Antiperspirant prevents sweating. Deoderant is made to mask the smell of your pits (or wherever you put the stuff). Most deodorant includes antiperspirant.
My guess on why they are different for men in women is there is an assumption that men sweat more but don't need to smell pretty whereas there is an assumption women need less sweat protection (we glisten) but really want our pits to smell nice. So even when it's ph balance for a man and made for women or whatever the hell there's not really a science behind it.
Personally, I like men smells better so I use that even though I really don't sweat all that much.
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Date: 2008-06-16 09:53 pm (UTC)My guess on why they are different for men in women is there is an assumption that men sweat more but don't need to smell pretty whereas there is an assumption women need less sweat protection (we glisten) but really want our pits to smell nice. So even when it's ph balance for a man and made for women or whatever the hell there's not really a science behind it.
Personally, I like men smells better so I use that even though I really don't sweat all that much.