To use men's deodorant instead of women's?

[Jinglegirl]

I am of a certain age(47)and am having copious bloody hot flushes ALL the time lately. The only deodorant I like really is the stick-type one....Dove do a really nice one and the Mitchum one is good but its really expensive and they dont last very long. I hate the sprays and the roll-ons take too long to dry and feel sticky and icky.
So,when shopping a few days ago, I noticed that the lynx stick-type ones are much cheaper and are much bigger in size. I bought one and have been using it with satisfactory results since friday.
My question is this-is it ok to continue using mens deod.or is it possible they use stronger/more harmful chemicals in the mens ones?
I must say I quite like the smell of the mens ones actually.

I use my dh deodorant if im having a sweaty time of it usually during my period but i am also starting to get flushes, it doesnt smell of much really

I like it better than women's TBH

DW use my Sure for Men because she gets headaches and feels dizzy if she smells perfume.

This particular version of Sure doesnt smell of anything - it just stops you smelling.

All women's deodorants smell bleurgghh apart from Dove. Really don't like flowery smells, so I always use the men's Sure ones. Also really object to having pink or pale green or pale blue bottles; I'm really not a pastels girl.

I often use dh's deodorant. When we go away on hols I don't take my own - just share his.

i bought a lynx stick today, but not africa. they didn't have that. it's just called lynx dry. will have to go to boots.

no you will smell like a man

Mu1berryI actually like all the lynx ones-much prefer the manly smell.
petit dont mind ,honest.

yeh same here, the 'manly' smell :p doesn't put me off. the one i have is called lynx dry and it is slightly coconutty but not in a malibu way. a masculine coconut but it's not a strong smell. I like it. and it's less than half the price of the bionsen one i have been using, so I don't know why i never thought of trying the men's stick deoderants before.

i want another one though, i want a whole collection. I want Africa like the OP and I won't relax til I buy it. :-)

Did you find the Lynx Africa yet Mu1berry?I got it in Tescos.
You could always ask Santa for it!.

I do anyway, Old Spice smells nice I've stopped shaving "under there" and the dryness of it just feels nicer. Haven't used sickly sticky roll ons for ages now.

I'm testing out Lynx stick today -can't remember what it's clued but a nice citrus smell ( pinched it from ds!) will report back later. I usually use Mitchum but it has stopped working.

haven't managed to get hold of it yet, but the lynx dry is not a masculine smell. it's unscented, virtually. I am after AFRICA!! I will try boots next time i'm on the high street. my local tesco doesn't have it.

I tried this about 20 years ago -- before there were all these invisible women's deodorants available. I found the men's deodorant made my skin peel and was not as gentle on broken skin (from shaving). If this hasn't happened to you I wouldn't worry about it though.

i'll stick with the bionsen one for the day i shave I think.

Dont know about the shaving issue yet-am saving myself for a big shave-off just before Christmas.

I'm really impressed with it so far - just had a sniff and no nasty whiffs at all

Deodorant is deodorant. Whether or not they are "men's" or "women's" is down to marketing.