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Why So Many of Our Customers Find Us After a Reaction There is a pattern we see again and again in messages from new customers. Someone has already tried two or three natural deodorants. At first, everything seemed fine. Then came the redness, the itching, the stinging after shaving, or that familiar burning feeling that gets worse as the day goes on. By the time they find Pure & Bloom, they are usually not looking for a prettier jar or a new fragrance. They are simply looking for a natural deodorant their skin can actually live with. And the reason this happens so often has much less to do with “natural deodorant” as a category than most people realise. It comes down to the formula. The problem usually is not that the product was not natural enough When someone reacts to a natural deodorant, the instinct is often to look for something even more natural. A cleaner label. Fewer ingredients. More botanicals. But that is usually not what solves the problem. Many natural deodorants rely heavily on Sodium Bicarbonate, better known as baking soda, as their main odour-fighting ingredient. It is inexpensive, effective and completely natural. It is also strongly alkaline, with a pH of around 8 to 9, while underarm skin naturally sits much lower, usually around pH 4.5 to 5.5. That difference matters more than most deodorant labels ever explain. Underarm skin is already under pressure. It is frequently shaved or waxed, it stays warm and enclosed for much of the day, and it has a leave-on product sitting against it for hours at a time. For many people, a high-bicarbonate formula causes no problem at all. For others, that repeated alkaline exposure is exactly what leads to redness, itching and stinging. This is why changing brands does not always help. If the new deodorant is built around the same mechanism, the reaction often follows. Pure & Bloom was built differently from the beginning We did not create Pure & Bloom around a “sensitive skin” marketing story. We created the formula first. The starting point was simple: we wanted effective odour control without asking baking soda to do most of the work. That is why Pure & Bloom is Magnesium Hydroxide-led. Magnesium Hydroxide is the primary deodorising ingredient in the formula, while Sodium Bicarbonate is used at around 3% in a supporting role. We are not pretending baking soda is a bad ingredient, because it is not. It works very well. The difference is how much responsibility the formula places on it. In Pure & Bloom, Magnesium Hydroxide does the heavy lifting. The smaller amount of Sodium Bicarbonate supports the overall deodorising effect rather than dominating it. That is usually the reason people who have struggled with bicarb-heavy natural deodorants experience Pure & Bloom so differently. The ingredient that was causing the problem is no longer the main event. Why Magnesium Hydroxide matters Body odour does not come from sweat itself. Fresh sweat has very little smell. Odour develops when bacteria on the skin break down compounds in sweat. A deodorant does not have to stop sweating to deal with that. It has to create an environment where odour-causing bacteria are less able to thrive. That is exactly what Magnesium Hydroxide helps to do. It allows us to build an effective natural deodorant without relying on a large amount of Sodium Bicarbonate, which is particularly important for people whose skin has already reacted to bicarb-heavy formulas. Pure & Bloom is still a deodorant, not an antiperspirant. It will not stop you sweating, and it is not designed to. Sweating is a normal biological process. The job of the formula is to manage odour while allowing the skin underneath to behave normally. Fragrance is another part of the story Not every reaction comes from baking soda. Fragrance can also be a trigger, and this is where ingredient transparency becomes especially important. On many cosmetic labels, fragrance is listed simply as Parfum. That single word can represent a blend of multiple fragrance components, which means a customer who reacts to a product may have no idea which part of the scent caused the problem. Pure & Bloom takes a different approach. Every essential oil used in each scent is named individually on the label. You can see exactly what is creating the fragrance rather than being asked to trust a generic catch-all term. For most people, that simply means greater transparency. For someone whose skin has reacted before, it can mean finally being able to understand what they are actually putting on it. A deodorant should care for the skin too We also think there is a bigger issue with the way underarm products are usually formulated. The underarm is skin, but deodorants are rarely treated like skincare. The priority is usually odour first, everything else second. Pure & Bloom was built with a different idea in mind. If a product is going to sit on your skin every day for hours at a time, the base should do more than simply carry the deodorising ingredients. That is why the formula includes Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Squalane, Calendula