a long alkyl chain ending with a sulfonate group.
They are soluble in hard water.
This solubility is attributed to the fact that the sulfonate group does not attach itself to the ions present in hard water.
Commonly, anionic detergents such as alkyl benzene sulfonates are used for domestic purposes.
Usually the PH level is a huge difference between soap and shampoo. Shampoo usually also has more moisturizing ingredients versus soap which generally is way more drying.
The difference between soap and shampoo apart from the obvious- that you can take a bar of soap in your hand luggage on a plane that will last for months whereas you get stopped by TSA if you have more than one of those tiny “travel sized” bottle of shampoo that barely lasts two days?
Big chemical differences obviously but how much that affects you depends on your and your body. I stopped using shampoo and shower gel years ago. I just use coal tar soap, that’s it. I don’t use deodorant either nor aftershave.
Technically, pH and electron charge. Shampoo includes more positively charged ingredients so it can remove buildup without stripping your hair and scalp. Well good shampoo that's in the proper pH range. Hair products usually need to be between a pH of 4.5 and 5.5 at a Max or the cuticle can become damaged. Body products really should be at a pH of 5 to 5.5 due to the acidic nature of the acid mantle of your skin. Using something as high as like a 5.8 could damage your skin barrier and lead to skin infections and dryness.
I haven't had a strong sense of smell for as long as I can remember. So I'm constantly insecure about my BO because I'm constantly afraid that I stink & can't smell myself 🙈
Molly 🌞
Same :’C
I’m asian. There was a time where I did not have body odor, even when I sweat.
As I got older, I started to have body odor if I skip a dat without bathing. I use Safeguard anti-bacterial soap on my underarms. I also put isopropyl alcohol on my underarms after a bath. I’m more focused on minimizing bacterial growth.
Older... how old? I dont smell and can go a day or two without shower and still have pleasant smell to others. Asian gene i guess. dry ear-fluff (no wax at all) and less to no body hair lol.
It definitely depends on how healthy you eat/how big you are/what you do for a living/how hairy you are/bunch of other factors. Some people are gross if they don't shower every day, other people it takes quite a while to get there.
It's possible the stink in the clothings, you need special detergent to get rid of athletes stink clothes, them bacterias survives between wash cycles and gets reactived with heat the next time you start sweating again.
excessive use of antibacterials can aggravate odor causing bacteria though. It can breed more stress-tolerant strains of bacteria that can actually make one smell worse. Use antibacterials with caution.
Stay in a warm room filled with people and no amount advertising can dissuade you from deodorant use.
Of course, after using deodorant for generations we have become averse to body odor. But prior to that, body odor was considered normal and therefore didn't bother folks as much.
@@cheddar We also rarely washed, likely slept in the same room as farm animals and hanged people for being witches, I think we've improved standards as a species since then
@@cheddar sorry me for not liking body odour, mainly in growded spaces of modern cities and using deodorant because even my smell is horrible, absolutely nothing to do with advertising at all. Some people are really smelling like they didnt use toilet paper and washed anything on them for years. We are in modern age, thank god. Your video sucks
@cheddar who is “we”? Not everyone are descendants from Europe. 🤨 History has shown Egyptians and others regularly bathed centuries ago
@@cheddar “Didn’t bother folks AS MUCH”-
it still bothered people; some things just smell bad. People didn’t used to wipe as well as we do now, so they probably smelled more like doodoo. Should we normalize that again? There are plenty of aluminum-free deodorants out there that are perfectly safe. I don’t wear any cologne, but my body wash and deodorant are the same scent and I’ve been told that I always smell good. This video is so bizarre to me
8:41 That actually makes sense for me.
I'm asian and even when playing sports no one really has body odor. When we played against a foreigner everyone could smell him, even the people watching from the sidelines.
Although he could've been an extreme case because other times we've played with other foreigners, they don't have noticeable body odors.
I think people are falling for some real heavy confirmation bias.
You will, if only on a visceral level, absolutely remember a person who stinks, but you also have absolutely no idea how many people around you dont use much if any deodorant.
From what I can gather*: Even without a genetic advantage, if you have a decent diet and shower regularly you will almost always smell fine. Irregular showers, and/or being particularly hot and sweaty for extended periods without a wash, and you may need a spritz.
