Sweating is both a regular and necessary occurrence. However, after leaking profusely, having to hide that growing dark circle under your armpits from your fellow classmates is a less-than-ideal outcome when you still have 5 hours on the clock before home time. However, that doesn’t mean there’s no way to reduce how much we sweat and especially reduce the ‘bo’ stench it involves.
Below are 5 must-know tips on how to sweat less and smell better
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The Best Deodorants & Perfumes To Sweat Less & Smell Good
Best Deodorant
Nylaa Mystiq 4×2 250ml Body Sprays
Best Nutty Vanilla Scent
Robusta 100ml Extrait de Parfum
Best Rich & Spicy Scent
Evolution 100ml Extrait de Parfum
Best Gentle Floral Scent
Selene 100ml Extrait de Parfum
Why Do I Sweat So Much?
- Hot Weather: As winter approaches, it may be tempting to have the central heating on blast, but this may be contributing to your sweating issue. The sweat glands produce this moisture to evaporate on the skin and cool down your body; although the sweat itself is odourless, the bacteria it carries are not.
- Anxiety: Feeling anxious or stressed can activate stress hormones like adrenaline to prepare your muscles for any danger. A rise in heart rate and sweating is a key giveaway for anxiety-induced sweating.
- Menopause: Menopause induced sweating can decrease estrogen and cause your brain to become hypersensitive toward body regulation, causing your sweat glands and blood vessels to overcompensate for small changes in temperature. Resulting in hot flushes, night sweats and general excessive sweating.
- Exercise: Simply put, the more you move, the more your temperature rises, and, the more sweat will form as an attempt to cool your body down.
- Medical: Excessive sweating can derive from a condition called ‘hyperhidrosis‘, which causes the body to produce more sweat than the body requires. For more insight into the symptoms and causes, we recommend you talk to your GP.
5 Tips on How To Sweat Less & Smell Good For Students
#1 Keep Calm
From my experience, the very idea of not wanting others to know you’re beginning to sweat can make you sweat even more. Anxiety and self- consciousness have a major role to play in these scenarios. Finding ways to calm yourself down, such as deep breathing or small meditation exercises, will help ground you and reduce anxiety-related sweating.
A meditation practice that works for me involves bringing awareness to each of my senses. Taking special notice of everything that I can feel, see and hear around me while I control my breathing.
#2 Anti-Perspirant
Once the stink process has begun, there’s a trap in thinking that the solution is to mindlessly add more and more perfume on yourself until the smell disappears. In actuality, all you’re doing is briefly masking the issue, and it will show itself again shortly..
How to sweat less is simple. You need to attack the problem at the source. Anti-perspirant roll-on and deodorants are perfect for preventing sweat build-up early on, neutralising the smell and giving you a great base to then add your exotic scents.
Sweathelp has great insights into how this process works. However, for a quick overview of the process: Antiperspirant is applied to the skin; this then mixes with perspiration in the sweat duct, causing a chemical reaction that’ll plug the sweat glands and reduce the flow of perspiration.
#3 Night Sweats
Waking up after a full night of sleep can feel like you’ve just swum 10 laps around the local pool, desperately needing to dry off with a new change of clothes. But what causes you night sweats?
Your sleep environment. The clothes, blanket and pillow that may have worked during winter may not work as well in high temperatures. Adapting to the climate with loose-fitting clothes, lightweight blankets and pillows made from materials that can maximise airflow, such as temperature-regulating cotton, linen or a nylon/ polyethylene blend, will help prevent you from overheating and sweating in the night.
Opening windows and/or your door at night will go a long way in stopping you from sweating in the night as it releases trapped heat.
#4 How To Smell Good With Summer Fragrances
After creating a strong base with your anti-perspirant/deodorant, it’s vital that you pair that up with a budget fragrance. The I’m Rasasi range is perfect for students on a tight budget. These scents are typically light, refreshing aromas that help you feel as if taking a swig of your favourite juice, create a long-lasting impression that can withstand your school routine and put some much-needed pep in your step.
We have a dedicated list for 10 of the best summer fragrances here; however, we’d like to add a few of 2026’s key additions you must add to your radar.
#5 Shower Consistently
Outside the obvious hygiene requirements, it’s particularly important to go one step beyond your regular shower routine if sweating is a consistent issue. It’s not the sweat itself that causes the odour but the bacteria within it. Males especially can be affected by this since body hair results in more moist areas and bacteria to live in. Paying special attention to key forgotten areas such as the groin, waist and behind the ears is how you smell good for longer.
We have a number of gift sets that can help with your shower and beauty routine, boosting the longevity of the fragrances you apply.