and Bisabolol alongside the deodorising system. Mango and Shea Butter provide emollience and nourishment. Squalane gives a lighter, silkier feel. Bisabolol was included for its calming properties, while Calendula supports the skin-focused side of the formula. Arrowroot and Kaolin help with moisture absorption without turning the product into an antiperspirant. It is one of the reasons we describe Pure & Bloom as real skincare for your underarms. Not because it sounds good on a label. Because that is genuinely how the formula was built. So why do so many customers find us after a reaction? Because many of them have been moving between different versions of the same type of natural deodorant. Different packaging. Different fragrance. Different brand. But underneath, the same basic structure: baking soda doing most of the deodorising work. Pure & Bloom changes that structure. Magnesium Hydroxide leads the formula, Sodium Bicarbonate supports it, the fragrance ingredients are fully disclosed, and the base is designed with the skin itself in mind. For someone whose underarms have already reacted to natural deodorant, that difference can be significant. What we are not claiming There is no cosmetic formula that works perfectly for every single person. Skin is individual, and any leave-on product can disagree with someone. We are also not interested in using words like “hypoallergenic” simply because they sound reassuring. What we can say with confidence is that Pure & Bloom is not built in the same way as the bicarb-heavy formulas behind so many of the reactions our customers tell us about. Two of the most common issues we see are high levels of baking soda and a lack of transparency around fragrance. Our formula approaches both differently. And that is why so many people who thought natural deodorant was simply not for them discover that the category was never necessarily the problem. The formula was. If natural deodorant has irritated your skin before Do not assume you have to go back to antiperspirant or give up on natural deodorant entirely. Look at how the formula is built. Check whether Sodium Bicarbonate is doing most of the work or whether another active leads the formula. Look at how the fragrance is disclosed. And pay attention to whether the base has been designed simply to deodorise or whether it actually treats the underarm as skin. Two products can both be labelled “natural deodorant” and still behave very differently on the body. That is the part that matters. The honest version We did not make Pure & Bloom because the world needed another natural deodorant. We made it because too many formulas were asking people to choose between effective odour control and comfortable skin. So we built ours differently. Magnesium Hydroxide leads. Baking soda plays a supporting role. Every essential oil is named. The base contains ingredients chosen not only to control odour, but to care for the skin underneath. No aluminium. No synthetic fragrance. No need to treat irritated underarms as the price you have to pay for choosing natural. Pure & Bloom is handmade in small batches in Yorkshire and comes in 60ml amber glass jars with bamboo lids, available in Citrus Paradise, Blossom Soft, Moss & Wood and Cloud Serenity. If natural deodorant has irritated your skin before, it may not be natural deodorant you have a problem with. You may simply need a formula built differently. Explore Pure & Bloom at pureandbloom.co.uk Frequently Asked Questions Why does natural deodorant irritate my underarms? One of the most common reasons is a high level of Sodium Bicarbonate, or baking soda. It is alkaline, while underarm skin is naturally acidic. For some people, repeated use of a bicarb-heavy deodorant can lead to redness, itching, burning or stinging. Is Pure & Bloom baking soda free? No. Pure & Bloom contains around 3% Sodium Bicarbonate, but it is not the main deodorising ingredient. The formula is led by Magnesium Hydroxide, with baking soda playing a supporting role. Why is Magnesium Hydroxide used in natural deodorant? Magnesium Hydroxide helps control odour by making the skin's surface less favourable to odour-causing bacteria. It allows a deodorant to work effectively without relying on a high concentration of baking soda. Does Pure & Bloom contain fragrance? Pure & Bloom is scented with natural essential oils. Each essential oil used in the blend is named individually on the label so you can see exactly what creates the scent. Is Pure & Bloom an antiperspirant? No. Pure & Bloom is a deodorant. It does not block sweat glands and is designed to manage odour while allowing normal sweating. Is Pure & Bloom suitable for people who have reacted to other natural deodorants? Many Pure & Bloom customers find the brand after reacting to bicarb-heavy natural deodorants. The formula is built differently, with Magnesium Hydroxide as the primary deodorising ingredient and Sodium Bicarbonate used only in a supporting role.

Most natural deodorant comparisons list ingredients and call it a day. Here's what actually separates Pure & Bloom from Wild and Fussy, and why it matters for sensitive skin.

