A body deodorant which is easier to apply, has an improved feeling on the skin and which also leaves no wet feeling includes water, at least one water-soluble polyol selected from the group of polyols having 2-9 C-atoms and 2-6 hydroxyl groups and the polyether polyols having a molecular weight of up to 1000 which are obtained by adding ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide to said types of polyols, 0.1-10 wt.-% water-soluble surfactant, the composition being packed with an aerosol-propulsion gas in a pressurised container the propulsion gas being a mixture of propane/butane and dimethylether.
