Oars + Alps Natural Deodorant for Men & Women, Aluminum Free Deodorant for Men, Dermatologist Tested, Clean Ingredients, Non Toxic, Vegan, Long Lasting, Odor Protection, Fresh Ocean Splash, 1pk, 2.6oz

If you are coming from a mass-market anti-perspirant, this review will only be somewhat helpful for you. Your body will have to adjust to a non-anti-perspirant deodorant first, then a “natural” deodorant on top of that. It will take a few weeks like the Oars and Alps product listing states. I’d recommend finding a mass-market deodorant (only) first, use that for a while, then go to a natural deodorant. Why? Natural deodorants can be irritating to the skin and you don’t want to deal with too many transition issues all at once.I’ve been using non-anti-perspirant deodorant for nearly 10 years. I have tried at least 15 natural deodorant brands over that time, usually coming back to a conventional deodorant because the natural deodorant either: stopped suppressing odor before early afternoon, or irritated the daylights out of my skin (baking soda bad!), or couldn’t be applied without feeling like a piece of crumbly chalk. I’ll leave financials out of this for now since all the naturals did one of the above regardless of price point. I sort of found one natural that was still chalky, but at least suppressed odor nearly all day and didn’t irritate my skin by drying it out, but did cause breakouts!Well, Oars and Alps finally does everything I want it to do. I will say to anybody trying this for the first time to give it two weeks. And that two weeks is AFTER having already transitioned from your anti-perspirant to an intermediary mass market deodorant and having gone through the “detox” process. The first week I switched to O+A, I did have some redness and dryness to my pit skin, but it went away in week two. I’m glad I stuck it out. The O+A deodorant smells great, works all day, goes on smoothly, doesn’t cause breakouts, and lasts longer than many other deodorants, natural or not. Thank goodness … the search is over! (Please O+A, don’t change your formula).Now we get to a sticky subject, which is price. O+A is about twice as expensive per unit than even the already expensive natural deodorants. That might be a deal breaker for some, and that’s a fair reason. I do think O+A lasts a week or two longer than most, but I haven’t actually measured that, and the reason could totally just be there’s more product in a typical unit sold.I think there are a lot of people that will find O+A deodorant to be worth the premium. It will change your mind about natural deodorants. If you’re committed to the idea of using a natural deodorant but don't want to compromise, give this stuff a shot but stay patient to let it work without irritation after proper transitioning.

Update review 2020So I bought this product before the company did any education or provided any information on the “detoxification of your armpits”. Like most, I had no idea that was a thing, and never heard about it. Having job that I regularly interact with people, I could not take the time to go through the detox phase due to the risk of having bad body order, which is absolutely not acceptable in my line of work. Long story short, the quarantine happened and I was not able to see patients for 2 months. I figured now is the best time to give this a full shot, if I ever was going to. So I slowly weened myself off of my normal mainstream aluminum deodorant. after about 2-3 weeks of not using the aluminum base deodorant, I did not have any of the burning, red irritation that I previously have gotten from this product. I enjoy the scent, and I can say it lasts the entire work day for me. I have an active job and I am constantly on my feet. Since I am a bigger guy, I keep a stick of this in my desk just incase I need to re apply, however I have not needed to as of yet. I bumped original rating to 5 stars. After the detox processes this has been by far the best natural no aluminum deodorant I have tried. If you have the time to do the process, I highly recommend it. I have now been using it for a few months and I have not got burned from it once.Original review 2019Loved this product and want to still love it. I love the smell and it actually lasts all day for me, even when being very active. The BIG problem .. after a week of using i have such painful irritation under my arm pits now. I’m so disappointment because I loved this before the irritation happened. I guess I have to stop using it until the irritation goes away. If anyone knows which ingredient does this, let me know. I have no allergies at all and do not have sensitive skin.

Like what other people said, I can understand why someone might not be able to get the best everlasting odor protection if they do a lot of strenuous movements throughout the day. I usually don’t have to deal with that because I do a bit of strenuous activity in the morning and then shower afterwards before putting on this deodorant. Which smells very nice for the first, I’d say, two or three hours. Now this may sound like not enough, but to be honest other deodorants, even one’s that smell very “loud,” fade and don’t last much longer than that, either. It also does the trick throughout the day of keeping the bad smell away even if the nice smell is very faint. The smell itself also is not the strongest, but smells very natural and clean. Less is more sometimes and it still does the trick. It’s quite an intriguing smell, and I personally feel sexy wearing this deodorant.Like imagine just a minute, you’re a Wolverine out in the forest but. This time you actually washed your ass beforehand and so you smell like a fresh and fierce but also cute wolverine. but still too sharp for anyone to want to double-cross. that’s what this smells likeThat brings me to my last point. I also add my perfume/cologne on at the same time of adding this deodorant and I feel like this particular deodorant (the one with bergamot) wouldn’t work with two out of three, of my more feminine perfumes. I’d definitely be considering trying another one once this one is done to see if another one is a little more universal or on the more feminine side. It’s ultimately a really nice deodorant and would DEFINITELY get it again.One more thing I forgot to mention is that sometimes it’s wet when you put it on. It IS a BIT weird, but it dries and is a very minor issue for me.