I’ve never ever in my life had deodorant last 48 hours, I don’t know why they always say that.
Just this week I saw an ad for 96 hours.
I seriously doubt it.
I can tell you that Garnier one lasts that long, i dont sweat much tho, currently depressed so dont shower much, garnier 96h deodorant works
Digital hug for you.
Thank you thats very sweet of you
That's very sweat of you. I'll show myself out.
Im not that sweaty i promise, and i do smell nice, i got deodorant and perfume and hairspray 😅
You're beautiful
How do you know? 😅
Big digital hug for you
Thank you thats so sweet ☺️
Digital group hug!
Sending love to you.
Ty so much ❤️
Bigger digital hug for you!
i'll hug you, but take a shower first
If you join me in the shower ill do it 😂
Say no more, i'm in
This is funny hahaha
I've had seasonal ( winter depression ) since the mid-80s, bud. Nice to hear from you. Keep your spirits up 😊😊🙏🏽🙏🏽
I honestly dont know whats wrong with me atm, i was doing great i was happy and then bam one day for no reason all went to shit, i think it might be the birth control pills, ill start new ones in a few days hopefully ill feel better, thank you, you too ❤️
it’s cliche as fuck; but keep pushing.
Its not like i have any other choice so thats what im doing 😅☺️ thank you
Love ♥️ you can do this. Try meditation.
There are deodorants for example from Rexona that say 96h and for the best efficiency they recommend u to apply it for the night and the effect doesn’t wash away in the shower.
So u can basicly apply once and shower a few times and it will still prevent odors and sweating.
I love the concept since it doesn’t leave marks either etc.
Just an FYI deodorant blocks odor, if it blocks sweat it's an antiperspirant. If it does both, it's both. I don't use antiperspirants any more since some were found to have links with cancer.
Almost anything has a link nowadays but I figure one less helps.
They're expecting you to not take a shower for a day I guess... 🤷 Gamers Trading card tournament enthusiasts (YuGiOh, MtG, etc...) come to mind, but they neither shower nor use deodorant.
I'll have you know the chronically depressed can go days, weeks even, without showering! Source: my depressed af self
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Oh god I totally understand the teeth brushing thing! I've found brushing my teeth a difficult habit to get back into ever since covid hit. Morning habits stopped because of lock downs, then losing job, and it became chore I'd have to force myself to do. Whereas before, it was basically muscle memory. Nowadays I've learned to tell myself that any job worth doing, is worth doing poorly. So if I find myself not having it in me to brush my teeth, I'll gargle some mouthwash, and funnily enough; atleast half the time I end up picking up my toothbrush! I still find myself some days not feeling like I have the self worth to brush my teeth or shower, etc. But in the 20+ years I've struggled with mental health, I learned to give myself a break, to not be hard on myself on the days when it truly wouldn't take much to break me. Thank you for your kind words, I hope that you are doing well. Hugs to you too.
Teeth brushing is the worst. However I just say out of my own experience everyone please do it!! Last year I had 5 cavities filled because of it and depression being the main cause. It costs my parents thousands of $$ and I felt absolutely horrible I couldn’t pay for some of it considering that I don’t have a job. That’s what really motivated me that at least if anything teeth are an important reminder for me that they just get done or money will leave soon after
I agree. It feels bad to "waste" a couple minutes of your day... but you won't save anything. If you mess up long enough, you'll pay for it. Not being able to eat properly and having to work for that bill will change your mind. But then it's too late.
So, kids. If there is any life advice i can give you, it's this one. Don't skip brushing teeth. And mouthwash is great too. It will get almost everywhere. Money well spent.
Money always comes back, but your teeth won't. Once they're gone, they're gone.
For me it’s also a sensory issue. I really need to get some kids toothpaste; adult mint toothpaste is wayyy too strong and makes my mouth and lips feel like they’re on fire.
Yea that’s how I feel about mouthwash. I had to take some time to find the right one. I think I use the Crest brand. For toothpaste I recommend sensodyne it works really well for me. I have the same issue or I’ll get really bad toothaches.
Exactly!! I didn’t even mention the way it affects your eating it’s awful. And I forgot to mention I’m only 23 and all this has happened already. Depression absolutely is horrendous during teenager years and even worse during adult years especially for reasons like this.
And if you fucked up really bad it will affect your self esteem too, cause you can't even smile... at work they're all "why so serious?" yeah well... because my grandpa has better teeth than me?
