Winners of The Schmidt’s Deodorant Contest
HI Molly,
I want to play. Okay, so my pits smell like man sweat. My funkalicious smell probably makes your curry pits smell like a trip to the florist shop in comparison. My funk is musty and like a rancid brazil nut thats been sitting in the compost heap with other kitchen discards. Add a hint of my brother’s smelly gym socks to that and you come close to nailing the stench that plagues my pits. Sometimes I wake up, stretch my arms over head and quickly put them down not wanting to offend the sensibilities of my man’s nose as he slumbers sweetly beside me.
I, like you grew up with hippie parents and my mom also cautioned me on the dangers of the chemicals in deodorants and antiperspirants. So I had to deal with the constant worry of offending my peers during middle and high school while using the natural stuff. I went to boarding school during the last half of my high school career and I had the freedom to buy whatever deodorant I wanted without the watchful eye of my mother prying into my medicine cabinet.
I have switched back and forth between using the chemical stuff and the natural stuff throughout my adulthood. It may be shameful to say, but I have a thing of Secret that I use on most days because I sweat a lot even when its not hot outside. I work in a corporate environment and I don’t want to be stinking up the place in departmental meetings etc.
I am probably a candidate for the prescription strength deodorant/antiperspirant on some days. I sweat when I am stressed, I sweat when I have cold hands, I sweat when I exercise. I don’t really need an excuse, my pits just like to do their thing and I don’t like sharing my audacious reek.
I wear the chemical stuff so that I don’t leave the impression of disagreeably damp and musty where ever I go. I am seeking a solution. I really don’t like the idea of wearing aluminum and all the other crap thats in Secret, Dove etc. but what am I supposed to do when the natural tea tree stuff just isn’t doing what I wish in terms of eliminating offending odors?
Do you think Schmidt’s could help me?
Your adoring fan.
Ahhh! I need to try this!
I NEED this because I, like you, have been trying every damn deodorant on the market and have not found one that works! I’m sick of shelling out the dough for trial runs too, so a win on this one (both literally and figuratively) would make my freaking day!
The worst pit-stink moment I can think of actually happened just a few days ago. I work in an office and was wearing a silk shirt duo; a cami with a stylish button-down that goes over it. Both black silk. Looks super chic, right? Except that I didn’t realize that it would be a high stress, running-around-the-office morning when the only bathroom breaks I took were to pee, wash, and get out. Time to reapply with the spare in my locker? Yeah right.
Finally things calmed down around lunch. I wrapped up what I was working on and reached both arms up over my head for a victory stretch and HOLY NON-BREATHING FABRICS, BATMAN! The silk shirt trapped ALL of the smell and was holding onto it for dear life. It was awful! I had to take off the shirt for the rest of the day and leave my office door open to air out a bit, totally paranoid that the shirt was bad enough to stink up the entire room.
So as you can see…. I desperately need some of this stuff.
Here’s hoping you all agree!
Hi Molly,
Thank you for the chance to win a jar of Schmidt’s.
Your email completely resonates with me. I have been trying different natural deodorants since my 20’s and have still not found one that works! There was one brand from my local co-op that I think made me actually smell worse. Needless to say, I’ve been discouraged over and over again.
Most recently, I’ve been using Arm & Hammer Essentials (no aluminum or parabens) and it seemed to work at first. Slowly, it is as if my body adjusts and I’m back to my stinky self. My male friend has also been using the same stuff and we were continually in a friendly debate on if he was using women’s deodorant or if I was using a male pit-stick. I was adament I was right until recently they have changed all of the sticks into the larger, more male style of container. Now, I’m getting teased for using male deodorant and it doesn’t even work!
I don’t have any embarrassing stories because I typically just keep my arms down. However, timing seems perfect for your email because just last week when I was waking-up and stretching my arms over my head I caught a whiff of my stink. My husband most have too because he called me his stinky lemon something or another while trying to cuddle and I was completely turned off.
Please help me!