Oars + Alps Aluminum Free Deodorant for Men | Long Lasting Odor Protection, Clear & Free of White Residue, Anti-Chafing Smooth Glide, Dermatologist Tested, 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 2020 So 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 2019 Loved 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.

I really like the product itself, but the casing and mechanism are poorly designed, leaving too much of the stick unaccessible and unused even when cranked to the max. I resort to wrenching out the remaining deodorant out and wiping it on by hand for maybe the last 10 uses or so. If they fixed this (and maybe worked on the price a bit), then this would definitely be a 5-star product in my book.

After trying many other major brands, as well as top rated aluminum free brands, oars and alps has finally worked for me. Trying new brands with sensitive skin can be tough and that’s exactly what I went through; Some leaving rashes, others having a a reaction to my body oils and producing even worse smells. I’ve been through 3 of these so far and have not had any sort of reaction and can work 12+ hours with no lingering odor.

Smells good(ocean splash) but nothing special, your generic blue/aquatic scent, which i like……but that’s where it ends. I have never worn antiperspirants so I didn’t need any detox period or whatever made up nonsense they come up with to make you think a product that doesent work for you is working lol but I digress. That being said I’ve still given this several weeks to work……it didn’t. I’m not very hairy and even when I sweat profusely I’m still not that smelly. The scent is weak and gone within 20 minutes and I can lift my arm and smell B.O. within a a couple hours and that’s without any strenuous activity. I don’t really care that much about the scent longevity but if the actual product isn’t going to do anything about the bacteria which causes the smell then a longer lasting scent to cover it would be nice. Many natural deodorants work on this premise so I don’t see why they haven’t done this here. So in closing the formula doesent work to neutralize the bacteria which causes the odor and the scent is too weak to mask it. Remember this is coming from someone who is at the low end of the “smelly” spectrum lol and it didn’t work for me so I can only imagine how bad it would be for someone at the high end. I got it for $10 on sale which I think is still way too overpriced for deodorant so the normal $15 or whatever it normally is astounding. Everyone’s body chemistry IS different though so it may work for some……flip of an expensive coin Good Luck. One star for the scent.

Goes on smooth and easy Lasts all day -smells of mens cologne from the 90s so not exactly as described

I've been on an aluminum free non antiperspirant deo kick for about 3 years now. I've used 3 other popular brands, and so far I think Oars + Alps in my fav! It has a pretty good sent, not over powering, and its applied clear, plus no sticky icky feeling once applied. Just note, this deo like all other non antiperspirant products don't last 12-24 hours. This has a pretty good pit life... I can go all day (8-10) hours feelin and smellin "so fresh and so clean" (in my OutKast voice), but definitely don't think you're going to leave the gym or the Texas heat without needing a re-application... but again, this is with all non antiperspirant deos. I'm definitely re-uppin Oars + Alps when I get low. The price point and the product quality is worth it. Check it out!

Product was fair. It seemed as after it was open it started melting away, not worth the money.