NIVEA Stress Protect Deodorant Aerosol Review

I'm not a fan of aerosols, and this reminded me why. They go everywhere - a burst of spray sends a cloud up your arm, into your hair, around the room. Positives were that the spray went on dry, so there was no wet feeling, and it did seem to last a long time on an average day. However, the fragrance was way too overpowering for me, like fly spray, and I found it quite sickly after a while. On humid days it didn't hold up very well at all and sweating seemed to make the scent stronger and more overpowering. It also clashed with my perfume so I couldn't wear both. I'll stick to my Mitchum roll-on.

This product performed rather ho hum in my trial. The smell was pleasant to begin with but then I felt it changed on me and I wasn't a fan. Initially felt refreshed by it, but it did not offer the protection I was hoping for in it's claims.

The product is great in that it does what it claims to do - protects against sweat and odour. The smell is nice and it has a nice dry feel on the skin. My problem with it is that it is in aerosol form. I find it hard to breathe when I am spraying, and in fact I had hayfever-type symptoms over the days I was using it - runny nose and sneezing. If I could have this in a roll-on form I would probably buy it!

I found the smell overwhelming and as it's quite a 'dry' spray it's a little hard to connect to its intended target! In saying that I'm not a great fan of spray deodorants but wanted to give this one a fair review. After a few hours of wear on a particularly hot day I didn't think it was that successful. I probably wouldn't use it again.

So I have tried this out a few times before reviewing but I just didn't like it! I have a high stress job and was thinking yay maybe I can finally smell like a girl instead of using my usual unisex roll on. But I found that this aerosol didn't deliver, I had to put it on 3 times in the course of one day! To say the least I was disappointed.

Given that this product is targeted towards protecting against sweat caused by stressful situations, it is a little difficult to review in that context, as I didn't experience any stressful situations while trialling it! :) however, as a deoderant to protect against 'general' sweating I found the product good - although no better than any other, I'm not brand loyal when it comes to deoderant. I do prefer sprays to roll ons so this one gets the thumbs up for that.

I was delighted to have been selected to trial this product. I usually use roll on and don't like my deodorant to be over powering as far as fragrance goes. This product has a very sweet smell and I didn't like it at all. The product delivered on protection against sweat. At my age with fluctuations in temperature on a regular basis, it was put to the test! I found it kept me dry as do other products available, but the smell has really put me off. Sorry Nivea I wouldn't purchase this product. Would look at it if they changed the fragrance.

I haven't used an aerosol deodorant since I was in year 9 - and I probably still wouldn't.

Not saying this didn't do it's job - it did seem to prevent excessive sweating. This was tested during a hot February weekend, so I can vouch that the antiperspirant works.

But the smell is like any other aerosol deodorant - super intense. Spray and then move into the other room unless you want to be chemically gassed out.

When I sprayed it, it was like air - not even cool refreshing air.. So that's probably why there was always an intense smell - I couldn't feel the spray!?

Dry armpits = yes, but at the cost of your lungs?