*From being around friends who are pretty honest about these things.
I have a decent diet and shower very regularly, but if I don't put on deodorant immediately after showering, my pits will start to smell like rancid garlic and onions within barely an hour. An overpowering, acrid scent that's impossible to ignore. In fact, even *with* deodorant, I can barely go 8-9 hours before the smell breaks through.
@Joseph Ruddleston Dude this has nothing to do with not loving or accepting yourself. Nobody want to stink and bother other people with that. It's irritating and off putting when you have to smell that in an office for 9 hours. I eat a lot of veggies but use a lot of spices and if I don't shower befor work and use deodorant everyday, I will smell like garbage. I don't want that smell in my nose and nobody else either. So I'm glad that stuff like deodorant exist and I don't have to stop eating what I like.
@@LunarDelta have you ever tried a salicylic acid cleanser under your arms? I notices a huuuuuge difference. Before I had that weird thing that by the end of a can, the smell of that deodorant would change on me and I would have to switch scents. And it would only keep me "fresh" for a few hours if I was lucky. But after using the cerave SA facewash unter my arms, I smell so much better and my Deo holds way way longer.
Not being a fat ass helps a bunch too. Obesity is not normal y'all.
Bob
For the love of God please wear deodorant. I teach at a high school and sometimes the boys don't wear it and 🤢🤢🤢
I can guarantee that the guy working at my local 7-11 needs it, badly.
Yep 👍🏻
I switched to a natural deodorant (not an antiperspirant) called Nuud… I was a bit worried about BO once I started (they claim you only need to apply it once every 3 days) and honestly, it actually does work. I live in the tropics, so I do sometimes have to get used to not using an antiperspirant and feeling a little bit uncomfortable, but I have to say that since starting with Nuud, I haven’t had any BO issues.
I mean, I never used deodorant because I thought I smelled bad, that's what showering is for. You use deodorant because it makes you go from not smelling at all to smelling kind of nice and fresh
De-odorizer. Meant to ‘remove odor’.
Most Asians don't need deodorant. In fact, decent deodorant's pretty hard to find in Asia. But if you live in Asia and you smell, you NEED deodorant.
Don't most stores have a selection of real European antitranspirants? That's how I got my way when I lived in Macau.
@@sohopedeco are you Portuguese? I'm Brazilian living in Portugal and European deodorants don't work for me so I use smuggled Brazilian Rexona. Lol
@@grumpybulldog19 Sou BR também kkk. I thing my body odors are just not that strong. I remember buying European Adidas deodorant in Macau. Nowadays, Above works for me just fine. hahaha
@@sohopedeco boa!!!
You mean north east asians. My beloved south and western asians, please do use deodorant.
Some people don't even know how to do laundry, wipe their ass, or dry their boots.
Well, *we do* need deodorant.
People who don't use any, you can smell them from feet away and it's terrible.
@@John77Doe it is a result from a complicated relationship between the three relationships between the unique gardens of microorganisms growing on our skins and the slightly unique proteins in our skins and the other chemicals
in asia no one uses it, and I don’t smell anything, i don’t ude it either, neither do my family. We do not have the gene.
@@felineboy1586 So it is not just my imagination. People from different countries or races smell different.
It's interesting how shame ppl for health problems, inabilities or bodily functions like menstruation is rightfully seen for what it is- shaming.
But natural and unavoidable body smell even of daily bathed person who wash their clothes regularly is still free game and we are shamed into applying layer of chemicals directly on our body to cover the fact we are healthy human beings with healthy body functions like everyone else..
Yea, unless we alter our smell by some chemical substance made to smell partly like some plant, spice and partly some nonhuman animal musk our existence isn't socially accepted...
@@John77Doe lolol no its not your imagination it is very real
Some people really need deodorant. Just saying.
They are ripe and release vomit-inducing smell. The fold skins can trap bacteria and produce foul smelling odour as well as particular consumption of certain food....
Though for most people, shower and soap is suffice.
my partner is of south Asian heritage and while he’s a dry earwax, non-stinky sweater; I’m a wet wax, stinker. I never knew that these two things were linked, let alone genetic. I’ll stick to wearing deodorant though, no need to torment him. 😂❤
May I suggest to use a salt deodorant they are tricky to use but once you get the hand of it, they are awesome, cero odor, cero black mark or skin stains or clothes stains it is like magic.
