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Third PSA: deodorant smells fucking awful. I would rather smell your natural stink, though I'd most prefer if you just bathed regularly.
Fourth PSA: your surface microbiome can be cultivated through diet and washing habits. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your pit stink will be mild even when you've been exercising. (However, your microbiome is inherited from your parents, so if they were disgusting, you might need probiotics)
I used to be able to skip antiperspirant and just use non-scented deodorant.
And then I birthed a kid. My hormone balance has never been the same and I stink more. Deodorant is a necessity now.
People are different and need different levels of hygiene control.
Probably you are overthinking it. Even bathing is new to humans, you don't "need" it
Bathing is NOT new to humans. For example lots of Native Americans used to bath regularly. And some used plant saponins or even soap (wood ash and fat) to help clean up.