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Deodorant rocks are alum crystal. Alum powder is the same stuff ground down to a powder. It is a deodorant, not an anti perspirant. You do not stop sweating when you use alum. It just kills the bacteria that cause the odour (which is why you can use it to temporarily clear the gamy scent of clothing as well).
I have used the crystals for years! Yes, just as you say, they are wonderful in so many ways!
They don't stain clothes, last seemingly forever, leave no sticky or feeling of residue on the body, keep me odor-free for more that 24h should I forget to reapply.
I've been reading your other comments with delight. Thank you for informing me about the powder form, I shall seek it out at once! I have found it difficult to buy them locally in the last year and the price online is often insane. I'm also quite the large-handed man so I butterfingers the sticks quite often and they shatter easily due to their brittleness, but ofc I'm to frugal to throw it away so I use the razor-sharp shards until they are small pea-size. Now I can use the powder and have infinite supply mwahahahaha!
The other great aspect is the odor neutralization aspect you mentioned. I do workout and it's very possible to lose sense of your own cloud of aroma. I've used pet enzyme spray to rid pits of persistent smells that no other cleaner thus far can remove, as (as far as I understand it) they don't break down the stank proteins and molecules like the enzyme. But if this alum powder produces the same result as the enzyme spray, I bow and thank you again. Can't wait to try it.