Choosing a deodorant for summer usually leads to disappointment for me, a heavy perspirer. As a beauty writer, I usually begin the season sampling a new deodorant, which though appealingly packaged or scented winds up not working. I invariably end up with a tried-and-true drugstore anti-perspirant , white formula leaving streaks on clothes. But this season I started a fling with a cool new deodorant, Oak Essentials Microbiome Balancing Deodorant , and I’m loving it even more than I did when I first tried it—so much so that I’m dabbing it on my neck as my summer scent.

I initially thought the stick was weird, since it’s an otherworldy shade of blue and comes in the pale matte packaging that’s in line with creator Jenni Kayne’s Cali Chic vibe . The stick glides on more like a gel than

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