Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue Deodorant Spray

When I first came across Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue Deodorants, I was thrilled, yet at the same time nervous to make the purchase.

I have a loving relationship with my Degree bar deodorant, and hoped that switching over to Dolce & Gabbana wouldn't upset my pits. They are picky... the littlest change could cause them to cry! Hah!

I went ahead and purchased the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Deodorant Spray for Women, even though I found the price to be a little absurd. Dare I fill you in on how much I threw down on this stuff? Okay...call me crazy, but I dropped nearly $40.00 on the 5 ounce spray can.

Yep...spray can. The Deodorant Spray is your regular ol' aerosol spray can. Although I have never been a fan of spray deodorants, I still HAD TO HAVE IT when I came across it.

Scent:

I was hoping that the Deodorant Spray would have that cedar wood and citrus scent that Light Blue has. The Deodorant Spray did have that initial scent when I sprayed it, but like anything that comes from an aerosol can, it also had that smoggy hair spray like after scent to it.

To be honest, I was not very thrilled with it, but I still liked it. I did however wish it didn't have that chemically undertone to it.

My Use:

I sprayed some under my pits, and made my way out to work.

I smelled fresh and delish, and not a bead of sweat had formed. Then at around noon, I felt my right pit begin to cry. Yep! Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Deodorant Spray sucked.

After my right pit began to cry, my left pit must of felt sympathy for it, because it too joined in on the cry fest. Ugh! Wet pits! Great!

Overall:

The Light Blue scent is off due to the chemicals in the aerosol can, and the spray offers absolutely no protection to sweat.

I'd say put on your regular deodorant first, and then the Light Blue Deodorant Spray, but seeing how it is so expensive, I can't even recommend it for that purpose.

Dolce and Gabanna Light Blue Deodorant For Women

I should have known that after the bad experience I had with Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Deodorant Spray, that the Deodorant Stick would likely be just as bad. Seeing how it only came to around $18.00 for a 1.7 ounce stick though, I went ahead and ordered it on Amazon.

I won a e-certificate to the site, so I figured even if the deodorant sucked, it was free either way.

I didn't realize how small the deodorant would be when it got to my house. On the site it looked like a standard bar of deodorant...but in my hands it looked like one of those trial sized sticks. I was a bit disappointed. I mean come on, $18.00, and this is it!?

I popped off the lid, and raised the deodorant up using the dial located at the bottom. The deodorant was a clear gel solid. I hate gel deodorants, and seeing how it was so tiny, I was feeling less and less confident in my purchase.

The scent though was 100% true to the Light Blue scent. It had that same cedar wood fragrance that I LOVE about Light Blue. A tint of citrus, you can't go wrong!

I applied some of the deodorant under my arms, and let my day begin.

As the day wore on, I was able to smell my own body odor mixing with the Light Blue scent under my arms. Combined it created a scent all its own. It was not a bad scent, but it also was not Light Blue any more.

So far, the deodorant was too small, too expensive, and did squat for odor protection. But then it gets worse, my pits eventually began to sweat. Not just small drops of sweat, but enough sweat to make me hate the deodorant more and more. It was pretty dang gross!

Overall:

It's just a shame, because the deodorant initially makes you smell really nice. Too bad though that it does not last.

I still use it, however, I first put on my regular deodorant, and then add the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Deodorant on top of that for the scent.

It works this way quite well. Unfortunately it does not work well at all on its own.

Lush Aromaco Bar

The last thing on earth I like to talk about is armpits. Something about the foul creatures that hide under my arm has never been an open discussion or a topic I cared to talk about.

I sweat, and in the summer time sometimes I sweat to the point where I can feel a bead dribble down my body. It’s nasty, it’s disgusting, and I hate it.

When I came across Aromaco on Lush.com I was immediately interested, and the price did not seem too bad. $6.55 for a 3.5oz ‘bar’.

