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All body deodorant

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Islandofwight · 24/06/2025 14:42

Just seen that advert again for Sure All Body Deodorant. Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed by it?

Has it now become a thing that we need to deodorise our entire bodies? My body doesn’t stink, and whilst I use deodorant under my arms because otherwise it might, I resent the idea that we have to chemically enhance ourselves to fit in socially.

Hopefully people will realise that this is an unnecessary scam and it will go away.

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CoopeyMum · 27/06/2025 22:55

Vile advert. I'm having serious trouble with Teenage DSD and showering at the moment and these adverts are everywhere, basically suggesting that it's acceptable to cover the smell rather than eliminate. Since when is it okay to apply perfumes to delecate areas?

Just shower regularly for goodness sake!!!

ThePoshUns · 25/06/2025 08:45

Yes @SociableAtWorkcannot wait to be stood behind their smelly arses in the supermarket queue

SociableAtWork · 25/06/2025 08:09

OMG - this is going to give all the people who already don’t wash/shower enough an accuse to go a few more days without😭

** Lighthearted because I know some people can’t wash/shower often for many reasons (mental health, cost, access etc). However, there are some people on my train who are just lazy about personal hygiene and this will make them worse.

InMyOpenOnion · 25/06/2025 07:04

LadyGAgain · 24/06/2025 16:05

Please tell me you’ve seen the lynx one with crotch and arse spray. Unbelievable.

I came on to say this. I mean it's grim enough as a concept anyway, but all the bum and crotch sniffing in the advert is too much!

StarlightRobot · 25/06/2025 06:59

@Dontlletmedownbruce

There are serious health dangers in using talc. I don’t know what you are using but I strongly recommend you research this and find a replacement.

Coconutter24 · 25/06/2025 06:44

MyCococo · 24/06/2025 20:01

Are you kidding me? The lad and dad are huge, guts flapping around unnecessarily 🤢

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The mum and the girl weren’t fat

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 24/06/2025 20:14

I have a friend who's very happy she can use something under her spare tyre/c-section overhang - she says it gets sweaty and smells like BO by the end of the day. I've got no reason to doubt her, it's not much different to an armpit after all (damp fold of skin, hairy). I've never noticed a smell, but she's aware of it and seemingly talc isn't enough in the summer, and I assume underarm antiperspirant wouldn't be ideal so close to her pubic area.

It's easy to say 'skin shouldn't smell'. However, my pits would definitely by whiffy by the end of the day if I didn't use antiperspirant. But I don't have fungal armpits. Skin touching skin plus sweat can result in body odour - so it isn't odd that some people will notice other folds and points of skin-to-skin contact around their body might be a bit less than shower fresh by the end of the day. I have no problem with people doing whatever helps to keep them smelling better.

TowerRavenSeven · 24/06/2025 20:07

Yabu. I work a physical job in very sweaty conditions. If I didn’t use all body safe deo my upper thighs front and back (groin area) would stink to the high heavens, even just after having a shower. I’m 5’ 3” and 130 lbs so only a bit overweight. But I’m 61, and you stink as you get older.
You don’t have to use it!

MyCococo · 24/06/2025 20:01

Coconutter24 · 24/06/2025 19:07

Fat family? They weren’t a fat family!

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Are you kidding me? The lad and dad are huge, guts flapping around unnecessarily 🤢

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 24/06/2025 19:58

I used it for under arms, it smells really nice but doesn't last the day.

Deodorant is a GOOD thing, you only have to go on public transport to know this!

Disturbia81 · 24/06/2025 19:56

I think it’s a good idea, people are stinky even after showers.

ThePoshUns · 24/06/2025 19:46

looselegs · 24/06/2025 18:48

Larger boob woman here...
I've been using it for several weeks under my boob's and it makes a difference! Definitely not as sweaty!

But it’s a deodorant not an anti perspirant? That won’t stop you sweating.

Coconutter24 · 24/06/2025 19:07

Islandofwight · 24/06/2025 15:28

Ah I didn’t know about the other thread.

But I agree about the advert. I hate the product but the actual advert is horrible. I thought the On The Beach advert last year with the fat family and the ‘booking brilliant’ hilarious wordplay was my least favourite advert. But these guys have surpassed it. Like adverts created by Peter Kay’s weakest gag-writer.

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Fat family? They weren’t a fat family!

Coconutter24 · 24/06/2025 19:03

TheNewVillageIdiot · 24/06/2025 14:52

Never seen this. Wouldn't buy it.
Where are you supposed to put it apart from armpits? 😬

The clues in the name 😂

looselegs · 24/06/2025 18:48

Larger boob woman here...
I've been using it for several weeks under my boob's and it makes a difference! Definitely not as sweaty!

TheNewVillageIdiot · 24/06/2025 18:37

I remember my DF laughing about DSM getting ready in the morning after her shower: roll on deod under the arms, then lift up each boob and roll under there, too! She had enormous norks, to be fair.

Most of us just need a roll or squoosh under the armpits. I will never deodorise my nethers.

StanfreyPock · 24/06/2025 16:48

There seems to be a craze at the moment for flogging supposed 'freshness' for your body, clothes and home by drenching them in various synthetic chemical reeks, bleurgh.

Have a wash and open the windows, job done.

Namechangean · 24/06/2025 16:05

I was in America earlier this year and there was an advert for one, it had a jingle that got stuck in our heads and we spoke about how unnecessary it was. Then saw this new advert this week and thought oh no, it’s made its way here! Totally unnecessary product. Surely our bodies need to sweat anyway, and a shower after a particularly sweaty day is all we need (apart from underarm deodorant)

LadyGAgain · 24/06/2025 16:05

Please tell me you’ve seen the lynx one with crotch and arse spray. Unbelievable.

Shoth · 24/06/2025 16:01

For me it’s like those god awful scented Always sanitary pads that you can only seem to find in petrol stations. Never once have I met a woman and thought she must be on her period because I can smell it. Yet some idiot somewhere keeps stocking garages with these abominations.

NoNameisGoodEnough · 24/06/2025 15:57

To be fair, my feet could with some help.

Helpagaloutplz · 24/06/2025 15:53

dragonfliesanddandelions · 24/06/2025 15:51

Why can't she just use her normal deodorant? There's no law that says it's only for armpits.

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Please don’t shoot the messenger, haha! I don’t know, just saying my friend always jokes about deodorant for her boots.

dragonfliesanddandelions · 24/06/2025 15:51

Helpagaloutplz · 24/06/2025 15:28

Going against the grain, I wouldn’t purchase myself but do know a friend who always moans about her larger breasts in summer who said she wishes they did deodorant for her boobs.

Maybe it’s not something you’d want but others might be happy

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Why can't she just use her normal deodorant? There's no law that says it's only for armpits.

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Islandofwight · 24/06/2025 15:43

ThePoshUns · 24/06/2025 15:38

It’s a grim advert and a pointless product. Just have a wash ffs.

It’s worse than that. It’s saying ‘Even though you wash, you will still need this chemical product’. Everyone (every adult) should probably use underarm deodorant even though they wash daily because there is the risk of BO if you don’t. There is no such risk for other bits of your body, and we shouldn’t be telling people that there is.

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ThePoshUns · 24/06/2025 15:38

It’s a grim advert and a pointless product. Just have a wash ffs.

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