Sports Skunk - Eco Sports Deodoriser is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
"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
Real Households.
What Customers Say After the Switch
From greenwash-burned shoppers to allergy households — here's what changed when they swapped in Sampson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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?
“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
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.
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.
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.
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)
Eco-Strips Floor CleanerBandelettes pour planchers
Dissolvable strips. No bottle. 60 strips/pack.Bandelettes dissolubles. Sans bouteille. 60/sachet.
Eco Floor Cleaner (Liquid)Nettoyant planchers (Liquide)
Concentrate refill. Same chemistry, liquid format.Recharge concentrée. Même chimie, format liquide.
Kitchen & SurfacesCuisine & surfaces (4)
Eco Dish SoapSavon à vaisselle
Cuts grease. Plant-derived. No phosphates.Coupe la graisse. Végétal. Sans phosphates.
Eco All-Purpose SprayVaporisateur tout usage
One bottle, every surface. Streak-free.Une bouteille, chaque surface. Sans traces.
Eco Stainless SteelAcier inoxydable
No oily residue. Cleans, doesn't coat.Sans résidu huileux. Nettoie sans enrober.
Eco Super DegreaserDégraisseur puissant
Cuts industrial grease without solvents.Coupe la graisse industrielle sans solvants.
Bathroom & GlassSalle de bain & verre (2)
Laundry & HandsLessive & mains (4)
Eco Laundry HELessive HE
HE-certified. Plant surfactants. Quats-free.Certifié HE. Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans quats.
Eco Fabric SoftenerAssouplissant
Soft fabrics, light scent. Plant-derived softening.Tissus doux, parfum léger. Adoucissement végétal.
Eco Hand SoapSavon à mains
Plant surfactants. No drying SLS or parabens.Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans SLS ni parabènes.
Eco Foaming Hand SoapSavon à mains moussant
Pre-foamed. Less product per wash. Same plant base.Pré-moussé. Moins de produit par lavage. Même base végétale.
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 Skunk | Conventional gear / fabric odour spray | "Natural" / greenwashed odour spray | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it handles odour | Binds odour molecules (zinc ricinoleate) | Masks with stronger synthetic fragrance | Often still masks, with a "natural" scent |
| Active source | Plant-derived (castor bean) | Synthetic odour-cover blend | Rarely disclosed |
| Scent | Ships without synthetic fragrance; light natural peppermint note | Synthetic fragrance — phthalate carrier likely | Single "natural" scent, source rarely disclosed |
| Skin-contact safe, no rinse | Yes — for pad linings and shin-guard interiors | Often warns against skin contact | Sometimes claimed, rarely verifiable |
| Named ingredients on label | 6 — all published | "Fragrance" undisclosed; full list rarely on PDP | Partial disclosure typical |
| Sulfates / phosphates | None of either | Variable, often present | Sometimes disclosed |
| Biodegradable to OECD 301D | Yes (disclosed on label) | Rarely | Sometimes claimed |
| Made in | Montreal, Canada (disclosed) | Often not disclosed | Often 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

