Lynx / Axe Java spray deodourant

Mutt · 9 Oct 2012 at 04:03

Not wishing to hijack the thread or anything but which are the nicest smelling deodorants currently available? In recent times I've just grabbed the first or cheapest Adidas deo from Tesco.

bhavv · 9 Oct 2012 at 04:10

Adidas game spirit is awesome, if they still make it. But its a cologne not a deoderant I think.

Yes deoderant is among the 1% of words I can't spell

Gogl · 9 Oct 2012 at 05:21

I think my first deodorant was Denim.

joey1211 · 9 Oct 2012 at 06:30

I got lynx aqua or aquarius as a gift years ago. Smelt like Toilet Duck

Naff8000 · 9 Oct 2012 at 06:34

I think Java was my first deodorant. Do you remember Tempest? That smelt like cleaner fluid.

Cosimo · 9 Oct 2012 at 07:39

joey1211 said:
I got lynx aqua or aquarius as a gift years ago. Smelt like Toilet Duck

One wonders about what it attracted to you.

blueseidboy · 9 Oct 2012 at 07:49

Africa was the staple deodorant of my secondary school years. Nowadays I stick with more neutral smells.

Theophany · 9 Oct 2012 at 07:54

I keep a selection of Lynx bodysprays and use them based upon the time of year. Just my presence amongst women has been known to cause epic catfights as the fairer sex scramble over one another just to get close to me and have a chance at being the one I pick to take home with me and engage in degrading acts of carnal pleasure.

Cosimo · 9 Oct 2012 at 08:08

Theophany said:
I keep a selection of Lynx bodysprays and use them based upon the time of year. Just my presence amongst women has been known to cause epic catfights as the fairer sex scramble over one another just to get close to me and have a chance at being the one I pick to take home with me and engage in degrading acts of carnal pleasure.

I see that the smell works wonders on your imagination.

Theophany · 9 Oct 2012 at 08:20

simulatorman said:
I see that the smell works wonders on your imagination.

Solvent abuse

Xire · 9 Oct 2012 at 08:52

I use Lynx, my body seems to of adapted to it, other anti persprints make me itchy.

Cosimo · 9 Oct 2012 at 09:00

I’m happy to say that Lynx has never been used on my body.

trickycurve · 9 Oct 2012 at 09:14

I use Lynx (well, I quite like it actually), but mainly because it's nowhere near as powdery as anything else I've used (Gillette, Sure, Right Guard). Sometimes they're fine, but every now and then for some inexplicable reason the spray will leave behind huge amounts of powder -- I've never got this with Lynx.

Theophany · 9 Oct 2012 at 09:16

trickycurve said:
I use Lynx (well, I quite like it actually), but mainly because it's nowhere near as powdery as anything else I've used (Gillette, Sure, Right Guard). Sometimes they're fine, but every now and then for some inexplicable reason the spray will leave behind huge amounts of powder -- I've never got this with Lynx.

Because they're anti-perspirants, which attempt to block the pores with a powder substance to prevent perspiration. Lynx is just a deodorant which aims to mask the smell of sweat rather than block the sweat.

bhavv · 9 Oct 2012 at 09:18

I have to use Lynx dry, it works to stop me sweating and stinking and doesnt leave any residue behind like other antiperspirants.

blueseidboy · 9 Oct 2012 at 09:19

trickycurve said:
I use Lynx (well, I quite like it actually), but mainly because it's nowhere near as powdery as anything else I've used (Gillette, Sure, Right Guard). Sometimes they're fine, but every now and then for some inexplicable reason the spray will leave behind huge amounts of powder -- I've never got this with Lynx.

This happened to me with a can of sure, it was literally like setting off a fire extinguisher, i had to bin the full can. i couldnt figure out why it was doing it.

Nexus · 9 Oct 2012 at 10:01

Theophany said:
Because they're anti-perspirants, which attempt to block the pores with a powder substance to prevent perspiration. Lynx is just a deodorant which aims to mask the smell of sweat rather than block the sweat.

Wrong.

Lynx has been selling Anti-Perspirant versions of their bodysprays for what must be going on five years now. It was originally marketed as 'Lynx Dry', but now it just says Anti-Perspirant on the can to distinguish it from the non Anti-Perspirant version.

I would agree with what one of the other posters said that it seems to be a lot less powdery so you don't get as many white marks. I think Gillette's deodorants are the worst for leaving huge white marks.

Theophany · 9 Oct 2012 at 10:13

Nexus said:
Wrong.

http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/06/15/what-causes-white-marks-from-deodorants/

Specifically:

The primary ingredients that make antiperspirants work are aluminum salts including aluminum chlorohydrates, aluminum zirconium chlorohydrates, and aluminum chloride. In the United States, these have been deemed by the FDA as “generally recognized as safe and effective” and are the only ones allowed for use in stopping perspiration.

The exact mechanism by how they work has not been definitively determined, but the leading theory is that the aluminum salts form a layer that blocks and closes the sweat gland.

While deodorants don’t have aluminum salts, they do have other ingredients that can cause residues.

I suggest you read up on the definition of 'wrong'.

lucy_bee · 9 Oct 2012 at 10:13

I'll hold my hands up and admit to having bought some lynx attract. It smells very nice as it happens.

I don't divulge this information to everyone though.

ChroniC · 9 Oct 2012 at 10:16

One i loved but it got discontinued (i forget it's name) It was a sports brand, with a orange and blue bottle and a twist top. Loved it.