Really what it boils down to is body chemistry. Just because it works for someone else, doesn’t mean it’s gonna work for you. What smells awesome on one person can smell like rotten vegetables on another. Try a bunch of different ones (at different times, please!) and find out which one works for you.
Yeah, I think repulsed is a strong word. Most girls will say a guy smells good when he’s wearing Axe. But I have never been dry-humped when wearing it.
Actually, I always thought the AXE commercials were the dumbest things, but I have to say (and I’m probaly the only one), the right AXE scent really does flip a switch somehwere inside me and somewhere in the recesses of my brain I think those commercials aren’t so farfetched after all.
But of course, social propriety stops me from attacking guys that smell goooooood.
I agree with Feisty – it’s all about body chemistry. I have no way of knowing how many guys actually wear AXE that I just ignore because it smells like every other generic cologne. The ones whose chemistry works with the scent they choose are the ones I notice. I mean, REALLY notice.
Similarly, when my friends try out the perfume that smells so great on me, it usually ends up smelling generically perfume-y.
I believe Lachlans comment was directed towards every female posting on this saying how good (or awful) so-and-so smells in Axe, hence why it is plural and not singular.
you could also buy one of dozens of other milder, and almost certainly, sexier deoderatns out there. I like my man to smell like a man, and not like a 12 year old boy trying to be a man.
That would be a student discomfort and safety issue, so the school had to do something about it, and adding proper body spray usage to health class curriculum wouldn’t do much good.
Actually they can coexist. Axe is a body spray/deodorant, not an anti-perspirant, unless you get Axe dry (which smells much less intense and usually better, on me anyways).
I liked the ad for a competing body spray (though since I can’t remember the brand, I guess it wasn’t quite as effective as it should have been) with the woman explaining how she only wants to be able to smell your body spray when she’s intimately close, not from 50 feet away.
This did apparently get to be a problem, with eager/clueless teenage boys absolutely drenching themselves in the stuff and getting less action than complains about the heavy smell, which aggravates some people’s allergies.
Well, at least he doesn’t smell like BO. Some girl who will eventually like him will probably hold her breath and get close enough to tell him to tone it down
I can say repulsed. As, other than my fiance, any guy I have known to use Axe.. practically BATHES in it. And they spray have the damn thing when you’re in the room so you can’t help but cough for a half an hour.
Ok, I’m an old fart and my wife says she loves Obsession for Men. I hate wearing cologne, but hey, now I have a trump card! And this graph is funny because it applies to any advertising. Hell, they’d use hot babes to sell “Preparation H” if they thought anyone would think they’d get hot babes if they’d would only buy our overpriced a..ss creme!
However, back in the day I when I could get away with the cologne thing, (many many many years ago) I did actually have women sniff me all up and down! It was only a few times, but at the time it was an awesome ego booster! Now I’m thrilled if I don’t smell like “old guy” in the morning!
OMCC! My dad used to use English Leather. He did amateur photography and had a darkroom in a basement closet. He kept all his slides in the wooden boxes that English Leather came in. When I was five or six, I loved to sit in the darkroom and watch the glow-in-the-dark clock he used to time the developer and smell those stacks of English Leather boxes. The remnant scent would seep into the slide cardboard frames, and when he’d show the slides, the heat would release it and fill the air with the faintest traces of scent. To my mind Paris and Viet Nam and the Wisconsin Dells will always smell subtly of English Leather.
ah, le eau de underclass,very popular wiz ze teenage boys ien?it comes in tub-waterr and *ferbreze*canister for your fabrics.
*Said that in an outrageous FRENCH accent*
You should just ask a close female friend if the Axe you use is right for you. They have many different scents… and when used in moderation with the right body chemistry can really have the right reaction.
I mean, chicks wont be ripping off your clothes or anything, but thats because of certain standards we set for ourselves… it will however (if the right one is used… and again in moderation) be very arousing to the right females.
My boyfriend uses Kilo and I cant get enough of him when he does.
