For 13 year olds who think Lynx is for babies (Nivea For Men Silver Protect Deoderant)

Member Name: jamesontheroad

Product:	Nivea For Men Silver Protect Deoderant
Date:	15/05/09 (175 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Shiny, so easy to find in the pharmacy.

Disadvantages: Stank-tastic

Living in a major UK city, it's not unusual to see promotions teams loitering the concourse of our larger rail stations. A team employed by Nivea (or whichever faceless multinational sells Nivea products) was there the other day, handing out 35ml samples of this new product to any interested man (or, perhaps worryingly, woman) who was passing.

So I dived in, grabbed a can and later gave it a test. Straight off the shelf, this is evidently marketed towards men, not just with the overlong name, but also the predictable shiny silver / matt silver packaging. I initially grabbed the can because I thought it was another brand of deodorant I used to use... I forget the name because as a male consumer of bodycare products I just go for the shiny silver packaging.

The deodorant itself, however, is more teenage boy than man. Don't be fooled by the masculine design of the spray, because this is an obnoxiously sweet scent for connoisseurs of that pubescent favourite, Lynx. I used it once and got some seriously negative feedback from my girlfriend. She said it made me smell like some kind of sour candy.

I have no feedback to offer on the product's performance as a deodorant because I only used it once and couldn't bear not to wash it off within a couple of hours. My guess is that regardless of whether it deodorises or not, it will certainly overwhelm any bodily odours just as fast as it overwhelmed my girlfriend's sinuses.

Summary: Avoid