@@ms.shineray what is the brand?
@@nuggets0717 the brand i am currently using its called crystal the presentation is mineral deodorant stick i have use others too, they all work the same since it is literally a crystal of salt shaped.
@@ms.shineray cool thank you for the rec I’ll have to look into this!
@@nuggets0717 you're welcome, i wish you luck and that they work for you as much as they have for me.❤
Trust me, you need deodorant...
Asians don’t
@@freyafoxmusic trust me, you (like everyone) do.
@@mfmageiwatch nope . And I prefer women not to use it . Their natural smell is nice
@@freyafoxmusic lol. No. They use it too.
@@freyafoxmusic creepy
This is the type of format I love!!! Not that tv news they been trying
9:57 "Try going without. What's the worst thing that could happen?"
Well, I was vacationing in Singapore. While in the MRT, a bunch of Indian or Bangladeshi entered. Let me tell you when that odor hits you, it feels like somebody punched you in the nose. The unexpected assault slaps me so hard I burst out, "Motherf@#kr!" They looked at me like they knew and they gave me that look like they want to murder me in the spot.
I've come across quite a few people who've said they don't use deodorant because they bathe daily and don't need it, but damn...they all really needed it. 🤢
It's just something normal you've been socially conditioned to think worse than it really is. -someone who's done housing construction with and drove for an Amish crew
@@MyerShift7 take a shower, smelly. it literally is that bad for people like me who have gagging problems
@@MyerShift7 Nope
Being in gym class during puberty convinced me I need deodorant. Accidentally missing a day of deodorant and coming home stinky is what convinced me. Not advertisers.
And why you can't stink? Advertisers.
@@drac124 same reason you flush 💩 down the toilet. Nobody wants to smell bad smelling stuff.
No one convinced us.
We don't like stink.
We should not accept stink.
Anyone who tells you body odor is good should go take a long, steamy, sudsy shower at least three times a day if they don't want to use deodorant.
Tired of people trying to convince me that being smelly is okay or good. Definitely not in social situations. Definitely not in most situations.
Clean yourself.
Convinced us? You mean they informed us to the facts.
Informed us that washed human with clean clothes smells horribly and we need to pay to cover our body in some chemical that smells like non- human animal musk usually mixed with some fruit and spice? Yes we've been merely informed and not brainwashed at all.
PS would you shame woman for menstruating or breastfeeding? Or person with flu for running nose? Seems like every other normal human biological functions are considered exactly that- normal and shaming others for having them seems at least rude. But natural smell of clean and healthy human body is somehow something shameful and to be hidden and covered...
When people reply but the comment isn't shown, is it something that isn't allowed to be posted? Or is it a troll that just blocked me so I can't respond?
@@thomasreal4576 👋😇
Several years ago I got tired of stains in the pits of my shirts, so I switched from antiperspirants to deodorants. The deodorant that I used caused a skin rash, so I stopped using it. To my surprise, I had no issues with BO and checked with my wife to make sure I wasn't just immune to my own stink. Now I only wear such things on days when I know beforehand I will be sweating more than normal (i.e hiking or manual outdoor labor) and I tend to have few odiferous issues of the pits.
Yes. Sometimes we just don't stink. I've also been told by a female friend of mine that I smell, but I don't stink. Think about it!
Same as me. My bottle of deodorant have 10 years already. I use very little.
Well you guys are fortunate to be able to do that. I sweat like a pig and my underarms absolutely smell after I sweat a bit so deodorant is a must for me. Would like the option though
@@captainmarvelous7678 I can relate. When I lived in Texas I sweat a lot more than I do now that I live in Alaska. :) If I produce a lot of sweat, I produce a scent that isn't exactly bad, but it isn't pleasant either. So, I need to shower daily or apply deodorant if I skip a day. I use antiperspirant if I'm getting on a plane or know that I'll be doing sweat inducing activities.
Your wife is immune to it too
The title "How Advertisers Convinced us we need deodorant" is errant clickbait. Horrible smelling people (including myself without deodorant) is what convinced me of needing deodorant. I didn't need an ad to show me the benefit
I remember when I went to spend the weekend in my Chinese friend's house some years ago.
