That's why I made the decision to buy me a deodorant without aluminum salts and to dispose of all deodorants with aluminum salts.
The Nivea Fresh Natural Deodorant Spray has landed at # 3 in the current Stiftung Warentest issue (06/2014).
Quality rating: Good (2.4)
The test is structured as follows:
-protection Against underarm odor: Good (2.4)
Application; eg handling, skin feel and stain clothing: Good (2.0)
Declaration and advertising claims: Good (2.1)
The test also indicates that at the Nivea Fresh Natural Deodorant Spray no Aluminimsalze and no preservatives come to Einsaz.
But perfume and alcohol are included.
On a request from the NIVEA Customer containing products no aluminum salt I received the following reply:
Below we will send you a list of deodorant products of our company, which are free of aluminum compounds.
Deodorant products without aluminum compounds (as of April 2014):
NIVEA Deodorant
NIVEA Deodorant Spray Fresh Natural
NIVEA Fresh Active Deo Stick
NIVEA Deodorant Fresh Active atomizer
NIVEA Fresh Natural atomizer
Nivea Men Deodorant Spray Fresh Active
8x4 Spray
8x4 Beast For Men
8x4 Beauty
8x4 Break Free
8x4 Discovery For Men
8x4 Endless Summer
8x4 Glam Up
8x4 Heavenly
8x4 Hollywood
8x4 KEY TO LOVE
8x4 Modern Charme
8x4 Play the Game For Men
8x4 Sweet Secret
8x4 Unity
8x4 Urban Spirit For Men
8x4 Wildflower
Comparing the effect of Nivea Fresh Natural Deodorant without aluminum salts with my previous deodorants with aluminum salts is the following striking:
Using, deodorants with aluminum salts is prevented by 1. the body sweats and also 2. that underarm odor caused by perspiration.
When using deodorants without aluminum salt such as the Nivea Fresh Natural Deodorant Spray 1. (sweat) is not prevented, however, 2. (underarm odor)
Why not you sweat through the aluminum salt? In an article I saw that this it is probably that the aluminum salt closes the pores and glands.
The smell is reminiscent of the typical NIVEA odor which is similar to be found in the NIVEA Body Milk.
From my side there is the Nivea Fresh Natural Deodorant Spray 5 star and thus a strong buy recommendation.
What bothers me is not that sweat is no longer prevented. My health is me since then but important.