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Sports Skunk - Eco Sports Deodoriser

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Diana Trasente, CEO and Environmental Engineer

"After 25+ years cleaning up polluted soil and water, we turned that same science on the products inside your home."

Diana Trasente, CEO, M.Eng.

Environmental Engineer & Co-Founder

Founded by Environmental EngineersChild & Pet Safe Ingredients20,000+ Happy CustomersProudly Made in Canada

Real Households.

What Customers Say After the Switch

From greenwash-burned shoppers to allergy households — here's what changed when they swapped in Sampson.

4.8 / 5 Verified Reviews 20,000+ Canadian Households
Sports Skunk Eco Sports Deodoriser

Two boys in hockey and a minivan that smelled like a locker room. Sprayed the pads and bags, let them dry overnight, and the smell was actually gone — not covered, gone. First thing that has worked on the goalie gear.

3/14/2026
MT
Marc-André T.
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Sports Skunk Eco Sports Deodoriser

I like that I can read every ingredient and that there is no synthetic fragrance added. I spray my son's shin guards and gloves where they sit against his skin without worrying about a perfume cloud. Mint note is light, not overpowering.

2/2/2026
GR
Geneviève R.
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Sports Skunk Eco Sports Deodoriser

Used it on cleats and a gym bag that were beyond help. Took two applications on the bag but it worked. Dries fast, no sticky residue, and I am not breathing in synthetic fragrance every time I open the closet now.

1/22/2026
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Sylvain B.
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Sports Skunk Eco Sports Deodoriser

Works well on the skates and helmet. The deep-set smell in old pads needed a few rounds, so it is not instant on badly absorbed gear — but it does get there. Would buy a larger refill size if it existed.

12/18/2025
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Catherine L.
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Why the smell comes back a few hours after you spray

Gear odour does not live on the surface. It lives in the foam.

Sweat soaks into the padding and textile of hockey gear, cleats, gloves, and bags, where odour molecules sit deep in the foam. A masking spray lays fragrance over the top — it smells fine until the cover-scent fades and the original odour is still there. Sports Skunk works the other way: zinc ricinoleate binds the odour molecules themselves, so there is nothing left to come back.

Spray cleaning products can contain 63–99% total VOCs by weight — the synthetic carriers and fragrance behind most aerosol odour sprays (Aerosol & Air Quality Research)

Indoor VOC levels run 2–5× higher than outdoor — up to 10× during and after spraying cleaning products in closed rooms like a garage or mudroom (EPA TEAM)

Synthetic fragrance can hide phthalates under the single word "fragrance" — nearly 100% of people tested carry detectable phthalate levels (Calafat et al. 2010 — CDC/NHANES, Environmental Health Perspectives)

Diana Trasente and Angelo Diadelfo, environmental engineers and founders of Sampson Eco Shop, photographed in their Montreal lab
The FoundersLes fondateurs EST. 2010
30+ YearsAns Decontaminating industrial sites across Canada before we ever made a household cleaner. À décontaminer des sites industriels au Canada avant même de fabriquer un nettoyant ménager.
Diana Trasente & Angelo Diadelfo
M.Eng. · Environmental Engineers

Built by Engineers. Not Marketers. Conçu par des ingénieurs. Pas des marketeurs.

We Spent 30+ Years Cleaning Up Contamination. Then We Checked Under the Sink. Nous avons passé 30+ ans à décontaminer des sites. Puis nous avons regardé sous l'évier.

Diana Trasente and Angelo Diadelfo are environmental engineers with Master's degrees and over 30 years remediating contaminated soil and water across Canada. They know industrial chemicals intimately — PCBs, heavy metals, synthetic surfactants, petroleum solvents. Diana Trasente et Angelo Diadelfo sont des ingénieurs en environnement avec des maîtrises et plus de 30 ans d'expérience en décontamination de sols et d'eau au Canada.

Then they started reading the labels on their own household cleaners. The same classes of synthetic chemicals they spent their careers cleaning up were sitting in their kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room. Puis ils ont commencé à lire les étiquettes des nettoyants ménagers chez eux. Les mêmes classes de produits chimiques qu'ils passaient leur carrière à nettoyer se trouvaient dans leur cuisine, salle de bain et buanderie.

In 2010, they founded Sampson Eco Shop — applying the same scientific rigor to household cleaners that they applied to environmental remediation. Every product starts with one question: What's actually in here, and is it safe to put down a drain? En 2010, ils ont fondé Sampson Eco Shop — appliquant la même rigueur scientifique aux nettoyants ménagers qu'à la décontamination. Chaque produit commence par une question: Qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et est-ce sécuritaire de l'envoyer dans un drain?

M.Eng. Environmental
Since 2010 Depuis 2010
Montreal, Canada
20,000+ Families 20 000+ familles
“Every cleaner we make starts with the same question we'd ask on a contamination site: what's actually in here, and what happens when it goes down the drain?” “Chaque nettoyant qu'on fabrique commence par la même question qu'on poserait sur un site contaminé: qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et qu'est-ce qui se passe quand ça va dans le drain?”
— Diana Trasente, M.Eng. — Diana Trasente, M.Ing.

