Deodorant

[Bob411]

What do you call it? Deodorant, antiperspirant or pit juice?

Also just wondering is deodorant and antiperspirant the same thing?

Wife and I are in the pit juice camp.

 

[yabba]

deodorant (and it's not the same thing as antiperspirant - antiperspirant inhibits sweating, deodorant inhibits bacterial growth)

 

[Monson]

Just deo. I suppose antiperspirant is one of those big words you sometimes read but never say. Never heard pit juice before.

 

[Lerxst]

I do not speak of these hygiene products often enough to have a dedicated term for them

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Deodorant and antiperspirant are two different things.

Pit juice is what they treat.

Side note: Any company that markets an aluminium-free deodorant should be shamed and shunned for misleading marketing tactics.
Deodorant doesn’t use aluminium. Antiperspirant does. Aluminium is what is used to clog up the pores and stop the sweat.

 

[Andrew Sak]

I use antiperspirant but call it deodorant.

The last time I used deodorant instead of antiperspirant, I stunk up the gym riding the eliptical. I wondered who the smelly caveman fuck was that was stinking up the joint.
That fuck was me.

I use this.

 

[Tralfaz]

I have never heard the term "pit juice" in my life.

I use antiperspirant but call it deodorant.

Same here. And I write "deodorant" on the grocery list and get mad when my wife does the shopping and actually buys me deodorant. The worst was when she bought me unscented deodorant. Might as well have waved a magic wand under my armpits and chanted perspiro nicto for all the good that did.

 

[Honkridge]

Breast cancer started kit

 

[Bob411]

deodorant (and it's not the same thing as antiperspirant - antiperspirant inhibits sweating, deodorant inhibits bacterial growth)

That's something else I didn't know, I thought it just masked the smell.

 

[yabba]

That's something else I didn't know, I thought it just masked the smell.

scented deodorants do mask the smell as well, but having once shared lab space with a guy who didn't use deodorant, but did use waaaaay too much cologne, just adding some scent isn't nearly as effective as reducing the smell-producing bacteria. Sort of a lipstick on a pig type of situation, oflactorily speaking.

 

[Lerxst]

scented deodorants do mask the smell as well, but having once shared lab space with a guy who didn't use deodorant, but did use waaaaay too much cologne, just adding some scent isn't nearly as effective as reducing the smell-producing bacteria. Sort of a lipstick on a pig type of situation, oflactorily speaking.

I had a friend that tried using one of those big dumb hunks of rock salt. Fuuuuuuck he smelled so bad after 6 months that no one would let him ride in their car.

 

[Hanglow]

B.O basher

 

[yabba]

I had a friend that tried using one of those big dumb hunks of rock salt. Fuuuuuuck he smelled so bad after 6 months that no one would let him ride in their car.

my ex got me to try some natural deodorants for several months (the kind that still come in a stick, not as crunchy as the hunk of salt), and they sort of worked - everything would be fine for ~4 or so hours, then they would poop out and leave me hanging/smelly.

harsh chemicals for the win!

 

[micwalt]

I use deodorant, though I do sometimes call it pit juice.
Mrs. Walt uses antiperspirant, but writes it on the shopping list as deodorant.
Fascinating topic!