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As to needing a fresh base layer daily...we are all different, but I would like to mention something that I discovered several years ago and like very much:
http://www.luckyvitamin.com/086449300093.html
This "crystal" spray deodorant is really wonderful. It has no odor at all, and seems like plain water. What it actually is is a solution of mineral salts in water. It does NOT have aluminum salts, but has other mineral salts like perhaps magnesium salts, etc that are harmless. How it works is that it creates a PH environment on your skin that the underarm bacteria cannot thrive in. Odor happens when those bacteria multiply over the day. The mineral salts create a pH that the bacteria have a hard time breeding in. So in a way this deodorant works the very same way as the wool does- creating an underarm environment where bacteria will not thrive and multiply much.
I really like this stuff and it is much more natural than most commercial deodorants. It leaves no residue and does not have any perfumes at all.
It also comes in a crystal salt "rock" form that you wet and glide on, but I like the little pump spray myself. (non-aerosol of course, so doesn't hurt the environment)

All aluminum compounds (including alum, which is in the Crystal products) make me itch like a crazed flea-ridden beast. And I'm a major stinky-sweat monster. My friend's mom taught me a trick that works well and doesn't make me itch. (I think she did it out of self preservation!) Use a regular ol' stick deodorant, dip it in baking soda, and then put it on. The little bit of baking soda does the same thing as Crystal deodorant, with out the itchy alum. Awesome! (cuz I'm really really not fun when I'm stinky)

I've accidentally smeared the deodorant/baking soda mix on just about every wool shirt I own, and it seems to come out just fine in the wash.

Edit: the Crystal I tried was the solid alum chunk. I don't know if the alum in water spray that Lisa uses would be less itchy. I haven't tried the spray.