Wild Natural Deodorant Review

I ditched harmful non-natural deodorants several months ago. Growing concerned with what they put into those store-bought deodorants like aluminium and other unnatural things that are not good for your body and take a few weeks of detoxing before you rid your body of them.

I am also at odds with myself. I am the world’s biggest sceptic when it comes to most things. The effectiveness of natural deodorants is one of those things.

My first foray into natural deodorants was this MooGoo one. This is a wet roll-on cream, so it’s not so much a roll-on in the traditional sense that it has that wax-type surface transfer you get from a traditional stick deodorant that I prefer. I find the wet deodorants leave your armpits feeling sticky and moist, even if the MooGoo one was the most effective cornucopia of natural deodorants I have tried.

The sad reality is many natural deodorants do not work, at least not compared to many non-natural alternatives. I was and still am an avid Speed Stick fan. When it comes to deodorants that are guaranteed to stop you from sweating, Speed Stick is one of those consistent products that always worked for me and that I compare any natural alternative against.

The first thing you’ll learn about Wild is their grade-A marketing. They are a part of this group of new-age businesses using social media to build their brand and sell products effectively. I was excited, and everything seemed great about Wild.

• A sustainable product free of plastic
• A cool-looking refillable aluminium case
• A great selection of scents to choose from

The price seemed right, and I placed my first order for Wild. I patiently waited, and it took well over a month for my first order to arrive. I am in Australia, and this product was shipping from the UK (presumably economy shipping), so it took longer than expected to get my first order. It took so long that my Wild subscription was ready to renew for a refill, which I delayed.

Unlike others who have to undergo the two-week detox period, I detoxed from aluminium-based deodorants months ago. I had been using the MooGoo roll-on cream successfully and not smelt at the end of the day, so I had a base level to compare to.

My first observation about Wild was that it made me sweat much more than usual. And I work on a computer, so I sit most of the day and do not exert myself. I know natural deodorants don’t stop you from sweating, but it is as if Wild somehow amplified the sweat.

It would get to the end of the day, and my armpits would be soaked, not to mention the number of shirts that have been ruined because this product will stain your clothes. If you sweat with Wild on and it touches your clothes, you will never wash those marks out. Throw it away.

And there is the smell. Even the most ineffective natural deodorants I have tried have not left me as stench-laden as Wild has at the end of the day. I can sit mainly at the computer all day working, and by the end of the day, I smell like I am allergic to showering. If I worked in the office every day, I would be embarrassed.

I wasn’t sure if this was just me; maybe Wild doesn’t work for me. So, I looked up their reviews, and on TrustPilot they have a 4.7 star rating out of 5,150 reviews, most overwhelmingly positive. It wasn’t until I filtered by the average, poor and bad ratings that I read similar stories.

Wild seems to work well for some people and others like me; it works for a little period of time, and then you smell worse than you did before you used Wild. I found it even more disappointing that I experimented with not using Wild and showering twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. I sweated less than I did using Wild, and I smelled better. How did not using anything at all seem more effective for me?

Furthermore, the stick seems to get used up quickly (maybe I am using it too much). It has been a couple of weeks, and the stick is already low to the point where the deodorant falls out if pushed too far. Other natural alternatives I have used seem to last a month, minimum, so this was disappointing.

I wanted to like Wild so badly. The marketing and packaging are slick, and on paper, the product is slick. But, for me, it did not work at all. They need to work on their formula and fix that God-awful case, a nightmare to remove the contents from if you want to replace it.

The product has promise; if it works for you, that is great. But, if you sweat more than a normal amount like me, you exert yourself (exercise, gym, vigorous activity), then you will probably smell and sweat more than you ever have in your life.