When living in a humid environment, it’s necessary to use some kind of deodorant. If you don’t, no one will invite you to car pool, use the exercise equipment next to you, or want to be in the same elevator as you. Although I have to say, someone stepping into an elevator without deodorant still isn’t as bad as someone farting in an elevator.
Of course, there are advantages to NOT using deodorant, like making it hard for guys to guard you while playing basketball or having a lot of space on the dance floor to break out your pop-n-lock routine.
For the past few years, my deodorant of choice has been the Old Spice Fresh Scent Clear Stick Deodorant, but I decided it was time for a change. It’s like doing the missionary position all the time. After awhile, it gets pretty boring and you want to try something different.
While shopping at my local drugstore, I planted myself in front of the men’s deodorant shelf and smelled as many as I could, trying to find my new scent. I decided on the Degree Ultra Clear Clean Slate Deodorant, because it just so happened to be in my hands when I thought blood was going to come out of my nose because I destroyed my olfactory system from smelling over a dozen deodorants.
I’ve preferred clear deodorant sticks over the white solid deodorant sticks ever since I saw LL Cool J’s performance on MTV’s Unplugged. In case you missed it, during his performance LL Cool J wasn’t wearing a shirt, then during “Mamma Said Knock You Out,†he grabbed both microphones and raised his elbows above his shoulders and there in his hairy armpits were huge white globs of deodorant.
It was probably the only moment that ladies didn’t love Cool James. Ever since then, I’ve sworn off the white stuff and now I trim my armpit hair.
During the first few days of using it, the Clean Slate scent coming from my armpits was pretty strong, but it was a nice clean scent, so I didn’t mind. I really wanted someone else to smell it to get their opinion, but I didn’t realize how hard it was to find someone to smell my armpits.
Well actually, finding someone to smell and lick my armpits was easy, but I didn’t want to pony up the $40 for that. But finding someone to do that for free was impossible.
So how well does the deodorant work? Let’s just say, I went running for a couple of miles with it on and when I was done, I didn’t smell like I just went running for a couple of miles, but I really wish I had someone to smell my armpits to confirm it.
After a couple of weeks of use, I prefer the Degree Clean Slate scent over the Old Spice Fresh scent, but I think that has more to do with the fact I’m tired with the missionary position (ie Old Spice Fresh scent) and enjoy the newness of the bullfrog position (ie Degree Clean Slate scent).
Besides the scent, another thing I liked about the Degree deodorant was the way to advance the deodorant out from its container, which involved twisting the whole bottom of the container. The Old Spice deodorant just had a simple knob. Again, I probably think this is cool because of the newness of the bullfrog position.
However, if there was one thing I didn’t like, it was the container’s concave lip, which will probably make it hard to milk every last bit of the deodorant stick.
Item: Degree Ultra Clear Clean Slate Deodorant
Purchase Price: $2.50
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Pros: Nice clean smell. Scent might be a bit too strong at first. Trimmed armpit hair. LL Cool J’s performance on MTV’s Unplugged.
Cons: Concave lip might make it hard to use every last bit of the deodorant. LL Cool J’s deodorant choice for MTV’s Unplugged. Getting it on in only the missionary position.
The bullfrog position??? I am intrigued!
i prefer the gels myself. arm & hammer and degree are the best so far.
oh yeah, the bullfrog?
I think there is no such thing as the bullfrog position in Norway.
I too am wondering about this bullfrog position. I also wanted to let you know to watch out for the bottom where you turn up the stick. I have bought some Degree for my husband and he has had a problem with not being able to get it to turn all the way. He went through like 3 of them and then decided to switch brands. Only like 14/4 of the deordant was being used and the rest was getting thrown away because it would not come up. So good luck with yours I hope it is better!!!
That was supposed to be 1/4. Sorry about that!
have you ever tried deodearnt sprays? That would make no clumping either. That LL Cool J thing almost made me gag! :\
I am getting bored my position of the past 6 months: computer monitor in a dark room.
Other then that, I dont think I ever tried degree. Costs too much compared to other brands. Damn that cost by weight tag!!
Wow Look At The Pretty Little Numbers ———————————-^
Nice!
Anyways Iam An Old Spice Fresh Scent Man Myself.
I Have Tried Others But Always Find Myself Running Back To Good Old Old Spice.
Ayesha97, josh, macOtto, Becky – Bullfrog position (I’m sure there are other names for it) Woman lays on stomach, with butt slightly in air. The position of the woman looks like a frog in mid jump. Guy squats down over woman, like a frog ready to jump. Insert, thrust, and repeat. Hope that answers the bullfrog question.
