antiperspirant
an astringent preparation for reducing perspiration, usually containing aluminum or zirconium and used to prevent body odor and clothing stains.
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First, antiperspirant and deodorant are terms that are often used interchangeably.
Best aluminum-free deodorant: Keep odor at bay naturally with these formulations | Irena Collaku | August 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhich brings us to deodorant and antiperspirants, a $75 billion dollar industry that helps keep all our aromatic secrets to ourselves.
In this era of rampant oversharing, deodorants and antiperspirants may be delivering a needed dose of privacy from the smelly secrets we would otherwise release into the wild.
The Joy of Sweat shows how this demand was created by deodorant and antiperspirant makers who sold sweat as a problem in the first place.
‘The Joy of Sweat’ will help you make peace with perspiration | Bethany Brookshire | July 13, 2021 | Science NewsEverts answers a range of questions throughout about sweat and our history of wanting to control it, including an analysis of the deodorant and antiperspirant industries.
British Dictionary definitions for antiperspirant
/ (ˌæntɪˈpɜːspərənt) /
an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce or prevent perspiration
reducing or preventing perspiration
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