Adidas Absorbent-Deo Wetness Control for Women, Fitness Fresh

Friday, October 17, 2008   ·   

When I bought this "absorbent-deo", as it is called on the front of the case, I have to admit that I was not as schooled in the world of deodorants and antiperspirants as I assumed I was. I thought that there were deodorants, antiperspirants, and deodorant antiperspirants, so because the package did not only say deodorant on the front, I made the wild assumption that it was also an antiperspirant, which is what I usually buy, but I was terribly wrong. Terribly, terribly wrong.

Adidas Absorbent-Deo Wetness Control for Women, Fitness Fresh does have the lovely fresh floral spice scent that it boasts about on the case, but that is where my enjoyment of this product ended. I really did give it the benefit of the doubt, because some days I am just funkier than others no matter what I do, but even though both my spouse and I used it faithfully for over two weeks, taking care to shower every day in order to cancel out any unnecessary extra funk, we gave up. I now apologize to everyone who had the misfortune of sitting next to either of us during that span of time.

It says on the cap that it was "developed with athletes", which now, after having used Adidas Absorbent-Deo Wetness Control for Women, Fitness Fresh, suspiciously evades the question of whether any athletes actually used the product. It doesn't surprise me. Both the Palinode and I noticed that it didn't decrease our respective personal stenches at all, and that, in fact, it increased the foulness of our respective personal stenches. Had I not used it at all, I could have avoided the heady, sour, dank smell that would erupt from my armpits within the first couple of hours following application. The absorbent-deo transmogrifies from a really pleasant sweet smell to a really unpleasant sourness within a short period of time. Neither one of us were pleased, especially since we ended up walking around with our arms pressed to our sides like robots with stiff shoulder hinges in order to avoid stench leaks.

Because of my upbringing, I cannot bring myself to throw away even the worst of my toiletries buys, so I have a cupboard full of hair dyes, soaps, moisturizers, and boxes of tampons that I won't throw out but also won't give away because they suck so much. Adidas Absorbent-Deo Wetness Control for Women, Fitness Fresh, meet the CLR Bathroom & Kitchen Cleaner. I am sure that you will be very happy together.

Labels: cosmetics/toiletries, not sponsored, thumbs down

2 comments:  daisybones Strangely, I was intrigued to read this review. I've had an antiperspirant crisis lately. I tried to switch to Tom's of Maine deodorant (lemon grass- who doesn't want lemoney pits?) but I didn't realize how much I enjoy a) not sweating much, and 2) smelling yummy in a non-lemon way. Apparently, I too require antiperspirant, and I feel crunchy chick shame about it. I toughed it out for a while but bought some regular junk again. I'll now add "Absorbent-Deo" to the list of crap I won't put under me arms. Thank you for your service to humanity:)    Anonymous Mitchum Roll-On Antiperspirant & Deodorant, Unscented. Yes, you really can skip a day. I have never bothered to check what's in it, but I smoke too, so you know, I live a dangerous life. ErinH   post a comment ~ Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] ~ main page