Published 10 February 2025

8 min read

The deodorants market is booming with more luxury-driven design, blurring once-rigid category lines defining deodorants as non-glamorous personal care. Fine fragrance inspires exciting scent profiles for heightened sensoriality, while skincare-first and natural formulas cater to shaving irritation. Product versatility is also noteworthy – clever formats are presenting a more mindful approach.

A New Category Outlook

Sophisticated Scents

Format Innovation

Mindful Design

A category ripe for reinvention, deodorants are being rebranded from overlooked everyday basics to luxury status, delivering a more aspirational product experience beyond their utilitarian purpose.   

A category ripe for reinvention, deodorants are being rebranded from overlooked everyday basics to luxury status, delivering a more aspirational product experience beyond their utilitarian purpose.   

Summary

A New Category Outlook

A category ripe for reinvention, deodorants are being rebranded from overlooked everyday basics to luxury status, delivering a more aspirational product experience beyond their utilitarian purpose.   

Sophisticated Scents

Brands are creating more complex scent profiles inspired by fine fragrance. Premium scents and high-quality ingredients are providing sensory excitement for pleasure-seekers, while offering an accessible entry point into perfumery.

Format Innovation

The deodorants category is being levelled-up with advanced skincare-infused formulas, natural ingredients and climate-adaptive technology. Meanwhile, products are diversifying with nuance to suit a broader range of needs beyond the armpit.

Mindful Design

Stain-proof formulas offer fabric preservation, while keepsake refill packaging pleases both people and planet.

Redefining Deodorants: Luxury Scents & Elevated Routines

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