Exactlyyy
I lost one of my front teeth I try not to miss brushing anymore. Have to use a fake tooth paid for by the government cuz I'm too broke. It looks okay but I do get caught not wearing it and people give me funny looks.
Yea that sounds like a tough thing to go through, sorry to hear you’re going through it. I can’t stand seeing my teeth yellow anymore. I never could tell if people were looking at it but I always wondered. That was another thing that motivated me. They were always so white whenever I went to the dentist and then I eventually came to realize the same thing can happen at home if I tried hard enough. So in a way, this is understandable as well
Hard relate. You're not alone
Here's hoping you feel at your best soon ❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽. Pro tip: invest in a mid-tier electric/sonic toothbrush from Walmart or, better yet, Amazon. I got one for my mom and myself in February 2024, and it does ALL the heavy lifting while delivering a 10 Xs better clean than an analog toothbrush. Amazon search: 'Aquasonic Black Series'. I got mine for $49 🇨🇦 from Amazon. Be good, Be happy.
This is why I always have medicated 5 day deodorant at hand
9 days was my max, but it was early covid, so no one was complaining.
Mine was just shy of 3 weeks, also early covid. Found out the first job I'd had in a over year was letting go of all non-essential staff, and because I had only been there for just over a month, I was first on the chopping block apparently.
Sorry to hear that.
I hope you found a good job since then.
I can confirm this, used to be like that for a good while, but that's was a really long time ago.
💜YOU MATTER, Hand 🙂 💜
Very relatable. Depression really tailors to that and it absolutely sucks to go through. You have the thought and the courage to take a shower and bathe but it just never or rarely happens. The only reason that got me motivated today was that I’m flying and airports are generally disgusting places with sometimes bad smelling folks and I didn’t want to be associated with that lol
referring to gamers out of the blue
Lol, different strokes I guess. I thought of hospital personnel doing long shifts and sleeping at the hospital for instance. Or people on oil rigs and such. Long flights (20 hours+), pilots, stewardesses.
But gamers never came to mind! 🤣
I work in a factory and take adderall. I can smell myself more than ever :(
Use more often,buy more often. Some suit wearing genius strikes again. Bet they got a bloody bonus as well for this.
Omggg😂😂😳
You mean a shower-in-a-can?
How odd to randomly throw gamers out there like it's 2005 and the wow craze is going strong
Nor do they go outside, so sweat is not an issue 😭
Those foolz are built mad different idc what nobody says, I’d be scared to walk into an indoor TCG swamp due to risk of spontaneous grease fire.
lmaoooo, love all the defensive gamers replying to you.
you also realize it's not exactly healthy to take a shower every day either right? i know some people have to but generally for most people it is not recommended
euughh brother
I have to because I work outdoors and sweat a lot. Plus there's the dust from being in storage lockers all day. Not everyone has a job where they barely sweat or don't get filthy at the end of the day.
You have clearly never lived anywhere with regular humidity over 70%.
Aye. I like being clean and smelling nice.
I hate how accurate this is 😭 im getting really into pokemon cards again from when i was a kid, but damn do i not want to associate with the majority of the fanbase. Wheres all the people that take care of themselves AND have hobbies???
Right! Like, 12 hours at best. 16 if I've not been very active that day.
It's probably a typo. They meant 4-8 hours.
I have. But I don't do much 😅😅😅
It lasts 24h on the left armpit and 24h on the right therefore it adds up to 48h on total. Put some deo on your pubes, ass and feet, and you won't need to wash yourself for a week!
It keeps bacteria at bay for 48 hours which prevents smell, unless your sweat itself smells a lot.
It doesn't keep you sweat free for 48 hours.
I'd be happy to find a deodorant that lasts more than 8 hours.
I used to. It helps if you sit in front of a computer all day and don’t go outside.
The degree deodorant I used in high-school when I did a lot of sports and weight lifting said 72 hours and it actually came pretty close to that, but the more you would sweat the stronger the deodorant would smell.
It's still kinda pointless to have deodorant that lasts that long if your showering every day or at least every other. Which you should be if you're sweating and working that much.
I mean if you're in your drawrs all day playing Xbox than whatever skip a day but like wash yo' ass man.
The one on the right actually says “24/7” so one use will last a lifetime.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣
Or, more likely, 24/7 = 3.43 hours.