That’s right; Aromaco is a bar of deodorant. No stick, no spray, nothing, just a solid bar of deodorant.
I wondered why Lush didn’t just put it in a stick to keep things neat and make applying easy. Lush however seems to enjoy making messy products, and there have been a few messy products I have gotten from them, so it was no surprise they had to go and make this deodorant difficult.

I guess I avoided writing this ages ago because, like the deodorant, it just didn’t appeal to me.
However today sitting down in a full-blown Lushie mood, I figured I might as well try and steer as many people away from this arm pit nightmare known as Aromaco.

MY DEODORANT BAR:

Lush’s site promised minimum ingredients for maximum results. A simple and effective patchouli scented deodorant with witch hazel to discourage over sweating and baking soda to absorb moisture.

This description sounded exactly like what I needed. Plus it claimed to discourage over sweating. This was just what I needed for the summer months ahead.

When Aromaco arrived I was surprised at it’s appearance, it reminded me of a hunk of deodorant that got banged up a bit, and misshaped and perhaps even melted a little bit on it’s way. It looked exactly like I had imagined. Messy!
Just imagine taking one of your stick deodorants, throwing it in a sandwich bag tossing it around a bit… now you’ve got Aromaco. It’s not a bar, nor a ball, but a messy slab of art. I guess.

My Aromaco came in a small thin plastic tub like container. I guess Lush knew things would get messy, and they did, even with the protection of the tub. The deodorant itself was a cloudy off white. It almost looked a little dirty.

When I opened the container the smell of patchouli hit me. But it wasn’t just patchouli I smelled, I also noticed that same scent that hits you when you walk into a hospital. It smelled like sickness masked with antibacterial. I didn’t like it, but I also didn’t hate it.

DEODORANT ROCK:

My Aromarock… I mean Aromaco was so hard that I knew if I applied it right then and there I would rip some skin off of my poor sensitive wet pads. The deodorant bar was as hard as a rock. It seemed dried out, or old.

I allowed the deodorant bar to warm up in my hands before rubbing it on to my pits like so many others recommended on the Lush.com site. A nasty cloudy residue was left behind. I wondered if this nasty residue would also stain my shirts.

HOURS LATER:

I was a little nervous about wearing this one to work, so I had to test it on a day off. Usually my days off I am most active.
I had swiped on a decent amount of Aromaco onto my pits (a few chunks landed to the floor) and went about doing my daily things.

A few hours later the scent hit me. It must activate as I become more active and get hot. The smell of patchouli hit me in small waves. It wasn’t horrible, but it also was not a natural scent. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the whole point of Lush to be natural? Guess I’m used to unnatural scents under my pits. Bring on the harmful chemicals baby!

I then felt it. Sweat. So much for Lush’s broken promise. It wasn’t pouring out in buckets, but moisture was still present.

I let it be and went on shopping; there was nothing I could do about it now. Next the scent hit me, this time stronger. My patchouli pits now smelt of all out chicken noodle soup. Ew pre-puberty B.O!
I NEVER STINK! Yes I sweat, but NEVER stink. This was awful, an all out conspiracy! I wondered if people were smelling this God-awful scent and avoiding me?
Eh… that’s okay, I cleared an isle; more room to roam. But man did I stink! I couldn’t even take being around myself.

Next order of business was to go home and take a shower. I learned my lesson, never to use Aromaco again.

I have no idea what made the deodorant suddenly decide to reek like that. It obviously was not meant for me because on the Lush site I read plenty of consumer reviews praising the stuff. So I assumed it would be a good buy. Maybe for someone else, just not for me.

Overall:

Aromaco is a messy natural substitute to your harmful chemical filled deodorants. It has an unappealing scent to begin with; I don’t even know why I applied it.

Avoid this one. Stick to your regular deodorant. I honestly would avoid all of Lush’s deodorant bars after this messy experience.

Me; I’m sticking to my Degree. At least if I sweat a little with it on, I won’t smell like I haven’t taken a bath in months.

-My review is also on epi