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Old spice Blue vs White stuff (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 52 points 10 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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Other stores than Walmart would sell Old Spice deodorant.

Walmart locks up items that are prone to theft in the area. Different things will be locked up in different Walmart's, because different areas have different rates of theft for different things.

Deodorant has been stolen a lot in your area if they've locked it up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Deoodorant is the gift you give to those around you. So, if someone needs deodorant so bad that they need to steal it...I'm thinking you should just let them have it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I could not agree more.... Ok I agree even morer now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This makes sense and believe me that it is how I think the problem is being handled. However, it's just not even 10% convenient. They might as well stop selling it because if it's locked I'm not dealing with anyone for deodorant. It's embarrassing like buying condoms when there's a huge line behind you and you're paying with change. That never happened to me, but I figured it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 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 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 2 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Presuming edge cases is dumb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

THANK YOU

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

I'd be hesitant to buy anything of the sort off Amazon due to the higher possiblity of fake products. I checked target.com, and I think this is the blue gel, but there's a handful of reviewers noting burns also.
https://www.target.com/p/old-spice-wild-collection-bearglove-deodorant-3oz/-/A-14898298#lnk=sametab

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yea also check if it contains aluminum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 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 11 points 10 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"flavor" lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Would you call it aroma? Or smell.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam 8 points 10 months ago

I would call it scent.

[–] ryathal 10 points 10 months ago

This is likely due to one of two things.

Amazon is bucketing deodorant and antiperspirant + deodorant in the same spot so it's random what you get.
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.
The picker grabbed the wrong item. This probably isn't the case.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One might even say your search was, Sisyphean…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what exactly does OP think he meant by "sissyfus"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

sissy (more polite term for pussy)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

what would that have to do with irritation from aluminum-based deodorant? Is he saying that "sissies" - "fus" (???) are complainers? That's a new one, to me, I thought the term was mostly just used to describe men who were perceived as feminine in some stupid way... unless OP is trying to suggest that complaining is femme...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

And it stains clothes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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

Duh.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

You're looking for deodorant GEL

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[–] Undef 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

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