Deodorant vs Antiperspirant: What's the Actual Difference Most people use the words interchangeably. You "put your deodorant on," even if what's actually in your hand is an antiperspirant. It's a fair mix-up, they sit on the same supermarket shelf, promise the same result, and get applied to the same spot every morning. But they do genuinely different jobs, and understanding which one you're using changes what you should expect from it. What an Antiperspirant Actually Does An antiperspirant's job is to stop sweat from reaching the surface of your skin. It does this with aluminium-based compounds, most commonly aluminium chlorohydrate or aluminium zirconium, which dissolve into your sweat ducts and form a temporary plug. No sweat gets out, so there's nothing for bacteria to break down, and no odour. This is why antiperspirants are classified as a drug in some countries, including by the FDA in the US. They're changing a bodily function, not just masking a side effect of it. It's also why they work so reliably against wetness. If sweat can't reach the surface, it genuinely can't show through your shirt. That's a real, measurable effect, not marketing. What a Deodorant Actually Does A deodorant doesn't touch your sweat glands. You still sweat exactly as much as you normally would. What it does instead is manage what happens after you sweat. Body odour isn't caused by sweat itself, fresh sweat is close to odourless. It's caused by bacteria on your skin breaking sweat down into the compounds we recognise as smell. A deodorant works by creating an environment those bacteria don't thrive in, through ingredients that shift the skin's surface pH or actively reduce bacterial activity, so there's less odour-causing breakdown happening in the first place. This is the category Magnesium Hydroxide and Sodium Bicarbonate both belong to. Neither stops sweat. Both work against the bacteria responsible for the smell. Why This Distinction Actually Matters If you switch from an antiperspirant to a natural deodorant expecting the same dry, sweat-free result, you're going to be disappointed, not because the deodorant has failed, but because it was never designed to do that job. You will sweat. That's not a malfunction, it's your body regulating its temperature exactly as it's meant to. What a well-formulated deodorant controls is the odour that follows, not the sweat itself. This is also where a lot of the "natural deodorant doesn't work" reviews come from. The expectation was set by decades of antiperspirant marketing, and a deodorant, any deodorant, was never going to meet that bar because it's solving a different problem. It's worth being fair to antiperspirants here too. Underarm sweat is a small fraction of your body's total sweat output, so plugging those particular glands doesn't meaningfully interfere with how your body regulates its core temperature, that's well established, not a grey area. What blocking does affect is local: sweat and bacteria that would normally reach the surface and evaporate get held at the gland instead, in a warm, enclosed, frequently shaved patch of skin. Over time, that's a plausible contributor to the clogged pores, irritation and disrupted underarm microbiome some people notice with long-term antiperspirant use, even without a whole-body health story attached to it. You don't have to believe blocking sweat is dangerous to think it's worth just letting a normal bodily process happen the way it's designed to. Is One Actually Better Than the Other? Not universally, they're suited to different priorities. Antiperspirants are the better choice if stopping visible sweat is the priority, high-stakes presentations, certain fabrics, specific medical situations like hyperhidrosis. Blocking sweat glands is an effective, well-studied mechanism for that specific job. Deodorants are the better choice if you'd rather let your body do what it's designed to do and manage the odour that follows, without introducing aluminium salts to skin that's shaved, warm, and in prolonged contact with the product for hours a day. It's worth being precise about where the aluminium concern actually comes from. The studies that first raised the alarm, aluminium chloride triggering tumour growth when applied to breast cells, were done on mouse mammary cells and mouse models, not humans, and results from mouse studies frequently don't hold up once tested in people. The large human studies that followed haven't found a confirmed link between antiperspirant use and breast cancer, and the NHS, American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute currently all say the evidence doesn't support one. That's not quite a clean bill of health, real-world data on decades of daily human exposure is still limited, but it's a meaningfully different picture from what the original headlines implied. Plenty of people still choose to sidestep the question entirely rather than wait for a more definitive answer, and that's a reasonable call to make either way. Where Pure & Bloom Sits Pure & Bloom is a deodorant, not an antiperspirant. You will sweat normally. What it's built to do is manage odour without relying on aluminium or a high dose of baking soda to get there. The formula is Magnesium Hydroxide-led, working alongside a smaller, supporting amount of Sodium Bicarbonate, so you get meaningful odour control without pushing freshly shaved, naturally acidic underarm skin as far into alkaline territory as bicarb-heavy formulas do. It's built from ingredients chosen to support the skin barrier rather than just sit on top of it: Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Squalane, Bisabolol, Candelilla Wax. One More Reason to Read the Label Here Specifically Underarm skin isn't like the skin on your arm or your leg. It's thinner, it sits close to lymphatic tissue, and it's asked to host a product for hours, every day, often straight after shaving when it's at its most permeable. That combination is exactly why it's worth knowing precisely what you're putting there, not because any single ingredient is cause for alarm, but because "close enough" isn't really good enough for a spot your body treats as this absorbent. It's the same reasoning behind naming every essential oil individually on a Pure & Bloom label, by its actual INCI name, rather than grouping them under the catch-all term "Parfum." If something is going on your skin in that particular spot, you should be able to see exactly what it is. Pure & Bloom is handmade in small batches in Yorkshire, in 60ml amber glass jars with bamboo lids, across four scents: Citrus Paradise, Blossom Soft, Moss & Wood, and Cloud Serenity. Shop the full range at pureandbloom.co.uk.

