Please recommend a women’s antiperspirant you like the best.

September 2, 2022 6:56 AM

I don’t sweat a lot but recently the one I use seems like it is not that great anymore. I take exercise classes everyday in a small group and run a few times a week if that makes a difference.
posted by Tziv to Health & Fitness (13 answers total)

I find the Degree 72 hour advanced to be the best, although I find any Degree product to be an order of magnitude better than any Secret or Speedstick product. It is much longer lasting and more effective than others I have tried, even ones that are supposed to be powerful like Secret Clinical Strength. I often use the men's version because I find men's versions have less scent but the Degree women's scents are also non-terrible smelling. I don't find there to be any noticeable difference between the men's and women's versions other than the scents, but I haven't switched back and forth often enough to really be able to say for sure.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:11 AM on September 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

Double-checking: do you only want an antiperspirant, or are you open to a combination antiperspirant/deodorant? (Or a deodorant-that-is-not-an-antiperspirant? I like Lavalin cream which is only a deodorant and not an antiperspirant.)
posted by brainwane at 7:11 AM on September 2, 2022

I bought Arm & Hammer UltraMax once when I was in a hurry and couldn’t find my regular brand. That was a few years ago and I’ve never gone back. No fancy scents or anything but you can find it anywhere, it’s not expensive, and it really works for me in the hot, humid Midwest.
posted by bookmammal at 7:57 AM on September 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

Take a shower in the evening before going to bed. Apply anti-perspirant / deodorant then. This simple action increases its effectiveness.
posted by seawallrunner at 8:08 AM on September 2, 2022

My wife and I have found Mitchum (we’re in the UK, but it looks like it’s also available in Canada, where you are) spray or roll-on to be very effective. We use the men’s, but it has a women’s line too.
posted by Morfil Ffyrnig at 9:26 AM on September 2, 2022 [3 favorites]

I use Dry Idea, which works well (I am a sweaty human due to meds). It is non-gendered.
posted by sugarbomb at 9:27 AM on September 2, 2022

If you're open to a combo deodorant and antiperspirant, I've found Dove Advanced Care Dry Spray works well. I use the coconut version and the scent dissipates very quickly, so it's not overpowering.
posted by neushoorn at 9:31 AM on September 2, 2022

I also really like Mitchum - the solid, not the gel, which I sometimes find unpleasantly sticky. I’m a woman but I use the men’s unscented one, but I know they have women’s ones as well. It even works to neutralize already stinky pits. It’s available in regular drugstores where I am.
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:53 AM on September 2, 2022

I use Certain Dri - it is supposed to last 72 hours (I probably notice I need it and reapply every 5 days or so).
It can be irritating to skin. It does prevent me from perspiring under my arms. The one I use is scent-free which I prefer.
posted by hilaryjade at 2:02 PM on September 2, 2022

I tried a plain deodorant recently because I sweat through everything anyway and wanted to get away from the stuff in antiperspirants, but I was so unhappy with it, it was so greasy and bleh and I felt like I stunk. So I went back to my Ban Invisible Solid. It doesn't have talc, which is nice and hard to find in antiperspirants, and it's also much less expensive than anything else, which is often why it's on the bottom shelf. The unscented is harder to find, but the two scents are both pretty low-key and not obnoxious.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 3:28 PM on September 2, 2022

I'm a Mitchum person right now. I usually get the Alamy unscented clear gel, but couldn't find it recently. I'm using the men's unscented clear gel and it works great and doesn't irritate my skin.
posted by kathrynm at 4:30 PM on September 2, 2022

Tom's of Maine. Just deodorant. We were meant to perspire, and we are all going to expire anyway.
posted by Oyéah at 7:31 PM on September 2, 2022

Huh! Bodies are different. I find Secret invisible dry is the One Thing that works for me 100% and Degree is useless. So - maybe your body chemistry is changing and you just need to try some different ones until something works?
posted by Lady Li at 12:08 AM on September 3, 2022 [1 favorite]