Best-smelling deodorants for women
Scented deodorants and antiperspirants, one of each scent style in turn (floral, fresh, sweet, clean and more), with the notes each brand lists.
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Deodorant · For women
Reads floral: rose petal and jasmine. Floral 100 out of 100.
From $3.98 for Net wt 2.6 oz
2.Schmidt's
Bergamot & LimeDeodorant · For anyone
Reads fresh: lime, citrus and bergamot. Fresh 100 out of 100.
Price at retailer
Deodorant · For women
Reads sweet: sugar cookie and vanilla. Sweet 99 out of 100.
Price at retailer
4.Billie
Cotton CloudDeodorant · For women
Reads clean: cotton and linen. Clean 92 out of 100.
Price at retailer
5.Lume
Lavender SageDeodorant · For anyone
Reads green: clary sage and lavender. Green 95 out of 100.
From $13.62 for Net wt 2.6 oz
6.Nécessaire
Cyprès-CitronnéDeodorant · For anyone
Reads woody: cypress and cedar. Woody 91 out of 100.
From $24 for Net wt 2.5 oz
7.Dove
Cinnamon PumpkinDeodorant · For women
Reads warm: cinnamon. Warm 91 out of 100.
From $7.99 for Net wt 2.6 oz
8.Secret
Whole Body Lilac & WaterlilyDeodorant · For women
Reads floral: lilac and waterlily. Floral 95 out of 100.
From $12.97 for Net wt 3.5 oz
9.Secret
Lime It Up AntiperspirantDeodorant · For women
Reads fresh: lime and bergamot. Fresh 100 out of 100.
From $8.64 for Net wt 2.6 oz
10.Arm & Hammer
Essentials Rosemary LavenderDeodorant · For women
Reads green: rosemary and lavender. Green 94 out of 100.
Price at retailer
11.Each & Every
Alone TimeDeodorant · For anyone
Reads woody: cedar. Woody 90 out of 100.
From $22 for Net wt 2.5 oz
12.Native
Blood Orange & CloveDeodorant · For anyone
Reads warm: clove. Warm 90 out of 100.
From $14 for Net wt 2.65 oz
How these were picked
Deodorants and antiperspirants marketed for women or for anyone, whose brand names at least 2 things it smells of (lavender, cedar, coconut; not just "clean" or "fresh"), so you know what each smells like. Picked by our scent profile from those notes, not by reviews: we haven't smelled them, and no brand paid to be here. Unscented ones aren't on our list.
Order: By scent style, in turn: the clearest floral, fresh, sweet, clean, green, woody and warm one, then round again. Within a style, the one that reads it most strongly first.
Our scent profile reads each fragrance's listed notes into fresh, floral, sweet, woody, warm, green and clean, each out of 100 against what's typical on our list (50 is typical).
At most two from any one house, and one of each scent. No paid placements.
The consultation
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