How a Natural Deodorant Stays Fresh Without Synthetic Preservatives Every leave-on product you put on your skin needs a preservative. Without one, water-containing formulas become a breeding ground for bacteria and mould within weeks, sometimes days. That's not a natural-versus-synthetic debate, it's basic chemistry. The question worth asking isn't whether your deodorant is preserved. It's how. Most People Never Check This Preservative systems don't get much attention on ingredient lists. They're usually a few words near the bottom, easy to skim past in favour of the ones that sound nicer, essential oils, butters, botanical extracts. But the preservative is doing one of the most important jobs in the jar. It's the reason the product you use in week twelve is as safe as the one you used in week one. For "natural" and "clean" brands specifically, this is where a lot of formulas quietly cut corners. Going preservative-free isn't an option for anything containing water or hydrous ingredients, so brands either lean on a single generic fermentate and call it a day, or they use a synthetic preservative and let the rest of the formula carry the natural positioning. Neither is dishonest. But neither is the full picture either. What a Fermentate Actually Is A fermentate, in skincare terms, is a preservative derived from fermenting natural ingredients with specific bacterial or yeast cultures. The fermentation process produces compounds, organic acids, peptides, antimicrobial proteins, that inhibit the growth of bacteria, yeast and mould, in much the same way fermentation has preserved food for thousands of years. It's become the go-to preservation route for brands that don't want synthetic preservatives like parabens or phenoxyethanol on the label. Radish root ferment filtrate is probably the most recognisable one, it shows up across a huge share of "clean" skincare and deodorant formulas. Used on its own, a single fermentate can be effective. It's also the industry default, which means it's rarely the differentiator a brand thinks it is. Why Pure & Bloom Uses Two Pure & Bloom's formula runs a dual-ferment system, not one fermentate but two, working together rather than one doing all the work alone. The first is Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, the same category most clean beauty brands rely on. The second is a Lactobacillus/Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract ferment, known in the industry as AMTicide® Coconut. It targets a broader spectrum of microorganisms than radish root ferment alone, which means less pressure on any single ingredient to do the whole job, and a more resilient formula sitting in a 60ml jar that's opened, closed and exposed to air and hands for months at a time. Two fermentates covering different ground is a more thorough approach than one. It's also more expensive to formulate with and harder to source consistently, which is probably why it's uncommon. Why This Matters More in a Cream Than a Spray Preservation isn't equally important across every deodorant format. A spray or a stick with minimal water content has less need for a robust preservative system. A cream, like Pure & Bloom's, sits at a different risk profile entirely, it has a meaningful water phase, it's applied with fingers, and it lives in a bathroom, not exactly a sterile environment. That's precisely the format where preservation matters most, and precisely where corners get cut most often, because a weak preservative system is invisible until something goes wrong. What to Actually Check on a Label If you want to know how well a product is preserved, look past the marketing language and find the actual INCI names in the ingredients list. A single fermentate isn't a red flag, it's the norm. But if a brand is positioning itself on ingredient quality and transparency, it's fair to expect the same rigour applied to the part of the formula you don't see working. Look for the specific fermentate names rather than umbrella terms. "Natural preservative system" on a label tells you nothing. "Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate" and "Lactobacillus Ferment" tell you exactly what's protecting the product, and let you research each one yourself. The Honest Version A dual-ferment system isn't a claim that sounds impressive on its own; it's a formulation choice that costs more, takes more care to balance, and does a more thorough job than the industry default. It sits quietly at the bottom of the ingredients list, doing the least glamorous, most necessary job in the jar. Pure & Bloom is handmade in small batches in Yorkshire, in 60ml amber glass jars with bamboo lids, across four scents: Citrus Paradise, Blossom Soft, Moss & Wood, and Cloud Serenity. Every ingredient, including the ones doing the unglamorous work of keeping the formula safe, is named individually on the jar. Shop the full range at pureandbloom.co.uk.