I went to a party, like two weeks ago, and one of the girls there, Kayla, was all like, bys, Josh smells good! And then like half of them came over just to smell me. I was like wtfff. And I was wearing chocolate axe, so.
I’m guessing Axe is the same as Lynx in UK? In which case, I agree with graph. Sexiest smell on man is ‘clean man’. Maybe a little natural stuff, like Neals Yard. But smelling like a chemical factory – no way. Tis gross.
Some of the young men I know use axe, and yes when they first start out wearing it they usually smell like they bathed in it, washed their clothes in it, and then sprayed it all over again for good measure. Not attractive, unless an instant headache and an urge to run outside and vomit gets you in the mood. A clean male who takes care of himself is *always* going to be more attractive to the opposite sex than some guy reeking of Axe or any other chemical.
Interesting to try to interpret this particular ad. It looks like all of the women and a man are running [i]away[/i] from it, that is far away from axe. It would be especially poignant if you took the left-most panel away.
I totally <3 Old Spice – the original stuff, not the newer varied scents. It only smells like old man to people whose dads didn't use it in their youth, I think – my dad wasn't an old man back in the day when he used it, so I don't think of old men when I smell it.
Of course my dad used to lather up with a cake of lather in a special Old Spice cup and a shaving brush, back in the days before disposable plastic razors and shaving cream in a spray can
That mild scent – not sprayed on, but lingering from his shave, is what I think of when I smell Old Spice.
Ugh. My brother wears Axe and sprays it all over, along with every guy in school. They seem to think it smells good but getting near someone with Axe on gives me an instant headache. I also tend to run away quickly…
I want to rip off my shirt and spray it all over my hard abs and obliques. The ladies will come flicking. Why don’t they show skinny awkward pubescent males using it in the commercials? I also hate the one where the nasty crusty dude sprays it on and all of the sudden he’s all clean. I think he would just smell like axe AND body funk.
nah, i really do like axe! and i know many other chicks that do, too; there was actually a sign put up at the local grocery store that said, “Ladies, please do not open or spray Axe products.” How it smells on a man, however, does not determine the attractiveness of the man; if he’s ewwy, it won’t change that.
The body wash smells pretty strong, too. My brother left some in the shower UNCAPPED of course, and it fell and spilled on my foot. I smelled like a teenage boy for hours. Even though it was diluted with a lot of water, it was still repulsively strong. Gross.
I happen to think the best smells on guys are clean laundry and just regular soap. :/ And warm scents, but not so much spicy.
i like the smell of a CLEAN(as in soap) man …just a hint. your right colonge or axe they’re both pretty weird smelling.trust me i new a guy who litterally showered and i mean showered in the stuff. i had to stand at least 10 feet away from him and my friend couldnt
even be in the same room with him or she’d start having an allergie attack .:(
If you’re so superficial that the price spent on hygiene products is what matters to you, then a sensible guy wouldn’t want a chance with you in the first place.
Gawd, whenever anyone uses Axe at my school, the whole hallway smells of it. It’s so disgusting. D:
I’d rather a guy just smell clean than smell like he’s taken a bath in a vat of body spray.
Okay ladies, as much as I enjoy reading your amusing grievances against Axe and its products, would be as so kind as to give us guys suggestions on what scent to wear? I would like to attract the opposite sex as much as possible, so any help would do…I see cologne, but that is too general. Specifics, ladies, specifics!
Unfortunately, smartz, each person’s body chemistry combines w/ fragrance in a different way…PLUS, whether or not something smells good is purely subjective. So…there is no specific name we can give for a fantastic-smelling cologne that will result in women crawling all over you, trying to inhale your manly scent.
Maybe try going to the cologne counter of a department store w/ a female friend and have her be your guinea pig? Looks like most women here, if the comments mean anything like “clean”–just a nice deodorant soap will do a lot of the time. But if you have to use cologne, try something fresh & clean smelling–maybe a little woodsy, perhaps?
