Permission to sniff (Palmolive Soft & Gentle Aroma Therapy Soft Jasmine Roll-on)

Member Name: abbadabbado

Product:	Palmolive Soft & Gentle Aroma Therapy Soft Jasmine Roll-on
Date:	15/07/09 (54 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: smells nice and works

Disadvantages: takes ages to dry

Until a couple of months ago, I had an aversion to using any kind of roll on deodorant. I think I associated it with memories of when I was a teenager and was forced to use the roll on variety. I remember them to be sticky, uncomfortable and generally not very fragranced and appealing.
So as soon as I could buy my own deodorant, I was buying sprays or cream sticks.

I am also however a stickler for buying deodorant when it's on offer, and a couple of months ago I went to buy some and there was no sprays on a decent offer. I saw a roll on version of the spray I like to use being promoted at just a £1, so I had no argument not to try it again. I knew the fragrance would be good as I have previously used the spray version. I was praying deodorants had improved over the years.

Whilst this product is called a deodorant, it also acts as an antiperspirant as it is designed to control wetness as well as odour.
In a small pot containing 50ml, I was wondering how long this little pot would last me. I did realise that it would probably last a bit longer than aerosol sprays due to controlling the amount you use in one application, but was still quite intrigued.

I instantly liked the design of the pot you get. Some deodorants have the roller ball at the base which is a good idea. This product doesn't have this smart feature, but the shape of the bottle itself is designed well to fit into your hand comfortably. I appreciate you don't hold this product for very long at one time, but it's thin areas fit well into the shape of hands and makes it comfortable and not clumpy or awkward to hold when applying to arm pits at all.

Undoing the screw lid, which is colour co-ordinated to the fragrance of the product, you are met with a large area which holds a roller ball. Once activated this pulls the liquid from the pot and rolls a layer onto your skin.
The fragrance is a sweet delicate smell which is marketed to smell of jasmine. I like the feminine smells of the soft and gentle range but I do think they smell vaguely similar no matter which one you use.

To apply you just need to give the bottle a shake to encourage the liquid to be on the underneath of the roller ball and then apply to your arm pits. I find this experience quite a long and drawn out process just to apply deodorant. You only need to roll over the area once, but then you are left with two wet patches under your arms.
If you try to put clothes on or do too much before the deodorant has had a chance to dry then you will have a very uncomfortable sticky feeling going on.
I find it takes a good few minutes for the liquid to dry and this is one very big down side to using a roll on deodorant. With a spray it really is just spray and go, but this requires a bit more time.

The most important bit for me is how the deodorant performs through the day. It promises 24 hour control, but there aren't many products on the market that don't promise this and they certainly don't all perform well.
I am pleased to say that this product really does mask any nasty smells throughout the day, even better than the spray version. I do think this is because you get a better coverage with a roll on rather than a spray though.
It does a good job on wetness control, but there are moments when it's very hot that I have found myself with damp patches. This isn't very attractive, but it performs well against other products for 90% of the time so I'm happy with it at the moment.

Being a roll on I do find one bottle will last me about three weeks rather than just over a week for a spray.

Summary: a good cheap deoderant