While packing, I thought to myself "I won't bring deodorant. I can certanly borrow his for the stay."
Little did I know that Asians don't use deodorant.
Chinese or East Asian to be exact.
I’m Chinese and I use deodorant… I live in the tropics and trust me, East Asians can and do smell (and there are other Asians too who also have BO). The antiperspirant deodorant market here is just as big as anywhere else.
@@jauipop may I ask if you have the wet-type earwax? If so, then you must be one of the small percentage of Chinese with the wet earwax gene.
@@sushi_takoyaki143 nah, don't have wet earwax.
This is disgusting. Have you ever smelled someone who hasn’t showered recently? Please everyone wear deodorant. I don’t want to smell your stench.
I was waiting for this comment!
I can smell my own body odor after going only a day without deodorant. I find the BO smell disgusting. I for one am very glad we have deodorant.
And I'm happy most people think likewise
anti- perspirant deodorant will make it worse
I am someone with dry earwax and I don’t necessarily need deodorant but I still wear it to smell fresh and it helps keep my underarms more dry.
School 🏫
Although the video is not a free commercial, I don't think that it was right to bring up the doctor in the way that she and her brand were brought up. Of course there is the marketing ploy of "trust a doctor," however she created her product in response to her patients' questions and concerns about odor and as she says because she saw how antibiotics were being over prescribed to treat the problem. Yes, I get tired of the commercials popping up all of the time (as with other advertising), but her product is made from a mild acid derived from almonds that eliminates odor causing bacteria from the skin. It is not a deodorant but as just stated it helps eliminate the cause of odor. I have bought the soap and deodorant (pre-odorant) and find that they work pretty effectively.
Right I love Lume 💖
I don't need to be convinced about that. The smell of the public transportation speaks for itself. 😅
I mean, I've never known a person to smell like old cigarettes and weed without at least a little help. Maybe transit riders eat different things where I live. 🤷♂️
@@traviskitteh What do think sweat smells like after a few minutes? ;)
Maybe in Britain or Northern regions you can get away with it, but in Florida you need deodorant. Theres no way around it
As a cashier I can tell you everyone will know and no one wants to smell your nasty armpit sweat
People didn't dip their entire bodies into a vat of water, but they still cleaned themselves
I keep deodorant and a back up deodorant in the house, a bottle of funk busting rubbing alcohol one in the car, and at work! You will not catch me slippin’! 😂 recommendation: Arm and Hammer essentials with natural deodorizers stays solid and will not melt inside the car on the hottest summer days in the south! All scents smell great on women and men!
Some people can't even properly wipe or wash their ass. trust me the media telling them that they NEED to use deodorant is a service to society.
Yes THANK YOU.
Basement 🎈
let's not forget about olfactory fatigue. people who don't use deodorant tend to not notice that they smell bad because they have olfactory fatigue - they simply don't notice it. and then people who have a very good sense of smell have to suffer with that kind of people :')
Uh convinced? Bro we need that deodorant 😂😩
My shitty smelling pits made me want deodorant not a damn commercial 😂😂😂😂
Channel 😇
I keep a spare stick of deodorant in my car just in case I forget to apply it at home
You can't say people don't need deodorant if you haven't been to a YuGiOh tournament in July
Scott 😊🎈
Jersey summer heat will convince anyone they need deodorant! 😂
Anyone who thinks otherwise should go to an anime convention or high school locker room where you can REALLY smell those “natural scents”
Those people are not natural. Diet of lard and 12h of sitting on your ass watching kids shows isn't natural!
Canada 🍁
everyone that says this that i've seen in real life has always smelled terrible
Jack 👋
I wear deodorant because I sweat like crazy . I use Lume and Old Spice Wolfengard . Body odor is natural but smelling like a nasty public bathroom is downright disgusting.
Imma call this progress. Not sure Louis XIV should be setting an example for anyone in the 21st century.
Two places everyone needs to wear deodorant: airplanes and the gym.
Brian 😊
I live in Brazil. It is hot. People sweat. Please use Deodorant.
I am a heavy sweater in a sweltering humid year-round summer climate. I sweat as soon as I step out of the shower. Washing regularly is not good enough.
The day he was born and the day that he got married. :(
@@LauRoot892 😁😁😁😁
@@LauRoot892 NYC 55 😁😁😁😁
Please don't convince people we don't need to wear deodorant. Just let people wear it...For the love of Jeebus!!