Lorien – I’ve never tried deodorant sprays because I’m afraid of inhaling it.
Lord Jezo – I guess cost was the reason why I used Old Spice Fresh scent for so long. It was always on sale for $2 somewhere.
Damon – Pretty numbers, aren’t they? Now I can learn to count.
Marvo…as usual, you crack me up. Thank you!
I’ve heard of the bullfrog position…just never heard it called THAT before. I use Degree for women and love it. You shouldn’t worry about getting the last of it because as soon as you’re almost done with it, the whole friggin cake comes loose and falls on the floor…so you won’t have any trouble using every last bit of it. Gotta do it by hand, but I’m sure you’re used to that re: dead kittens. 😛
I missed that Unplugged performance of LL…but I still LOVE Cool James….you gotta give him some credit…at least he USES deordorant.
BTW…where’s my bodywash????
Also…love the numbers….I feel special now.
How’d you put the numbers for comments? Is it a plugin? Does it work only for WP 1.5?
watch out for those spray deodorants. you’ll have to leave the room as soon as you are done spraying. at least that’s what my girlfriend made me do. =\
Have you ever tried those mineral deodorants? they’re made of salt or something and sell at vegan whole food hippy shops.
I wonder if they work.
I may be the only lady who doesn’t love Cool James. Never have. This deodorant thing only adds to my not loving of Cool J
Aymie’s Mom (#10) – The body wash is coming. I’ve been too busy doing my state tax returns and only had a chance to mail it yesterday.
Toni – I sent you the blog I got the instructions from. All you have to do is mess with your comments.php file and your css file. Oh yeah, I don’t know if you upgraded yet, but the instructions are for WP 1.5. I think it can be adapted for WP 1.2, but I’m not sure.
josh – Currently, I don’t have a girlfriend (::tear::), so I don’t need to worry about that. I think I never used spray deodorants because they remind me of bathroom air fresheners.
kt – I’m afraid of entering hippy natural food stores. I don’t know if it’s because they use those mineral deodorants, but half of the customers in the store smell “natural.” Of course, “natural” is a nice way of saying they stink.
Ahhh Degree…. I think deoderants are like shampoos, you need to change them out once in a while. Gotta admit, Degree is the one deoderant I go back to.
Remember, Marvo, never ever let them see you sweat.
akiko – What about underwear? Because I really like the feel of these Jockey Next to Nothing boxer briefs.
Chuck – Unfortunately, I have problems with that because I have really big pores.
i dont really have a comment as i dont wear mens deodorant and my man is stuck in the dessert (damn the army) and i dont think a little deordorant on the pits is really gonna help out there.
gawd I hate gels I’m a sweaty dude and that stuff usually just melts off my body
you should try the “kneeling crab” position. oh, and maybe some cologne once in awhile.
Megan – Hmm…You got me thinking. I should try a women’s deodorant next time. Oooh, I can try Secret and find out if it’s truly strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
Master Foley – I used to use gels, but when I had hairy armpits, the gel would just bead on the hairs.
lakitu – I use cologne…For special occasions and special ladies. As for this “kneeling crab” position, how does it go? I would like to try it with my next girlfriend or the next hooker I pay.
I personally like Axe, it’s expensive but it lasts a long time. By the way, those numbers for the comments are really cool, would you mind sending me the link to where you found how to do it? Thanks.
Adam – I was going to try Axe deodorant, but after my experience with the Axe shower gel, I’m afraid what I’m going to smell like. BTW, sent you the instructions you asked.
I’ve been using Degree for women ever since I got one of the little samples for $1 for vacation and I kept running into people who asked me if I was wearing a Ralph Lauren perfume. I had never had problems with sweaty/smelly pits (which I have confirmed by going without and having people sniff my pits … statistics class experiment) but I liked the “cheap” way of seeming to wear designer scent. It was the “powder scent” should anyone else wish to try it out.
marvo – Your definition of “bullfrog” is what I call “doggie style when I’m just too tired to hold myself up anymore and why haven’t you come yet?”. I didn’t realize that people actually aspire to that position. I should just start out that way. It would save my elbows the locking in place.
TheInfamousJ – We can only bend our bodies in so many ways (unless you’re a gymnast), so the slightest change can be considered a different position. But the slighest change can make a pleasurable difference. (Note to self: Stop listening to Dr. Ruth.)