The problem is I really don’t have any female friends to hang out with…which is why I am asking for advice. I mean, I don’t think I look absolutely monstrous, just not attractive enough for average woman to look my way, not to mention I am the most social guy…I’m horribly shy when trying to talk to a woman I am interested in.
People tell you to “be yourself”, but what if “yourself” is a socially awkward individual who has very few non-family relationships and even though they want to talk with women, the mind is blank when it comes to initiating a conversation because you think you have nothing in common and will laugh at you for stumbling over your words like back in middle and high school and reject you outright because you look like a dork, no matter how well you dress and much confidence you muster up. Not to mention the dreaded “can we just be friends” phrase, with any female person you managed to befriend denies your feelings when after years of admiration you gather the courage to ask them out on a date.
So yea, if you are repulsed and avoid a guy mearly because of their brand of deorderant, why not just tell them “hey, you really shouldn’t us that, it stinks”…they will stop using it because a woman said so. I mean, the reason they bought is to hope to make women’s attention. To deny that attention while letting the guy be ignorant of his situation is kind of cruel. And this isn’t just for you, I’m saying this in general for women.
To any girl with more than a one night stand, confidence is far more attractive then the way you smell. Though if you must use some kind of cologne, don’t use axe. It’s more than likely going to remind a girl of a bitter ex than it is to score you a second look. Use something subtle and uncommon.
body wash. that’s really all you need, along with general deodorant and good hygiene it’s all win. i love stealing my guy’s shirts and wearing them, it reminds me of him and it smells like zest and gain haha…so a guy’s natural scent paired with cleanliness is fantastic! i want to smell him, not be overwhelmed by cheap cologne
Too much of any fragrance on anyone is repulsive. Perhaps you have come across women who are wearing too much perfume. It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with not wanting to feel like you are choking on chemical stench.
As far as what women find attractive, it really depends on the individual. I recommend simply good hygiene. Cologne is not necessary and tends to cover up your natural scent, which is what is going to have the chemical effect on women that you are looking for! I have always enjoyed the natural, clean scents of men better than any cologne.
please, just body wash/soap, i love the smell of a natural guy, most cologne is disgusting and i only want the scent on his clothes, so it disappears when he takes them off.
The trick to any body scent amplifying product is ALWAYS use too much. Then , when you see a nice looking woman at the bar/club, you run over to her real fast, wait until the smell overwhlems her and causes her to black out, then take her home! BAM! Women really like that one.
when i can smell you from 20 ft. away, or i can tell you’ve been around the area from left over smell, it’s not attractive. it’s not sexy when you can cause eye burning and headaches within a 10 ft radius….
One of the reasons I hated going to church when I was a kid… All the old ladies that would use the ENTIRE BOTTLE of perfume…
I will admit, I do use Axe products, the trick to them is definitely moderation. The very first time I used one of their deodorants, I was coughing and sneezing, because it is so powerful. They may show it being sprayed for 5 seconds all over, but really you should just tap the spray button with the nozzle aimed at trouble spots. Any more than that is WAY TOO MUCH!
I’ve found Axe is one of the few deodorants that doesn’t irritate my skin after prolonged usage. I can use anything for about a week, after that, most start to burn me, and I can’t wear anything at all for a few days. I have to either use deodorant, or shower every few hours, or people really complain about certain odors.
although you do end up smelling like a teenage boy, I’ve found that liberally slathering it on really clears out crowds. Especially effective on the subway during rush hour.
Bleh. I hate Axe. When dudes wear it, let alone spray it, I really get annoyed. I want to move away from them, because the smell of it gives me slight head-aches. I’m not allergic to it, I just get minor head-acehs from it… 0_o
The whole problem here is that even if people to which you are attracted like the smell of the cologne/body spray/ perfume you’re wearing, then that’s what they are attracted to: the smell. It has nothing to do with you.
However, there is a more plausible possibility that you are going to physically repulse someone with your reek– whether it be natural or chemical.
I use essential oils for a light scent of my favourite herbs. I don’t go around reeking of lavender or sandalwood.