Natural Deodorant for Sensitive Skin: What Actually Works If you have sensitive skin and you've tried a natural deodorant, there's a fair chance it didn't go well. Redness, stinging, small bumps, an itch that gets worse by the afternoon. It's common enough that it's become its own search term, and common enough that a lot of people quietly go back to their old antiperspirant and assume natural just isn't for them. It usually isn't the category that's the problem. It's the formula. What "Sensitive Skin" Actually Means Here Underarm skin is thinner and more reactive than most people expect, and it's under more pressure than almost any other patch of skin on your body. It gets shaved or waxed regularly, it sits in a warm, enclosed environment most of the day, and it's asked to host a product every single morning. Any irritation gets compounded fast. Your skin also sits at a naturally acidic pH, somewhere around 4.5 to 5.5. That matters more than most deodorant labels let on. The Ingredient Doing the Damage Sodium Bicarbonate, baking soda, is the backbone of most natural deodorant formulas. It's cheap, it's genuinely effective at neutralising odour, and it's alkaline, sitting around pH 9. Every application pushes freshly shaved, already-stressed underarm skin further from where it naturally wants to sit. For a lot of people that's a minor thing. For sensitive skin, it's the difference between a deodorant that works quietly in the background and one that turns your underarms into a problem you're managing every day. Most brands don't lower the dose. They add soothing botanicals around it and call it a sensitive formula. The pH issue is still there underneath. What a Gentler Formula Looks Like Pure & Bloom is Magnesium Hydroxide-led. Magnesium Hydroxide neutralises odour-causing bacteria without the sharp pH shock that high-dose bicarb creates, which is a large part of why sensitive skin tends to tolerate it better. We're not going to tell you our formula has no baking soda. It does, Sodium Bicarbonate sits at around 3%, in a supporting role behind Magnesium Hydroxide rather than doing the heavy lifting. That's an honest distinction worth understanding when you're choosing between formulas: it's not about finding one with zero bicarb, it's about finding one where bicarb isn't the main event. Alongside that, the base is built from ingredients chosen to support the skin barrier rather than just sit on top of it: Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Squalane, Bisabolol, Candelilla Wax. Bisabolol in particular is there specifically because it's calming on skin that's already prone to reacting. What Else to Check on a Label Two things worth looking for if you're shopping around, sensitive skin or not. First, how the product is preserved. A single generic fermentate is the industry default. Pure & Bloom uses two working together, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate alongside a Lactobacillus/Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, which does more of that work without leaning on synthetic preservatives or a harsher formula elsewhere to compensate. Second, what's actually in the fragrance. "Parfum" on a label is a single word that can legally stand in for dozens of unlisted ingredients, and undisclosed fragrance components are one of the more common causes of underarm reactions that people never trace back to the real source. Every essential oil in Pure & Bloom is named individually, by its INCI name, on every jar. If something in the scent doesn't agree with you, you can actually see what it was. How to Actually Switch, If Your Skin Is Reactive A few things make the transition easier regardless of which formula you choose. Patch test first, particularly if you have a history of reactions. Apply a small amount to clean, dry skin and leave it a day before committing to full use. Apply to completely dry skin, ideally not straight after shaving. Freshly shaved skin is at its most reactive, and giving it even twenty minutes before application reduces a lot of unnecessary irritation. Give it more than a few days before judging. Your skin and underarm microbiome need a short adjustment period after antiperspirant, and reacting to that adjustment isn't the same as reacting to the formula itself. If irritation continues past the first week or two, that's the signal to look at the ingredients rather than push through. The Honest Version There's no formula that works for every single person, sensitive skin especially. What you can control is choosing one built around a genuinely gentler lead ingredient, with every fragrance component named rather than hidden, and judging it over a proper adjustment period rather than the first application. Pure & Bloom is handmade in small batches in Yorkshire, in 60ml amber glass jars with bamboo lids, across four scents: Citrus Paradise, Blossom Soft, Moss & Wood, and Cloud Serenity. If your underarms have struggled with natural deodorant before, the formula is usually the reason, and it's worth trying one built differently. Shop the full range at pureandbloom.co.uk.

