The whole antiperspirant industry is built on the ridiculous proposition that if you have B.O., you can eliminate it by covering 1% of your body surface with anti-stink.
If you have unpleasant B.O., it's because
a) you have a shitty diet
b) you have worked up a healthy sweat due to exercise or hard work.
Most people don't realize the fluids you secrete (sweat) don't cause BO.
It's the bacteria that feed on that stuff and excrete waste products.
BO is just bacteria poop. Bacteria like warm, wet places like armpits.
Deodorant is nothing more than antibacterial agents which prevent all those cultures from forming, multiplying, and pooping all over your skin. It doesn't stop the sweat from being secreted, it just stops it from turning into a swamp of bacteria poop.
A good portion of marketing, perhaps all of it, it trying to convince people they are deficient without your product.
The whole antiperspirant industry is built on the ridiculous proposition that if you have B.O., you can eliminate it by covering 1% of your body surface with anti-stink.
If you have unpleasant B.O., it's because
a) you have a shitty diet
b) you have worked up a healthy sweat due to exercise or hard work.
Eat right and shower, motherfuckers.
EDIT: Added the word unpleasant
You are sort of right. But apocrine glands definitely are responsible for BO. Granted it DOES have a lot to do with what you eat.
Most people don't realize the fluids you secrete (sweat) don't cause BO.
It's the bacteria that feed on that stuff and excrete waste products.
BO is just bacteria poop. Bacteria like warm, wet places like armpits.
Deodorant is nothing more than antibacterial agents which prevent all those cultures from forming, multiplying, and pooping all over your skin. It doesn't stop the sweat from being secreted, it just stops it from turning into a swamp of bacteria poop.