Also, I used to wear manly man deodorants all of the time because male deodorants are the only ones in stores that don’t have anti-perspirents, to which I am allergic. I loved the smell, and best of all, I was in control of when I got to smell my favourite scents!
If I actually thought that that axe was good smelling and not a pile of chemical poo, I would just forgo the male and wear it myself…
Hey I know this person… He wrote this cuz he got some axe at the store and got totally rejected by about every chick in the dschool. (sorry Sawyer but it had to be said)…..
Forget about Axe and treat yourself to some Caswell Massey Number Six. The formula is 220 years old, and it never fails to leave me smelling like epic win.
I cannot stand the smell of axe. Not only is the scent alone almost oppressively strong, but when applied liberally [ as most axe wearers do] it literally makes me nauseated. [not to mention at my school people would spray it in the halls to cover up the stench of pot, so the whole school reeked of it]
For the guys that want to know what they should wear instead of axe. I suggest just shower regularly [and thoroughly] and wear Old Spice deoderant. That stuff smells like heaven. I know hordes of girls that practically sit on guys who wear it just to smell him [ seriously, I'm not exaggerating, that scent is intoxicating].
I hate AXE. One time a boy in the group sitting next to us started to spray it. We all ran away VERY quickly.
Men, please think of AXE like pure peppermint extract, it can burn your skin if not diluted.
What is funny is that I know a lot of girls that are repulsed by guys who wear Axe BECAUSE of the commercials. They think that they are sexist pigs for buying a product that is advertised the way it is.
Not being female I wouldn’t know, but I would think that smelling Axe on someone would only say to me “this person is desperate and thinks that he can score girls just by using a particular brand of cologne.” I’d think it’d be the same seedy feeling attributed to Hai Karate back in the 70s (showing my age there). Of course, if the person is attractive or charming or ahem, funny enough, I imagine one would be willing to forgive a misconception about cologne.
Axe is HORRIBLE. I can barely walk past one store in our town’s mall because it smells SO BAD. I don’t mind a little tiny bit of cologne, but boys who drench themselves in it on a regular basis make me gag.
okay i must admit the body spray is horrible! however the Snakepeel body wash mmmmmmmmmmm my ex uses axe and whenever he wears that…. the commercials are true
I despise Axe. Please, simply bathe and use deodorant. Cologne applied tastefully can be quite pleasant, Polo certainly is an appealing smell (to me), but it really does depend on the fellow’s body chemical reaction to the product. Remember though, less is almost always more.
I do like the smell of Axe. However, if you bathe in it, I don’t. Use any body scent conservatively and it can be attractive. Just, please, not everyday. If can smell you before I see you, that’s too much. If I can smell your cologne and not be hugging you, that’s too much. When having a normal conversation, I should be able to smell a hint of your cologne. This goes for my fellow women, as well.
i see tv ad. it say use AXE with girl. I get axe, follow girl down to wooded area. Girl see me. I use AXE. She fall down. I lift dress. Then you know.
Not bad, but she not move.
I meet her in same place again. She still not move. She smell bad. I not use Axe anymore.
Week later she still there. But she look funny and smell very bad.
i glad i try axe on girl now. very nice police came to give me new home. new home small but smell better than old home. no have to work for food. i now have very friendly room mate. funny how he think he is girl. he always want me do him like girl. lot of men here think they girls. i do them too! only problem butt too hairy. i ask mister warding how long i get to live here. mister warding laugh and say i stay here forever. i ask how much i have to pay. mister warding really laugh loud and say it all free! i not need axe anymore! thank you axe for your magical power.
Just kidding. I believe that women appreciate a CLEAN smell more than anything as far as scents. Scents aren’t as important as looks and personality. A woman should be able to see you BEFORE she smells you, otherwise you’re using too much scent. Don’t be trying so hard to be attractive and just be natural and relaxed. Keep in mind that you don’t want just ANY goodlooking girl. You want one who is sincere and will like you for who you are, not what you smell like.
