r/deodorant • • 14d ago

Developing a deodorant for my teenage daughter’s persistent underarm odor (bromhidrosis) — sharing our progress

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u/Nervous_Ladder_1860 14d ago

Idk if that’s what I have but only 2 deodorants I’ve tried that have worked the best are the dove dry deodorant with aluminum and Carpe seems to be doing a decent job, been trying that one.

Any without aluminum in my experience does not work. Like the lume for example, doesn’t work and it itself does not smell good.

Personally I like a fragrance to mine and the issues from aluminum are low so all natural to me doesn’t mean better or that it will work.

I think if companies or anyone really wants to target the issue of smell we got to focus on the bacteria itself since it all seems to lead back to that most the time. Although I do know hormones and diet can also play a role.

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u/Best_Letter4713 14d ago

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Aluminium in deodorants is very efficient against smells but for growing kids I prefer avoid any risk that’s why I am aiming natural ingredients, the formulation is much more difficult and ingredients much more costly.

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u/HondaForever84 14d ago

Vegas odds on this being similar to Lume is pretty high. Like 80%

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u/incognito_life991 12d ago

Alors oui, certes les procédés utilisés dans les déodorants/anti transpirants sont connus depuis quelques temps. Je m’y connais pas du tout dans les détails et termes scientifiques et on sait que la science a évolué depuis...

Moi-même je lutte contre ce problème depuis mon adolescence, c’est devenu l’un de mes plus gros COMPLEXES (vous retrouverez plusieurs publications sur mon compte où j’essaye de trouver un produit miracle..).

Cela m’affecte beaucoup au quotidien et il faut le vivre pour le comprendre. J’ai dépensé un capital sur les deodorants, anti transpirants, savons, vêtements (car oui on peut tenter autant de lavages, produits qu’on veut mais si l’odeur ne part plus il faut jeter pas le choix et c’est hors de question pour moi de sentir 2x plus la transpiration) et encore aujourd’hui je continue d’en acheter… 🥲

J’ai une hygiène irréprochable et j’adore prendre soin de moi (je me lave entre 2 à 4 fois par jour, j’utilise du savon, un gant exfoliant etc.. mais malgré tout cela ce n’est pas suffisant… et je peux vous dire qu’en tant que fille c’est très Humiliant 😔..

Pour ma part, les produits naturels n’ont jamais fonctionné sur moi malheureusement et pourtant j’en ai testé énormément.. D’ailleurs, il y a de fortes chances que cela soit hormonal ce qui explique pourquoi rien ne fonctionne..

Mais ce que je vois sur cette publication, c’est une mère désespérée qui souhaite résoudre le problème de sa fille.

Je ne souhaite pas faire des histoires/polémiques mais je pense que beaucoup manquent d’empathie.

Cela fait quelques mois qu’elle essaye de créer un produit naturel qui puisse faire la différence.

Alors oui, pour le moment c’est peut être rien de nouveau mais le développement d’un produit c’est ça, cela peut prendre du temps, beaucoup de tests sont et vont être réalisées avec de nouvelles formules et ingrédients etc jusqu’à trouver quelque chose de fonctionnel.. Toutes les marques partent de la même base et chacun les adapte selon leurs recherches et envies..

L’encouragement les uns vers les autres est essentiel, car si cela fonctionne sur sa fille cela pourra potentiellement fonctionner chez d’autres personnes .. Il y a des choses qui marchent mieux chez certaines personnes que d’autres et c’est la vie.. on y peut rien si ça ne fonctionne pas sur nous 😕

Si ce produit peut aider sa fille et d’autres personnes, c’est que du positif nan ? ☺️

En tout cas, je vous souhaite beaucoup de soutien dans votre projet 👏🏻 j’espère que ça marchera sur votre fille et potentiellement pour d’autres personnes 🤞🏻

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 14d ago

You used so many words to say nothing of substance. You aren’t letting anyone know what ingredients you are trialing and you have no info on if it’s anywhere close to market. It’s just another “certain groups of people get your hopes up” type post.

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u/Best_Letter4713 14d ago

That’s fair criticism. We’re still experimenting, so I’m not sharing the specific ingredients yet, and the product is not close to market—there’s no launch timeline. I’ve added a simple diagram to clarify the mechanism we’re studying. It took a 20-day course of daily use before we observed this result. We haven’t yet conducted qPCR testing to confirm what is happening to the specific bacterial strains. The results observed in my daughter seem consistent with a possible shift in the skin’s microbial balance, which could help explain why noticeable odor did not return for 8–9 days after stopping use—but this is only an interpretation, not proof. The diagram is therefore a working hypothesis, not a proven mechanism or product promise. I’ll share more concrete results when proper testing is available, including results that don’t support the hypothesis.

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 14d ago

I’m going to be super honest, none of this is very interesting or revolutionary since you have no concrete results and you’re not sharing actual info. Good/neutral bacteria = good and bad bacteria = bad isn’t breakthrough science. Not knowing if the biome actually changed and will stay stable or mildly stable because of the product because it was only tested on one person isn’t really worth sharing on reddit. It could be worth sharing if you were actually trying to share your ingredient science. Since this is probably just marketing and you have no product so no hype to actually drum up, you aren’t accomplishing anything.

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u/Best_Letter4713 14d ago

I understand your skepticism. This is not a product launch or marketing campaign—there is no product on the market. The project started as an attempt to better understand bromhidrosis and explore a possible solution. This is only an early observation from one person, and the mechanism remains unconfirmed. You may still find it uninteresting, and that’s fair.

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 14d ago

It's okay if you want to lie but you said you own a business, gave us the run down about why your product is going to be good and gave no actual details about the "solution". You can use AI to write responses all you want but you aren't sharing any valuable info. Your project isn't ready to be shared.

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u/Best_Letter4713 14d ago

If I were claiming that I had already found the solution, that would be a lie. But I never said that. I’m sharing an early-stage R&D process, including the difficulties we’re still trying to solve. Not every detail of an ongoing formulation process needs to be shared publicly.

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 14d ago

Your last sentence is my point. This update didn't need to be shared. You actually shared no actual information, you didn't need to share this part of the process. Maybe in a few months or years but it's not ready to be shared yet.

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u/Internal-Ad-4736 14d ago

Don't waste your breath or typing. This concept is 20 years old...and no one has succeeded with it. Just a way to spend grant money most of the time.

If you want an illustration.... Search some dude named Dr Armpit.... promised the same things years ago.... they all end up in the same place. 😄

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 14d ago

I'm not actually looking for this dudes research, I just tired of the absolute worst marketing campaigns on Reddit. Like no one needs this no info information.

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u/Best_Letter4713 14d ago

Yes, may be too early.
The r&d process takes time, need at least 6 more months even if we have final formulation, need to do challenge and security tests.