Exactly
I appreciate not stinking, but no, deodorant/anti-perspirants are NOT hygiene products or indictive of actual hygiene.
Let's not forgot the circumcision issue and massive brain washing in the United States!
Bag of onions under my arms if I miss applying deodorant by 6 hours into my day. Yes, I need something to offset my umm...scent.
Holt 👋
not wearing deo??? not me tho yall be safe
Surprised by no mention of the famous “sure/unsure” commercials!
Lasagna 😊🎈
Paul from 90 day finance is that you?
527377 🎈👋
Yeah come to the Caribbean, don´t bathe at least twice a day and ditch the deodorant, Let´s see how many people will get near you lol
I think most people need deodorant, but as a society we are too obsessed with everything being squeaky clean
Aaron 🎈
It mostly depends on your age. Just like young teenage boys have stinky feet but later grow out of it, we also grow out of that underarm stench as we age and our glands change. Oddly, the only time I've had to deal with underarm smell during the past 15 or more years (I'm 63) was a few years ago when I had a stomach operation. As soon as I awoke in the recovery room I noticed that I stunk to high heaven. I still don't know why. Maybe my glands somehow reacted to the anesthetic or even some amount of fear turned them on big-time.
It’s because you were finally able to smell yourself. Body gets used to smells.
@@swankyangelo8527 Funny that no one else smells me. And I fail to understand how an operation would make my sense of smell better for a short period of time. Also, you can't buy a deodorant today that doesn't smell worse than BO. I've just about tried them all.
@@wildbillhackett such a weird statement to make. I’ve never smelled a deodorant that I outright hated, let alone one that smells worse than BO. I can only notice a bad smell from my armpits after a few days without a shower (camping, lazy long weekend) and I still use Old Spice every day. It’s part of my scent, I like to smelll good. Do you think the people around you think your BO smells better than Old Spice? Keep in mind most people are polite and aren’t gonna tell you that you reek, even if you do.
@@abikuneebus Some of them smell good at first but start to sour around mid afternoon. I don't know anyone over 50 with smelly armpits. And Arid smells almost exactly like BO. It didn't twenty years ago but something has changed.
Louis XIV be like 😂
Where's my spray gone...? 🤭🤮
If you ever travel on public transport you will never question necessity of any kind fragrance.
Guy😩
I do stink after a day. I live in the tropics. And thus i bathe everyday and use deodorant anti perspirant.
So basically, they became popular after people started crowding into cities together.
Chloe 😊
Let's not start the no deodorant trend.
Go to a Planet Fitness sometime. Believe me it wasn’t advertisers.
"Somebody cholera doctor" 💀 😂
Michael 🎈👋
Remember, you will go nose blind to your own smell. And most people are too polite to tell you. Ask someone you trust to tell you if you smell, whether you wear deodorant or not. Some people burn through what they put on or need a different type. I have eczema in my armpits, so antiperspirants are an itchy nightmare. Whether natural deodorant works depends on its ingredients and how often you apply it. A note on Lume: it works, but only if your clothes are brand new, and if you (or anyone else) can smell your crotch without pulling down your pants and bending over, you need a doctor.
In the Asia market, it is more common to see antiperspirant than deodorant.
BO absolutely reeks, thank god for deodorant.
I think this is a prime example of a nature fallacy. A pleasant fragrance is associated with proper hygiene for a reason. The bad smell is the byproduct of bacteria and fungi as mentioned in the video. Deodorant/antiperspirant limits sweat production which is the nutrient supply for microbes. Also reduces the surface area for growth. They can’t thrive on/under a coating of aluminum. You’ll still sweat w/o it and potential ruin the clothing fabric. Those clothes will also smell after a few hours. But be my guest and save the $7 bucks a month.
Hey 👋
I would be curious to see if sales dropped during the pandemic??
Paul R🎈
people who smell bad and can prevent it but don't should be thrown in jail
Body order may be nature but not pleasant, it's disgusting!
The music at 5:08 sounds so familiar it's messing me up. Anyone got a lead? Maybe it's some off-brand version of a well-known tune?
I think I’m okay with that actually
You say that from your cool weather, me in a tropical climate with high humidity all year i have to use it.
