The current run of hot weather has provided an excellent opportunity for me to properly test some of the deodorants that I’ve had lined up along my bathroom shelf. I’m not usually the sweatiest of people and so it takes a very warm day for me to get a proper bit of perspiration going. (Weirdly, I can also get the “juices flowing” (UGH) if I wear my Asda dressing gown to answer stressful emails – something to do with flammable fleece and complicated admin seems to trigger a spectacular bodily response. I’m like a boxer in a bin bag the day before a weigh-in – soaked from head to toe.)
So: Aurelia’s Botanical Cream Deodorant. Note that this is a deodorant and not an anti-perspirant – anti-perspirants work by blocking pores so that sweat can’t come out. They help to keep you dry – no damp circles around your armpits. Deodorants work by masking the odour or neutralising the smell – you might still get a wet sensation, but (hopefully) not the BO. The pay-off with deodorants is that they don’t contain aluminium salts, which have been shown in some studies to be linked to health issues. The evidence isn’t entirely conclusive, but many people – quite understandably – prefer to play things safe and avoid products containing them. Which would be great if all deodorants worked as well as anti-perspirants, but sadly, from experience, many of them fall rather short of the mark. Some of t...