Aluminum Free Deodorant

I’ve tried a few natural deodorants, but Oars + Alps really nailed the full experience with their Fresh Ocean Splash scent. Right off the bat, the packaging is sleek and high-quality, which made a great first impression. It feels premium and travel-friendly. The scent is light, clean, and crisp—exactly what I’d hope for with a name like “Fresh Ocean Splash.” It’s not overpowering but definitely lingers in a good way throughout the day. Application was smooth with no tugging or chalkiness. It went on clear and didn’t leave residue on my clothes. Major plus. What really stood out to me was the included weekly schedule explaining what to expect while transitioning to aluminum-free deodorant. This was a smart and thoughtful touch. It helped manage my expectations and made the process feel supported—especially during the first couple of weeks where your body adjusts. Overall, this deodorant feels like it was made with care—for your skin and your routine. Highly recommend if you’re looking to switch to something cleaner without sacrificing performance or scent.

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.

It was good, smells great but doesn't last long. The sweat resistance was just good. I liked that it didn't make marks on my clothes.

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.

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.

This may work differently for someone with a different body chemistry but for me it did not work well I had to re-apply it multiple times a day and still found myself smelling badly. This is just one natural deodorant and a long list of natural deodorants that I have tried most of them do not work well and I do like the smell of this one but again did not work for me. The one that worked best for me was bravo Sierra brand deodorant, the ones that smelled best to me were Schmitz brand deodorant. But everybody’s body chemistry is different and before I switched to natural deodorants a few years ago I used to use the clinical strength stuff so I may not be a good example for someone who is just an average under arm sweater. No natural deodorant stops you from sweating but if you find a good one that works with your body chemistry it will stop you from stinking so this may work for you but did not for me. I found myself having to clean my armpits with a little vinegar in the middle of the day and reapplying the deodorant otherwise even reapplying did not help. The bravo Sierra brand I only had to apply once during the day and it holds throughout even during workouts. The Schmidt‘s brand smells better to me but I do not like the texture of it, the bravo Ciara brand is much smoother application. This brand of deodorant has a pretty smooth application so I did like that I also like the container it comes in so those are the pros but again I did not like how it worked for me.

Good stuff. Love the scent. Doesn’t rash my pits up like old splice did

Product does not provide good value. It smells ok , but the deodorant properties do not last long once applied. The product does not dispense well and there seems to be at least 20% wasted product still left inside the container which won't get used. Overall, it's like smearing hand lotion under my arm and then having no real benefit an hour or two later.