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I'm crafting a deodorant recipe and am hoping someone can recommend a replacement for cocoa butter, as deodorized CB is just so expensive. I've only ever used shea and a little mango or sal here and there, so I don't know how most compare when it comes to texture, hardness, odor, moisture and all that.

Since this is a deodorant, I'd like it to glide on easily but not leave a noticeable moisturized feel behind. It shouldn't be dry/crumbly (I think the cocoa butter is making my recipe a bit crumbly). Hardness isn't too important as I can adjust that with wax.

Thank you, everyone! As always, your input is much appreciated.

Try using Kokum Butter. It is almost as solid as Coco Butter but doesn't have a lingering scent and glides on so well. Let me know how it turns out for you.

Both mango and kokum are pretty similar to cocoa butter. Mango sometimes has a fatty butter type scent to it, while kokum usually doesn't have much of an odor. But mango butter is usually more expensive than deodorized cocoa butter & kokum, plus some people with nut allergies do have reactions to kokum.

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Genny