Our ancestors certainly didn't make life easy for us.. if they didn't come up with all of those shaming things, many people would probably have way better self esteem
Of course you don't need to wear deodorant and people never "had to". Good luck getting employment, a partner, or anything nowadays.
Exactly,I'm like yes we need to wear it
It's not just the odor, but also perspiration stains on your clothing. That said, the ads did get ridiculous.
last washed my pits a month ago. have had a red rash in each for years. they tended to stink again shortly after washing. just checked them. the rash is gone and i can't smell them. wonder if it has something to do with my change in diet. went from a extremely processed - high calorie diet to one of fruits ,veges, chicken, and cheese. might be my exercise routine. was completely sedentary. now getting a hour of exercise a day. then again, it could just be my allergies. i just might not be able to smell anything right now
Death 😊
I've always hated my own scent, but I think it's because I'm non-binary and there's something just off about it. Because I love how my husband semlls.
I only wear deodorant when I drink too much coffee.
Westfall 😉
Lucky me, for 23 years of existence i never use any underarm product. I even use other peoples cloths (on unavoidable circumstances) and got a comment that i might got an odor by doing and so far i havent.
Ed 🎈
Well, when Helena Modrzejewska travelled to USA she had a quarrel with the custom that wanted to tax her underarm liners as luxuries while she argued that they were necessities. And that was XIX century.
The first deodorant recipes were from ancient Egypt and can be found in all kinds of medical books from around the world, elegant people of Renessaince changed underwear during dances, some literally bathed in colonge but apparently that's those damn ads.
I wore antiperspirant for years with aluminum just because I was taught to aluminum is banned in Europe and Japan having links to breast cancer. After having a mastectomy I couldn’t wear deodorant because of pain what I learned is the anti-….. clogs pores once I stopped using it I had an odor for about 2 weeks as my pores opened then it stopped no more deodorant no more smells no more deodorant
1950 🎈
This is what find interesting about my BO : when I change my diet by adding much more raw vegetables, especially breakfast, my BO is much less than before, to the point I don't need any perfume or deodorant even when I sweat a lot. Is it possible that food and gut health can affect BO?
there is a gut skin axis so yes, there is a connection. But the skin microbiome plays a bigger role on the intensity of someone's body odour.
I wear light fragranced women's deodorant cos I cannot stand the wretched smell of men's products!!!
I can understand that. I hope eventually we'll stop giving smells genders
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It's hard for me to just think about the possibility of not using deodorant. Here in Brazil we have a very strong culture that praises personal higiene and smelling good, and we are proud of that. You can really be socially ignored or segregated here if you don't do what we see as basic in personal higiene.
We DO need it
I think we should all use deodorant/antiperspirant no matter the situation I don’t want to smell you either way.
I find if I shower every morning and a rinse after work and I don’t need it. Maybe when ur freshly scrubbed the bacteria to mix with the sweat just isn’t as numerous. Heavy metal poisoning is definitely real so I can’t see how applying aluminum directly to your lymphatic system is probably harmful. Plus inhibiting the production of sweat isn’t a great idea either. Yet another perfectly designed feature of the human body that we’ve been convinced we need to fix…smh. Made me really sad to see those women shooting botulism into their lymph nodes bc society and the media has convinced them there’s something wrong with them.
Come on guys, perpetuating the myth that regular bathing is a recent development is silly and intellectually lazy.
All I ask is with this mindset to NEVER sit next to me when flying. 🤢
Some ppl just smell horrible. Deodorant is a must
Not needing to use deodorant is a very white thing to say
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You'll find it's more Asian than anything.
So every one uses deodorant every day? Even in winter?
what's the worst that can happen? yeah...only a certain type of person would ask this question
Between high carbohydrate diets and bathing too much, people smell awful. Some time ago, I transitioned to showering less. I still do use soap, but I only bathe once a week. And I haven't worn deodorant in years. I did smell bad at first, but that's because I didn't transition very well. I went cold turkey, and it was a bad plan.
But it's been years and I still don't wear any. I work in a kitchen as a dishwasher. I don't smell anymore. At all. So it's a need caused by lifestyle choices. My personal opinion. And the reason so many people need deodorant is because they are unwilling to engaged in the lifestyle that negates the need for any of it at all.