Things that can be used as deodorant

[mariacallas]

^Actually, in my experience, putting deodorant (any kind) on unwashed (or already sweaty) armpits will exacerbate the problem 99% of the time......magnify any of the stink going on there.
So, to the OP....hmmm....if you really want to not smell, I guess you'll have to wash your pits with some soap and water before applying anything on there...but if you cant, then good luck !

 

[Jabberwocky]

You seem to need reminding every now and then.

LOL

goes back to quietly playing by himself

 

[LoveAlways]

Well my aunt one time gave me a gigantic box of deoderant she had just bought because she found out arm and hammer baking soda toothpaste works better....

BUT if you're willing to carrying around toothpaste, or baking soda, lemon, apple cider vinegar etc...why not just carry some deoderant with you??

 

[Pander Bear]

 

[moonyham]

I almost never get BO. I dont use any sort of deodorant or anti perspirant, just have a shower every day or 2, sometimes i use soap sometimes i dont, and im sweet as.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I was in a dollar store and they had this stuff made of lichen and tea tree oil that I loved. Unfortunately it was a discontinued product and I haven't seen anything like it since.

As to the question of what to use in a pinch, anything anti-bacterial should help: soap, dishwashing liquid, peroxide, alcohol, etc. The problem becomes what your skin can tolerate, Pinesol or diluted bleach would probably be effective but your underarms might not be very happy afterwards.

 

[artaxerxes]

I'm lucky I guess. I don't smell even if I've gone a few days between showers (very rare. I love to be clean. I shave everything.)

But a long time ago, in the 90s, when I was in my early 20s, I used to work 24 hours a day for days in a row. The manic part of my bi-polar was in full effect. Anyway, I had switched to crystal deodorant (hippie deodorant. It just cam e in a big rock crystal form then.) and I had worked 2 days in a row with no sleep and no shower. My boss loved me so it was all good. But I got called into her office (8' x 8') to give a run-down of the status of all the projects on my plate. And I was utterly fetid. Nasty as fuck. Damn you hippie crystals!

I reeked. My other boss came into the office and crinkled his nose and was like, "WHAT is that smell?!!? It smells vile in here." Fortunately, my other boss was cool about it and just said, "Shut up".

It was one of the most humiliating moments of my life. Never again, hippie crystal. You fucked me once, I won't have it happen again. I don't smell as a rule and it's my belief that the hippie crystal brought out a previously unknown stench.

It's never happened again, even when I've skipped showers. Beware the Hippie crystals. Now I stick with that commercial shit, even if it's going to cause armpit cancer. Actually, I don't have the problem with the regular shit. Even if I skip a few days I never smell like I did when I used that hippie crystal. I didn't know I could even smell so bad. The smell was like an acrid, bitter thing that burnt your nostrils.

 

[mariacallas]

^lol:D

 

[MyDoorsAreOpen]

I'm lucky I guess. I don't smell even if I've gone a few days between showers (very rare. I love to be clean. I shave everything.)

But a long time ago, in the 90s, when I was in my early 20s, I used to work 24 hours a day for days in a row. The manic part of my bi-polar was in full effect. Anyway, I had switched to crystal deodorant (hippie deodorant. It just cam e in a big rock crystal form then.) and I had worked 2 days in a row with no sleep and no shower. My boss loved me so it was all good. But I got called into her office (8' x 8') to give a run-down of the status of all the projects on my plate. And I was utterly fetid. Nasty as fuck. Damn you hippie crystals!

I reeked. My other boss came into the office and crinkled his nose and was like, "WHAT is that smell?!!? It smells vile in here." Fortunately, my other boss was cool about it and just said, "Shut up".

It was one of the most humiliating moments of my life. Never again, hippie crystal. You fucked me once, I won't have it happen again. I don't smell as a rule and it's my belief that the hippie crystal brought out a previously unknown stench.

It's never happened again, even when I've skipped showers. Beware the Hippie crystals. Now I stick with that commercial shit, even if it's going to cause armpit cancer. Actually, I don't have the problem with the regular shit. Even if I skip a few days I never smell like I did when I used that hippie crystal. I didn't know I could even smell so bad. The smell was like an acrid, bitter thing that burnt your nostrils.

I lol'd at this post.

I think I'm going too stick with baking soda commercial sticks. A lot of people's suggestions here basically boil down to baking soda. But I'm one of those people who definitely needs something that's guaranteed to work. I definitely envy people who basically don't need deodorant.