What Does "Parfum" Mean on a Deodorant Label? If you have ever turned over a deodorant and spotted the word Parfum on the ingredients list, you may have assumed it simply meant fragrance. Something pleasant added to make it smell nice. But that one word is doing a lot more than that. Parfum is not an ingredient. It is a legal loophole. And understanding what it actually means changes the way you read every personal care product label. What "Parfum" actually means Under EU and UK cosmetics regulations, manufacturers are permitted to list fragrance ingredients under a single collective term rather than naming each one individually. That term is Parfum or Fragrance, if the product uses the US convention. This means a formula could contain anywhere from a handful to several dozen individual fragrance chemicals, and none of them have to be disclosed on the label. They all hide behind that one word. The original purpose of this rule was to protect proprietary formulations. A brand's signature scent is considered a trade secret, and the law was designed to prevent competitors from simply reading the label and copying the blend. That logic made sense in a different era. But it has a cost for the person using the product. Why it matters for your underarms specifically Your underarms are not ordinary skin. The skin there is thinner than most parts of your body. It is often freshly shaved or waxed, which creates micro-abrasions that allow ingredients to absorb more readily. And deodorant is a leave-on product, it sits against your skin for hours, sometimes all day. That combination means that whatever is in your deodorant has more opportunity to interact with your skin than a product you rinse off. If that product contains undisclosed fragrance components, you have no way of knowing what you are actually exposing your skin to. For most people, that may never be a problem. But for people with sensitive skin, fragrance allergies or reactions to specific compounds, Parfum is a wall they cannot see past.   What can Parfum contain? Fragrance blends can include synthetic aroma chemicals, fixatives, carrier solvents, preservatives and natural extracts, sometimes all in the same formula. Some of these are benign. Some are known allergens. The EU and UK do require brands to disclose 26 specific fragrance allergens separately on the label if they are present above certain concentrations. But that list covers only a fraction of the thousands of fragrance compounds used in cosmetics. Everything else can legally remain hidden behind Parfum. Why most "natural" deodorants still use it This is worth saying clearly, because it surprises a lot of people. Many deodorant brands that market themselves as natural, clean or plant-based still list Parfum on their labels. This happens for a few reasons. Some brands use a commercial fragrance blend supplied by a third party. The blend is a finished product in itself, and its full composition is proprietary, so even if the brand wanted to disclose it, they may not have the full breakdown. Some brands add Parfum as a small percentage and consider it low-risk, particularly if the rest of the formula is natural. And some brands simply follow the conventional industry norm without questioning it. None of this is necessarily illegal. But it does mean that the word "natural" on the front of a jar tells you very little about the transparency of what is actually inside it. What to look for instead If you want to know what is actually creating the scent in your deodorant, look for brands that list every fragrance ingredient individually by its INCI name. INCI stands for International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients. It is the standardised naming system used across the beauty industry. When a brand names each essential oil individually, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, rather than grouping them under Parfum, you can see exactly what you are putting on your skin. That is not common. But it is possible. How Pure & Bloom approaches fragrance Every Pure & Bloom deodorant is scented using a blend of 100% natural essential oils. And every one of those oils is named individually on the label. Not as Parfum. Not as Natural Fragrance. Not as Essential Oil Blend. Each one by its actual INCI name, in the correct order, on every jar. For Citrus Paradise, that means you can see Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed, Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil Expressed, Citrus Aurantifolia Oil Distilled and Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil Expressed listed individually. You know exactly which oils are creating that scent. You can research each one. You can make an informed choice. For Cloud Serenity, you will find Citrus Aurantium Bergamia, Lavandula Angustifolia, Salvia Sclarea and Amyris Balsamifera listed by name. Nothing unnamed. Nothing hidden. This approach takes more care in formulation and more precision in labelling. It means there is no shortcut, no catch-all term to fall back on. We think that is the standard that leave-on underarm care should be held to. The bottom line Parfum is legal. It is common. It is used across almost every category of personal care. But it is not transparent. If you care about knowing what is on your skin, particularly in a product you wear every day, on one of the most absorbent areas of your body, it is worth checking whether your deodorant names every ingredient or hides some behind a single word. Your underarms deserve the same level of ingredient transparency you would expect from any skincare product. That is the standard Pure & Bloom was built around.

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