I just bought l'occitane - they have a formulation without aluminum and formaldehyde. It comes in a glass container with yellow label. They may also have one for men specifically, but my husband likes this one better. It does cost 24ch, but it works best of anything we've tried.
You can find aluminum free deodorants at any, or most, Apothekes. They can be quite expensive though. I always get mine from the US for around $3.00 from the company Arm & Hammer. If you know someone in the US, have them send you 10 or more of them. I use this deodorant and it works perfectly. It has no aluminum and no paraben. It is called " Essentials ."
Typed your recommendation in google to see what it looks like and found this : Further studies specific to triclosan have shown that it affects reproduction in lab animals, produces toxic chemicals such as dioxin and chloroform when it reacts with other chemicals like the chlorine in water, irritates skin in humans and might even cause cancer. New laboratory studies on rats and frogs show that triclosan can disrupt thyroid hormone, alter development and impair important functions at the cellular level. And a study by British researchers found that triclosan has estrogenic and androgenic hormone properties and exposure could potentially contribute to the development of breast cancer.
You can find them in COOP. At Coop megastore (the big COOP) you have more choice. I have used recently the one from Garnier Aluminium and Parabens free and the SEBAMED Balsam Deo No Aluminum and no Parabens. I find this last one pretty good and it costs around CHF 6.00
Thanks for the info! However, tricolsan is in just about everything toothpaste, soaps especially antibacterial soaps, mouthwashes, clothing, shoes, cosmetics, first aid like burn creams, kitchenware, toys, towels, paints, lip gloss, bronzers, and so on. I would say today you have to use just about everything with caution. The Tricolsan content is very, very, minimal in this deodorant, from what I understand. The majority of the ingredients are baking soda, coriander,rosemary leaf-oil, and lavender. Other ingredients include fragrance,triclosan, tetrasodium, and alantoin, water. It is certainly no worse than aluminum and pebans. Another study stated:
Recently I started using an all mineral deo called CL Kristall Mineral Stick. No perfumes, no alcohol, crystal clear mineral, that's all. Good even for very sensitive skin. I bought it in Germany, but they might have it here, maybe try a drogerie.
Deodorants aren't so hard to find, but are any of the products mentioned so far effective anti-perspirants? I always though aluminum was the key ingredient that stopped your sweat glands from sweating (sounds safe right?? :P)
When I wear deodorants I end up sweating anyway, and the deodorant rarely entirely masks the sweat smell. They just mix into some nasty mish-mash.
I've made my own deoderant with a recipe similar to this (minus the arrowroot powder). It keeps the smell off, but doesn't keep me from sweating. I've heard that the arrowroot powder helps to absorb some of the sweat. It's also important to cover the area well.
I used to wear the Garnier one because it said minerals. It is not aluminum free, only alcohol and parabene free. I was in shock when I found out that you need to peel off the first layer of indications on the back of the product to find the rest of the list which mentions aluminum...
I second Body Shop no nasties ones, too, the roll on is better, no residues. The blue one is pretty genderless, sporty sea kind of scent. It's the best one so far.
Occitane's no parabens no alu vervena is really good, too, nice and lemony, it's masculine but girls can pull it off. That one it's more about perfume, and less about efficiency, but it's pleasant too.
Nothing will beat actually washing yourself quick with some soap, I know it can be a tricky thing to do in public restroom, but if you are wearing acrylic button up dress shirts, and there is a bathrooom you can use privately, it's the most you can do to beat unpleasant sweat, instead of piling up chemical stuff and having hormones eat into your clothes.
By the way, the smell does not have to be you, but your clothes. If shirts are not properly washed, or mildewed, you don't even have to sweat to give out odor, just by warming the fabric as you wear it.
I try to stay away from alu and parabens as much as I can, too.