Controlling Body Odour Underarm odours create a booming trade for products that claim to stop the pong, but at what cost? The more you pay the more you stink, it seems. Then they tell you that ingredients like aluminium and parabens are linked to breast cancer. What now? Are so-called natural things like bicarb and vinegar supposed to give you the same all-day confidence? At best they will not interfere with perspiration and that will help to reduce your breast cancer potential, but the odour may be exacerbated. We need to understand the mechanisms behind body odours - the science of stink. https://www.naturefresh.co.za/Article/220