Mum (deodorant)
{{Short description|Brand of deodorant}}
Mum was the first brand of commercial deodorant. Containing a zinc compound as its active ingredient, it was developed in Philadelphia in 1888.Joey Green (2004) Joey Green's Incredible Country Store: Potions, Notions, and Elixirs of the Past--And How to Make Them Today, Rodale Press {{ISBN|1-57954-848-2}} According to the manufacturer's web-site, "The MUM brand owes its name to a nurse of the inventor, who was nicknamed "Mum".{{cite web | url=https://www.mum-deo.nz/en/story/#:~:text=1888%3A%20The%20first%20deodorant,who%20was%20nicknamed%20%22Mum%22 | title=Story }} Another source claims that the brand was named after the term "mum" from the phrase "Mum's the word", meaning to keep silent. Mum was originally sold as a cream in a jar and applied with the fingertips. The small company was bought by Bristol-Myers in 1931.
Branding as "Ban"
In the late 1940s, an employee (Helen Diserens) developed an applicator based on the newly invented ball-point pen. In 1952, the company began marketing the product under the name Ban Roll-On. In 1958, the product was launched in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations as Mum Rollette.
The product was briefly withdrawn from the market in the United States,{{When|date=March 2016}}{{Why|date=July 2023}} but is again widely available.{{cite web |url=http://www.feelbanfresh.com/Where-to-Buy.aspx |title=Where To Buy |author= |date= |work=Ban |accessdate=April 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.bandeodorant.com/en-us/where-to-buy/|archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
It is popular in Australia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. In the Philippines, it was sold in the 1970s and 1980s but has since been withdrawn.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
Ban is now owned by Kao Corporation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
In the UK Mum is made by Dendron Ltd,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dddltd.co.uk/dendron/|title=DDD Limited - Dendron | Tailored marketing, sales and distribution solutions|website=www.dddltd.co.uk}} under license from The Procter & Gamble Co.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/mum-roll-on-anti-perspirant-deodorant--light-pink-50ml?storeId=10151&langId=44&krypto=VdEODpPtywuRKXyJLzfHsBEyaqBtBVvM%2BUiAaibi6g%2FRPXNGCuC%2BNC6D%2Fv1zOOfLa4IL9wEyhNjcAaghFavxgt6hX4xrxHZLFPJtTimO6UA%2BzkquOuVYGj6SFIKP%2FYayb0Wxxo%2BnKXyxkSCvuo2uYpQ%2BAcq6SfSzd3jn3SoCgu8%3D&ddkey=https%3Agb%2Fgroceries%2Fmum-roll-on-anti-perspirant-deodorant--light-pink-50ml|title=Sainsbury's - Please enable cookies or JavaScript|website=www.sainsburys.co.uk}}
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