The Method

It binds the odour, it does not cover it

How zinc ricinoleate reaches absorbed gear odour and neutralizes it at the source

1

Reach the odour where it sits

Sprayed liberally onto gear, the bio-ethanol carrier penetrates the foam and padding fast, taking the active to the absorbed odour deep in the material rather than just wetting the surface.

2

Bind the odour molecules

Zinc ricinoleate, derived from castor bean, captures and holds the odour molecules at the chemical level. The molecule is bound, not covered — which is the difference between neutralizing and masking.

3

Dry without residue

The bio-ethanol carrier evaporates as the gear air-dries, leaving the bound odour behind in the foam. No sulfate film, no phosphate carrier, no rinse needed on skin-contact linings.

4

Re-apply to stay ahead of build-up

A full season of sweat may need a second pass. Applied after each use, it keeps new odour from accumulating in the padding instead of fighting a deep set-in smell later.

One Line. Every Room.Une gamme. Chaque pièce.

14 Cleaners. Same Engineers. Same Standards.14 nettoyants. Mêmes ingénieurs. Mêmes standards.

Replace what's under your sink one product at a time. Every Sampson Eco cleaner is plant-based, biodegradable, and built by environmental engineers.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier un produit à la fois. Chaque nettoyant Sampson Eco est à base de plantes, biodégradable et conçu par des ingénieurs en environnement.

FloorsPlanchers (2)
Kitchen & SurfacesCuisine & surfaces (4)
Bathroom & GlassSalle de bain & verre (2)
Laundry & HandsLessive & mains (4)
AirAir (1)

Replace what's under your sink, one cleaner at a time.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier, un nettoyant à la fois.

Every cleaner in the line is engineered by Diana & Angelo. Same standards, every formula.Chaque nettoyant de la gamme est conçu par Diana et Angelo. Mêmes standards, chaque formule.

Format Matters

Neutralizing versus masking

The same shelf, three different ways of dealing with gear odour

Sampson Sports SkunkConventional gear / fabric odour spray"Natural" / greenwashed odour spray
How it handles odourBinds odour molecules (zinc ricinoleate)Masks with stronger synthetic fragranceOften still masks, with a "natural" scent
Active sourcePlant-derived (castor bean)Synthetic odour-cover blendRarely disclosed
ScentShips without synthetic fragrance; light natural peppermint noteSynthetic fragrance — phthalate carrier likelySingle "natural" scent, source rarely disclosed
Skin-contact safe, no rinseYes — for pad linings and shin-guard interiorsOften warns against skin contactSometimes claimed, rarely verifiable
Named ingredients on label6 — all published"Fragrance" undisclosed; full list rarely on PDPPartial disclosure typical
Sulfates / phosphatesNone of eitherVariable, often presentSometimes disclosed
Biodegradable to OECD 301DYes (disclosed on label)RarelySometimes claimed
Made inMontreal, Canada (disclosed)Often not disclosedOften not disclosed

The format is the difference. Same plant chemistry, same engineering rigor — without the bottle, the water weight, or the synthetic add-ons.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Gear, skin contact, scent, and what is in the bottle

No. Sports Skunk is built for gear and equipment — hockey pads, skates, cleats, gloves, helmets, gym bags, and sports shoes. It is gentle enough to contact skin where gear sits against you, like pad linings, but it is not formulated or sold as a personal underarm deodorant.
It removes it. Zinc ricinoleate binds the odour molecules at the chemical level and holds them, rather than laying a stronger fragrance on top. That is why the smell does not return when a cover-scent would have faded — there is no cover-scent doing the work.
Hockey pads and equipment, skates, cleats, gloves, helmets, gym and duffel bags, shin guards, and sports shoes — anywhere odour absorbs into foam, padding, or textile. Spray inside the gear, not just the outer shell, since that is where the odour sits.
Yes. It is gentle enough to apply on skin-contact surfaces like pad linings and shin-guard interiors with no rinse required. As with any product, if you have sensitive skin you can spot-test a small area first.
It ships without synthetic fragrance — a light natural peppermint note from the peppermint extract in the formula — so households sensitive to synthetic fragrance can use it as-is. If you want a stronger scent, Sampson sells natural essential-oil fragrances separately — add a few drops.
For best results, spray after each use so new odour does not build up in the padding. Gear with a full season of set-in odour may need a couple of passes, letting it air-dry between applications.
Six named ingredients: water, zinc ricinoleate, bio-ethanol, a biodegradable chelator, a preservative, and peppermint extract. Formulated without sulfates, phosphates, parabens, and synthetic fragrance. The full list is published — read it and decide what fits your household.
Yes. Biodegradable per OECD 301D and phosphate-free, formulated by Diana and Angelo Diadelfo, M.Eng. Environmental, in Montreal. Sampson has been making plant-based household products in Canada since 2010, used by over 20,000 Canadian households.