Review (5/5): My quest appears to be over, FINALLY a treasure, after 20+ years of trying non-aluminum deodorants!
Howdy intrepid aluminum-free deodorant researchers and adventurers!
I've spent hundreds of dollars over 20+ years buying Schmidts, Native, Tom's, Lume, Kopari, Lavanila, the natural salt crystals, making my own using a schmear of coconut oil and then patting some baking soda on top of it, and some men's Deos like Old Spice, hoping to find something that works for me. Some things worked ok for odor, but stained my shirts' underarm areas, or irritated the underarms.
Native, for example, works great for my young adult son, but not for me -- irritates my underarms. This Nivea 0% Aluminum Fresh Pure doesn't irritate and lasts ALL DAY! Where has this been all my life?! Hiding in plain sight in Europe, where so many Good Things reside, evidently.
After about a week of using the Nivea -- today, I sanitized and gave my son several barely used Native scents I'd tried but can't keep using. YAY for this product!! It smells clean and soapy, some reviewers have said floral but to me, it's more light and soapy-clean and I LOVE love love it. But if you're sensitive to scents, this isn't for you, I suspect.
Yep, I'm aware the ingredients aren't all-natural, edible, organic, free-range and all that, but better than putting aluminum on my armpits daily and better than stinking. I've tried the edible and free-range deos and they don't work on me. lol.
Everyone's body chemistry is different so your mileage can and likely will, vary, but this is well worth a try, imo.
p.s. And bonus: I LOVE the glass bottle and design of the label. Love the heft of the bottle, bi-lingual text and design, feels like I popped into a pharmacy in Europe and picked this up, and since it's the closest I'll get to Europe for a long time, I'm afraid, I'll take it and dream about a walk along the Seine while applying this every day.