Most natural bio-bashers just do that - bash the smell with a better smell on top. But they leave me feeling damp under the arm and once you have been used to the dry feeling of antiperspirants it's disconcerting. This one soaks up sweat too so you smell nice, feel dry and are NOT clogging your pores with aluminium salts which have been called into question as toxic and I'd rather not risk it with those no matter how many 'studies' the companies that sell them do.