Buy the milk + honey No. 09 Baking Soda Free Deodorant.

It skips the ingredient that keeps making Tom's users itch, and it does it for less money.

What was compared

1. No baking soda, no angry armpit rash
Milk + honey No. 09 is explicitly baking soda free. Reviewers of Tom's Wild Lavender describe itching that got worse over days, the classic baking soda irritation pattern. If your skin reacts badly to that ingredient, this is the one that does not gamble with it.
2. Tea tree fights the bacteria, not just the smell
No. 09 pairs lavender with tea tree, which actually works against odor-causing bacteria. Tom's Wild Lavender is scent alone, covering the smell rather than addressing what causes it. For real odor control, that is the ingredient doing the work.
3. Less money per ounce for the same promise
This Tom's listing works out to $8.89 per ounce, milk + honey comes in at $6.92 per ounce. Both are pitching aluminum-free, no artificial fragrance, so you are not paying extra for anything you can actually feel or smell.
4. Fewer stories of it just quitting on people
Multiple Tom's reviewers report odor breaking through within hours, one flatly saying do not buy it. The research on milk + honey's No. 09 turned up no comparable pattern of it failing mid-day.
5. Yes, Tom's has the bigger brand story. Doesn't fix the pit.
Tom's B Corp status and its 10 percent profit donation are real and worth respecting. But unless you are buying specifically to fund that giving program, you are choosing based on what happens under your arm, and that is where milk + honey wins. We don't think most people buy deodorant for the corporate paperwork.