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Old spice Blue vs White stuff (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by werefreeatlast@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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While shopping on Amazon for my usual old spice bearglove smelling system, I've gotten burned with what I'm getting. I want the blue stuff and I keep getting this white stuff. I don't care if they took the aluminum off, I'm not willing to try that again. Last time I tried it my armpits got extremely irritated. I'm not a sissyfus type of person, but hey if someone was poking you in the armpits that would hurt.

So here I am thinking...hmm deodorant is the blue stuff! Antiperspirant is the white stuff. But no. Now there seems no difference. So does anyone have a good aroma deodorant that not white irritation based for me to try from Amazon?

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[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 48 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Just a thought, if you leave the house to buy things, you can ensure you're getting the things you actually want

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone has the ability or capability to leave their home.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Too much of that stretching nonsense, and you can't fit out your door no matter how lot you try to stoop.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

LOL. No way Jose! I like to just go to work and never have to risk my life at Walmart lol. Plus you know, it's deodorant so they gotta lock it for some reason.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Walgreens is how I do exactly this. I too get the rash and have coworkers complain about smell.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

Agreed in some cases, but I haven't been able to find the classic original formula Old Spice in stores for years. Going to stores results in a lot of wasted time and gas sometimes.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make sure you get the right burn cream when you are out!!

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's not a burn if someone has limited mobility and can't "just leave the house"

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

It was a funny comment. If you have limited mobility and can't just leave the house, and I am nearby, I would be happy to help you out. Not gonna dox myself in public but lets start with a general area, central Tx. PM me on here.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Presuming edge cases is dumb.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

THANK YOU

[–] chowdertailz@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Pretty sure the white stuff is antiperspirant while the blue is just deodorant. Most scents have both kinds and the label should say which is which. I don't sweat much myself so the antiperspirant def iritated me years ago when I bought the wrong kind.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yea also check if it contains aluminum.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yup the aluminum stuff, from what I recall is what caused my armpit rash. And this was like 2019. I'm sure there's still stock. But I couldn't help but notice that almost every brand right now is advertising "no aluminum". They probably got the message. That rash was gnarly! And obviously from the deodorant. I would not be surprised if everyone of us who used that stuff since highschool ends up getting some cancer or Alzheimer's or liver disease.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's my experience but yeah, the ad has both shown on the same product "deodorant" what I would have expected to be the White stuff.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

In stores the deodorant is blue and its the antiperspirant that's white.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

The antiperspirant is so damn sticky it almost abrades my skin just trying to scrap some onto my pit

[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm just happy to know others acknowledge that bearglove (and wolfthorne) are the best smelling wildly available deodorants. White is antiperspirant, blue is still just deodorant.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I miss Hawkridge. It was my jam and they killed it.

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Wolfthorne is the only deodorant I've tried that I actually like the smell of (vs just tolerating it)

If they could figure out a way to make their antiperspirant in the same consistency as the deodorant that would be amazing. Hate the white chalky feeling shit

[–] justin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if it's consistent but at least for the pure sport flavor, aluminum free = blue gel deodorant, otherwise it's the white chalky antiperspirant

[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"flavor" lol

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would you call it aroma? Or smell.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

I would call it scent.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

One might even say your search was, Sisyphean…

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

This is likely due to one of two things.

  1. Amazon is bucketing deodorant and antiperspirant + deodorant in the same spot so it's random what you get.
  2. A retailer mislabeled their stock and it got put in the wrong bin, so people get wrong products until all that stock is gone. Amazon comingles products so changing the seller won't help.
  3. The picker grabbed the wrong item. This probably isn't the case.
[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Deodorant is blue, deodorant + antiperspirant is white in the store. It’s also all aluminum free now which sucks. I miss the aluminum deodorant gel.

[–] Sureito@feddit.de 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While it might have been more effective, absorbed aluminium is linked to Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 9 points 7 months ago

And it stains clothes

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't the blue kind the gel stuff? The white is the "solid" kind.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup, but how do I make sure what I get is the blue gel stuff?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Time travel. Buy the deodorant, check its color. If it's no good, undo a repeat with a different seller.

Duh.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

Oh I see, do just search for gel.. ok someone else also suggested that.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're looking for deodorant GEL

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I just did a search with that term and I get the same lowsy results. They show many pictures of the container, even one with dimensions and an arm for size comparison because I always check to make sure my deodorant is not 3 gallons size. But color of actual useful material? Nah! The buyers would never want to know! That's crazy talk lol.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Strangely that exact listing in your image has pictures of both, the picture with the lid off showing the regular white stick, but some of the profile shots show the clear lid that is typically used on the gel product...I can also see Amazon says this product is frequently returned

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly! They got reviews going like "it's awesome I put it on my soup and it tastes great" with a picture of the blue stuff, then a few other pictures and bam! It's the white stuff! Like WTF!

This one is interesting because "83 thousand people bought it" Native Deodorant | Natural Deodorant for Women and Men, 72 Hour Odor Control, Coconut & Vanilla https://a.co/d/0DeiUjn

[–] TheColonel@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lowsy results

Future reference, the word you’re looking for here is β€œlousy”.

Stay fresh!

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Hey I'm only as good as the Internet can correct me. Thanks πŸ‘.

[–] Undef@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Try out this listing: https://a.co/d/8TAr1o4

Based on what I've been seeing what you want to look for specifically is the solid red lid, that seems to be the best indicator that it's the blue gel type deodorant, whereas the clear lid seems to indicate that it's the white antiperspirant type.

[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ive been using schmitts, but it's baking soda based just like that old spice probably is. I really loved using sweet pitti, which is unscented and uses mandelic acid. Imo, mandelic acid is the king of deodorants. Nothing is going to stop the sweat except aluminum though.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can’t remember the name of the chemical, but there’s β€œSweatBlock” wipes and roll-ons that will literally keep you from sweating.

[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A brief check of their site shows they use aluminum salts.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Sorry about the mislead there. I really thought there was something else that was responsible for the pore blocking effect.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Certain-Dri antiperspirant + Georgio Armani Profumo is the winning combo

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 7 months ago

It would be a crazy coincidence if you were allergic to something other than aluminum in antiperspirant.