I don’t doubt this 🤣
Now that is actually realistic for once!
This guy works in marketing.
Facts. I used it 2 years ago and I literally haven’t showered since
Some deodorants only work between Monday and Friday. At least that’s how the subways smell on Saturday nights…
There was a person on the bus yesterday whose deodorant clearly only worked between 9 AM and 5 PM.
That sounds too optimistic. I bet it already lost effectiveness at 9AM
Yeah, you're probably right. I couldn't quite tell who it was around me, but their "people repellent" was STRONG.
My deodorant is 24/5, just like planet fitness. Stops working at 7 on weekends.
its because they want you to apply it daily rather than every other day: "if you apply it every morning, you wont smell ever"
Even worse, infinity
Just one lifetime? Nah, my rotting corpse better smell terrific!
I think it actually means 24 divided by 7, which at 3.5 hours seems pretty accurate /s
No, just a week.
Use the 48 hour on your left armpit and the 24/7 on your right armpit as a test.
What are you some kind of smart guy?
Of course, it's Justin-Timberlake 🤷🏻♀️
I don’t know how smart he is though…he got his dick stuck in a box.
To be honest 24/7 to me reads as a whole week: 24 hours for 7 days.
Please will somebody test if a single application lasts a week? No showers, do change at least your underwear..
It does not specify a interval, it means "around the clock". I managed a 7/24 operation and it meant we were working all the time, three shifts. If it referred to an interval it would last forever. Just one use stays active for infinity. They would not sell much then.
As a sweaty person, I would be a great subject for testing.
snorts
Dueling Smellfies
Soon the protection will only last one hour and you will have to reapply.
So you've been to Florida too! 🫠
They should made a MTG card game edition. It’s needed.
It's marketing. I guess they ran a panel and found out that "24/7" has a better impact than "48h".
Except on the OP.
This reminds of the time Americans rejected the 1/3 pounder because they thought it was smaller than the 1/4 pounder.
Should have just called it the Royale with cheese.....
That is a tasty burger
I use this example all the time. It still baffles me how it was even possible.
Because it’s unlikely that customers not knowing how fractions work is the reason for the failure of their 1/3lb burger. The only reference to it ever is like one single former A&W executive in a book he wrote, in which he made the claim that a study/consumer survey pointed to it. There is no evidence the study/survey ever existed except for his one claim. Additionally, it’s entirely possible there were many reasons why their new burger flopped. Might have tasted like shit, might have not had enough advertising, maybe it was priced too high(affecting sales), or too low(affecting profits), maybe A&W sucks to begin with.
Personally, I think it’s an executive looking to scapegoat their failure on their customers, and is a good piece of writing if you’re a former fast food executive trying to push sales of your book. Other companies have made 1/3lb burgers that didn’t fail, so I have a hard time believing one claim in a book written 20 yrs ago about something that happened 30 yrs ago.
I mean tbf “Third pounder” doesn’t have the same feeling as saying “Quarter pounder”
Merica!
It also doesn’t promise anything anymore, it just says “24/7 Mineral-Fortified Freshness”.
Nice to know my deodorant doesn’t transmutate into chicken soup a few times a week, and that it stays as a stick of deodorant 24/7. That was a big problem with my last deodorant.
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I think it’s just made more vague to avoid legal issues.
48h implies it works for 48h after application.
24/7 doesn’t mean anything. They can say it means you’ll be fresh 24h a day and 7 days a week if you shower regularly, maintain proper hygiene and use their product every day. If you’re not fresh, you’re obviously not maintaining proper hygiene, the product is working as promised.
On the back it clearly says '24/7 Lasting Scent with Daily Use' which is on most Old Spice deodorants. They also offer a longer lasting 48 hour product, with a slightly different formula. This post is basically like posting a picture of an orange and an apple and saying "look how different these are".
Please don't rely on your deodorant to pull you through two days straight, take a shower.
Hold on guys, he's gunna figure out that they are both utter nonsense any second now...
48 hours and 24/7 are different things
Shrinkflation
Both of those numbers are a lie and you know it
Actually it says 24/7 so it went from 48 hours to indefinitely.
Well, I guess you'll have to wash every day from now on
To be fair you should be showering often enough to not need the extra 24 hour protection
Global warming makes men smellier.
24/7 is longer than 48 hours
It went from two days to a week. The first is 48hrs freshness the second is 24-7 which is a week continuous.
