“Damn, this is so tough. Do I want to smell like Fresh Sport or Mountain Rain for the next two months? They each have their merits. Maybe I can buy both and use them together.. Fresh Mountain Sport Rain.. ahh, screw it, I’ll get Ice Wave and keep things nice and cool in these hotter months.”
An example of the internal conversations that come up on those rare occasions when I need a new stick of deo. Life is hard, especially when there’s so much choice. At least most of us have a brand. I’ve always been an Old Spice guy, even before the appearance of their awesome commercials with the dude who lets the ladies know what their man should smell like.
Oh ya, I was once a Gillette guy. I don’t know what the hell I was thinking. It was in high school. Gillette Gel. Here’s what it felt like. Go hunting for slugs. Get a lot of them, it might take a while. Slugs are slow, but they hide well. Ok, take your bag of slugs and put them in the fridge for an hour. Ok, now, put the slugs in a blender. Throw in some cologne. Set it to liquify. Give it a minute or so. Take the resulting cold slime and paste it thickly on your pits. That’s what Gillette Gel felt like. And I used it for years. A morning self-torture ritual.
I was recently forced to revisit my deodorant choices. I noticed a posting at work that told us that the workplace was scent free. Hmm, I don’t want to be that guy who everybody smells. If I keep rocking the Old Spice and everybody else is gone commando, they’ll definitely smell me. So, after work I went on a hunt for a scent free deodorant. The stuff I had in mind was the natural stuff like Tom’s from Maine that you get from health food stores.
So, I head to Shoppers Drug Mart in search of an odour free alternative. There was one option, and it was not exactly set out at eye level with the Old Spice. Hidden on the corner of the lowest shelf, just inches above the hair, grime and dust that coated the aisle floor was a small, clear cylinder labelled as ‘Crystal Body Deodorant for Men - Fragrance Free’. The package claimed it was made of 100% Natural Mineral Salts. WTF?.. How will masking the odour of bacteria that comes with perspiration using salt work at all? Well, I I’d have to try it. 8 bucks later and I owned a stick of magic mineral salts.
It’s been three months that I’ve been in the Mineral Salt deodorant game. And it works!! Here’s what you do. Yes, there’s a process to this. You need to wet the stone with water. It’s literally a stone of mineral salt, hard as rock. Once wet, you apply as you would normal deodorant. That’s it. On with life. It smells like, well, nothing. And it’s effective. Because it doesn’t have perfumes to mask any odour, at the end of an active day, you should probably get yourself sorted out with a shower. But on an average day for an office worker or someone not sweating profusely, this stuff is amazing!
One of the best things about this product is that I believe it will last upwards of 9 months! I haven't even scratched the surface of the rock. I guess when you’re dealing with a mineral salt crystal, there’s not much the company can do to make the product softer, thereby making it run out quicker so you can go back to buy more. You best believe that Old Spice and the gang have their product life down to a fine science. But not old Crystal Body Deo. It just keeps on pumping out odour protection day after day. Crystal deodorants also do not contain aluminum chlorohydrate or aluminum zirconium.
Overall Rating: The Crystal Body Deodorant for Men is a great product that I will definitely repurchase. This product has proven to me that there are alternatives to the perfume-laden options out there, and that it’s not at all bad to go scent free. I still have a stick of Old Spice for those times where I’ll be at a long event like a wedding or working manual labour. Otherwise, it’s the magic crystal keeping me smelling like, well, nothing! A definite repurchase!
Odour Control - 4/5
Ease of Use - 3.75/5
Value - 5/5
Overall Rating - 4.25/5
http://www.thecrystal.com/
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That sounds funny. So it's like a rock. Sorry you work with a gang of cunts.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you smelled, and remarked to myself about it at times.
Usually when you make a lateral move like this it takes many tries to find the right fit, nice luck on getting something the first time.
Right right, carry on.