Antiperspirant stick compositions

1. An antiperspirant stick composition, comprising:

1.5 wt % to 2.0 wt % of an amount of a synthetic wax having a melting point less than or equal to 90° C.;

C 12 -C 15 alkyl benzoates a melting point additive in an amount sufficient to provide the composition with a melting point greater than or equal to 40° C.;

16 wt % to 22 wt % of a fatty alcohol; and

an effective amount of an antiperspirant active agent, wherein the fatty alcohol and the antiperspirant active agent are present at a weight ratio of from 2:1 to 1:2.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic wax has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 100 g/mol to 2000 g/mol.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic wax has a viscosity of from about 0.1 centipoise (cps) to about 20 cps at a temperature of 99° C.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic wax has a penetration value of from about 8 decimillimeters (dmm) to about 30 dmm at 25° C.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic wax has less than 10% branching.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the melting point additive is present at a weight ratio to the synthetic wax to provide the composition with a melting point greater than or equal to 45° C.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the melting point additive and the synthetic wax are present at a weight ratio of from 1:1 to 15:1 melting point additive to synthetic wax.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the melting point additive is present in the composition in an amount from about 5 wt % to about 20 wt %.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the fatty alcohol comprises a saturated or unsaturated C 8 -C 26 fatty alcohol.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the fatty alcohol comprises lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, or a combination thereof.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the antiperspirant active agent is a member selected from the group consisting of aluminum chlorohydrate, aluminum chloride, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum chlorohydrex polyethylene glycol, aluminum chlorohydrex propylene glycol, aluminum dichlorohydrate, aluminum dichlorohydrex polyethylene glycol, aluminum dichlorohydrex propylene glycol, aluminum sesquichlorohydrate, aluminum sesquichlorohydrate polyethylene glycol, aluminum sesquichlorohydrate propylene glycol, aluminum-zirconium octachlorohydrate, aluminum-zirconium octachlorohydrex glycine, aluminum-zirconium pentachlorohydrate, aluminum-zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine, aluminum-zirconium tetrachlorohydrate, aluminum-zirconium tetrachlorohydrex glycine, aluminum-zirconium trichlorohydrate, aluminum-zirconium trichlorohydrex glycine, potassium aluminum sulfate, aluminum undecylenoyl collagen amino acid, sodium aluminum lactate, aluminum sulfate, sodium aluminum chlorohydroxylactate, aluminum bromohydrate, aluminum chlorohydroxyallantoinate, zinc chloride, zinc sulfocarbolate, zinc sulfate, zirconium chlorohydrate, and combinations thereof.

12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the antiperspirant active agent is present in the composition in an amount from about 14 wt % to about 20 wt %.

13. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a lubricant.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the lubricant is a member selected from the group consisting of cyclopentasiloxane, cyclohexasiloxane, dimethylpolysiloxane, methylphenylpolysiloxane, hexamethyldisiloxane, octamethyltrisiloxane, decamethyltetrasiloxane, and combinations thereof.