Clear improvement by a huge margin, now three times as effective.
No they changed it to 24/7 which last I checked forever is a hell of alot longer than 48
Open both containers. See if the amount inside is different
Weight on the label is the same but I don’t think that would change how long it lasts either way
That means they want you to use it and buy it twice as much.
Sounds like they were getting a wiff of a bored lawyer getting ready to file a false advertising lawsuit.
This is the stuff that leaves white residue crumbs in your shirts
Can we see the ingredients
Maybe they decided to get real. That shit don’t last 48 hours, come on. 24 hours is a stretch.
Probably because it didn’t work
That is 100% marketing. Note that this is deodorant, not anti-perspirant, so the lack of Aluminum is not a thing. They could just as easily say "Gluten Free!" and it would be as meaningful.
Deodorant on me stops working in about 3 hours💀
24/7 doesn't mean 24 hours of protection. It means, "round the clock protection." These Old Spice deodorants work fine no more than 24hrs, but the Deodorant-Antiperspirant works for me for 48hrs.
It says “24/7”. Sounds like the protection is now endless to me.
48h is 2 days. It says 24/7. 24h each day for 7d
I can tell you from experience that neither of these last even a whole afternoon
It’s says 24/7 so it never stops
Weird I shower everyday why would I need more than a days worth of deodorant?
I never had one last more than 8h, these scams never end lol
It will last 48 hours if you are lying perfectly still in one position & in an air conditioned room. Like in a coma.
Who stayed 48 hrs without a shower?!
THEY MADE OLD SPICE IN WHITE??!!?!
Daylight savings time
Old Spice is so bad, it burned my armpits..... never ever had a reaction yo anything in my life aside from this.
Not enough minerals!
This Redditor is one part of Nancy Drew and the Tardy Boys.
I’d like to take a bite
So that was a lie
Stinkflation
It says all day not even 24 hours
It clearly says it lasts 24/7
The one on the right says 24/7 is that after one application?
Heh I work in the industry and install showers so 2 or 3 x a day is fantastic.
Actually it changed from 48hrs to infinite.
Not much time to eat that Forbidden Mayo
Too many guys have taken it literally and only started showering every other day
Its got minerals, what airpits crave!
Shrinkflation?
Used to love Old Spice, but these scents are ranc.
I'm guessing they dilute it so they can sell twice as many.
But it also says 24/7, which means always. That's better than 48!
Just use womens deodorant. You'll smell better, for longer. Plus, it has never irritated my skin. Smells like sweet nectarines, instead of 5000hr burnt electric motor. Easily my biggest brain move working in blue collar labor because it was the only kind of deodorant that lasted a full day and didn't need to be reapplied.
Or just use deodorant that lasts. Women's deodorant doesn't last on me at all.
Old Spice deodorants are garbage.
Shrinkflation
It does not mention a "duration" on the 2nd bottle at all...
It only mentions how long (Permanent - 24/7) you can use it, which is not a duration
It’s more like 10-12 hours here in Florida. Just enough to get through a work shift
Who the fuck isn’t washing for 48 hours?
It doesn’t say it last for 24hrs. It says 24/7. And no deodorant has ever lasted for 24 hrs yet alone 48
It doesn't even matter what they say because they tell you to apply it multiple times to achieve desired effect.
For me it lasts about 1 hour
It went from 24/2 to 24/7
That means it went from 2 days to a whole week
This is great news for tweekers. Since they often "tweek"(stay awake for two-weeks) and dont shower. Theyd only have to apply once at the beginning of their tweek, and once halfway through the tweek, in order to be fully covered for their tweek.
This is also great news for the manufacturer, but terrible news for the retailer, as tweekers often steal, rather than buy their goods.
Old spice is shit teenagers think is helping them smell nice.
48 hours in winter. 24 in summer
Uhh.... They call it the "Gentleman's Blend"... and it is in a white milky bottle. Am I the only one sensing the dirty horny joke here?
No it went von 48h to 24/7. So with the new formula you will use it once and you will never need another deodorant again.
Stinkflation
Stinkflation.
No, it changed from 48 to 168, because it's 24/7
Old spice has fell off recently. Their deodorant used to keep me from being musty all day long. Now I’m lucky to make it to lunch time without reapplying.
Wow. We're even being hit by stinkflation
It's bad enough I have to shower everyday but now I have to use deodorant everyday. Do they not know how much time that saved me?
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