Random Musings

Cravendale? Fancy.

An off smell is the last thing to worry about when slurping down the extract of a hundred different cows mammary glands

LegendaryApe

So you're the anti-freddiemercurystwin?

it appears I am.

Balance in all things. I like fresh food, he likes rotten, I prefer a normal poo not a volcano out of my bottom

You must have an iron constitution.

Anyone else find that every so often their deodorant/antiperspirant of choice just stops working and you have to switch to a new product?

Its like I’ve got Borg BO and its adapting to attempts to defeat it.

Plus when it fails it fails hard and the smell isn’t regular sweat but a real acrid mix of sweat and a sort of bitter twist on whatever the worn fragrance had been.

Doesn’t seem to matter whether its spray, roll-on, stick, big brand or some organic hippy alternative either. One day, usually at work, I’ll discover that by lunchtime I’m starting to honk. Then you’re into risking panic sweat territory as the fear of gassing out the open plan office could lead to further issues.

Just asking for a friend, obviously.

simple I used Right Guard for years after having tried various different brands over the years (decades) to find one that worked for me, then after Covid and the prices of everything went completely nuts I tried Lidl's £1 stuff, to my surprise it works just fine.

You'll be coming up to the sw side then. Ncps are pretty much everywhere but pricey. How long do you need it for?

quadfather Just the day. Can't stay over cos of the dog.

So basically sounds like either of the NCPs in town is just as good a bet as any then.

simple I've been going through this recently too. Moved away from traditional sprays years ago and was using Biosen (which is a roll-on that's good for sensitive skin but like most roll-ons uses aluminium to block sweat). I switched to Fussy for a while and it worked for a good few months until it just didn't. I then moved to that fancy AKT deodorant balm which smells FUCKING AMAZING, but because it's not intended to block sweat completely I smelt great but still was damp on occasions, to the point where I was getting big patches under my arms (which isn't terrible when at home) but looks terrible even though I remained smelling GREAT  

At the moment I'm using Vichy Stress Relief (https://www.vichy.co.uk/en_GB/stress-resist-72hr-roll-on-anti-perspirant-deodorant/VICUK-046.html#tab=ingredients), it's about £10 in Boots and apart from being quite wet when first put on it dries fairly quickly and then once clothes are on I have been remaining dry and smelling quite nice. It does have aluminium salts in the ingredients though, so not great in that regard, but I would rather be dry then use all natural products which smell good but leave me like a damp rag

So I'm torn, do I smell good but have patches (nope), smell good and use traditional roll-ons and clog my pores with aluminium and other things, or keep trying different things? There are so many different products out there, and it seems like a real trial and error.

Haha.

It's not that amusing, I'm afraid. But it's nearly as bad.

Might be a bit of a walk to the office, though.

It's pretty convenient coming off the M6, as we live in the Midlands. I think there's a changeover on the tram.. anyway takes about 30 mins or so.