Review (2/5): How is Bay Rum Popular it smells like rotten eggs!
I’ve been a Lumé user since Spring of 2020. I like the deodorant because most “natural” deodorants really irritate my sensitive skin where it’s unbearable and anything that’s aluminum based destroys my underarms. The formula of this is nice, I don’t find it to clump in my underarm hair like other deodorants do. It goes on smooth and seems to absorb into my arm pits nicely.
Alright so here’s the reasons I scored Lumé Bay Rum so poorly:
I’ve been continuously disappointed because any scent that I like, they end up discontinuing. 😭 First it was Blue Spruce or Juniper something that then morphed into Juniper Breeze and then that just disappeared.
I was in a bind in June and Bay Rum was the fastest scent that could ship so I tried that one. I figured since it was so popular and has been around for a long time, that this scent was going to be incredible! My expectations were clearly set too high because WOW this stuff STANKS! It smelled like rotten eggs. I know I have an aversion to rum after a bad night at my friends wedding in 2015 but I thought I could put that in the past for the sake of my underarms. Unfortunately, this stuff really stunk and doesn’t even smell like rum anything! Not even rum raisin ice cream or malibu or a beautiful fresh bay!
One thing I’ve noticed since buying Lumé from Amazon is that the consistency of each deodorant is never the same. Sometimes it’s an oozing, soupy mess, other times it’s a light fluffy consistency that’s just perfect, then it also can come out like a gritty, frosting that struggled to exit the 3 little holes on the deodorant stick.
I’m a big guy and I sweat a lot and there’s a lot of space to cover on my underarms, so I never have been confident in Lumé’s 72-hour claim however I’ve had success with about 24 hours (not with Bay Rum though). Right now I’m using Tangerine and it’s nice and lasts for a little bit… definitely not as long as the OG scents they discontinued, but I can make it through most of the summer day without smelling like a disgusting heap of trash!
Some of the other scents don’t last that long on me, but when I put rotten egg smelling Bay Rum on me I really don’t feel like I’m covered at all. I used this for a bit of June and had to throw it out because I couldn’t even go a few hours without smelling stinky. As a fat person, I’m very aware of my size, my personal hygiene and of course how I smell.
Anyways, stay away from this gross scent - maybe I got a bad batch of it, but I’m just scratching my head at how Amazon says this is the most popular scent. Maybe they’re all just trying to sell off this disgusting batch.
BRING BACK JUNIPER BREEZE!