You hear a lot these days about the dangers of aluminium; in particular its neurotoxicity and possible link with Alzheimer’s disease. While there is much debate over this issue, and you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet, I thought it might be wise to try an aluminium free antiperspirant … just in case.

My main concern was - do they work as well as regular antiperspirants? I’d like to be aluminium free, but I sweat a lot, and don’t want to stink! Obviously some sort of test was in order.

The product I decided to try was an aluminium free sports antiperspirant from Thursday Plantation. It contains tea tree oil - an essential oil from the Australian tea tree which has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties (not to mention a pleasant but subtle smell). To make a proper comparison, I applied each morning this antiperspirant to the left armpit, and a regular antiperspirant to the right armpit. Over several weeks of summer weather I’ve been able to compare the sweatiness and aroma of both armpits, and come to a conclusion.

The result: the aluminium free antiperspirant works just as well as the regular aluminium-based version. At least that was my experience, using the Thursday Plantation product. So once I’ve used up the old stuff and completely switched to the new, my armpits will be free of both aluminium and stink.

Note: this is my own honest opinion; I receive nothing for speaking favourably
of Thursday Plantation products (but I wouldn’t mind if I did).