It’s funny you should graph that… My brother-in-law complains about that false advertisement either. Says my sister never attacks him like that when HE wears it. And all the other women in the family never even notice he’s wearing it…
The first time I misread this as “AN axe”, like carrying one, and thought “Wait, I want to see some commercials with boys and axes!”
Alas. None for me.
Good graph. Those commercials are ridiculous.
I’m a 50 something old woman & I’m here to tell you young men I STILL get turned on when I smell Brute or English Leather cologne. You should try reviving that trend & see what happens……if nothing else maybe you could hook up with an older woman !
I wear Axe. I smell just fine. I know this because women compliment me on my calogne even through I rarely wear any. More than once a strange woman has pushed her face into my shirt to get a better smell of me. That’s pretty far from repulsed. Ironically any time I tell a woman that I use axe products they make the same face you all are making while you type this stuff, even if they just pulled their nose out of my neck with a dreamy expression in their eyes.
I think it’s hilarious that you imagine it’s the scent of Axe you don’t like and not the marketting. Granted some people don’t know how to use hygene products, if you bathe in anything, even the wholesome cleanness of just soap you’re going to make people’s eyes water. I guarentee you that each one of you who claims the scent of Axe makes you sick knows someone who uses it and thinks they smell perfectly acceptable.
Well some girls at my old school LLOVED axe. They always travelled in a group. if the smelled axe, the would stop and start sniffing the air like freaks. If they accidently passed the smell, they would run back to smell it….
I don’t know what you’re talking about. If a guy wears Axe (as long as he doesn’t used half the bottle every time he wears it) hes just that much cuter. Haha.
oh boy, i am in full agreement here.
as a teenage girl, i can safely say that i am not turned on by the smell of axe AT ALL.
a boy once wore too much axe in one of my classes a few years back and it actually made me sick.
Oh, my, gawd. Every girl in school (including me) hates the smell of Axe. It’s repulsive! Guys have a weird attraction to Old Spice deodorant too, which is just as repulsive as Axe!
The guys at my school stuck a pair of siccors in a can of axe in the boys locker room, and it contaminated them there is like a force field on them. You get 8 yards away and you get hit and can’t breathe
omfg evry time i smell that nasty stuff i yell at the person wtf get away from me u smell fricken nasty nd ur givin me a headach ugg then i have a migrain fer the rest of the day nd yet evry time they see me they stand right next to me nd wont leave nd i threaten to punch them if they dont leave then they look at me nd then they look scared cuz the kno i will punch them nd i wasnt lying
Please do the world a favour (favor if you insist). Learn to spell and use punctuation.
Nothing turns a bloke or bird off more than an inability to show your intelligence, no matter how good you smell.
I believe being a seventeen year old girl I have the authority to voice my opinion on this one. Axe can be attractive on teenage guys under certain circumstances.
1. Ditch the spray, it’s horrible.
2. Make it discrete. girls want a reason to snuggle in close when they hug a guy. A subtle smell makes it like a game. It pulls a girl in. Remember, human nature is drawn to mystery.
3. Don’t make comments about the fact that your wearing it, again it ruins the mystery.
4. Confidence is a must. It’s far more attractive than any cologne you will ever wear.
So true!
Axe with Bam-Chicka-Ewwww
Really what it boils down to is body chemistry. Just because it works for someone else, doesn’t mean it’s gonna work for you. What smells awesome on one person can smell like rotten vegetables on another. Try a bunch of different ones (at different times, please!) and find out which one works for you.
Baby Powder.
commercials don’t smell (yet)
theres a guy at my school (hes already ugly:) ) and he wears axe!!
*pukeing*
Smells like horse piss! How can that be sexy?
It might be to another horse, most likely of the opposite sex.
Well, maybe not repulsed, but certainly not all over you. Like anybody would believe that.
Yeah, I think repulsed is a strong word. Most girls will say a guy smells good when he’s wearing Axe. But I have never been dry-humped when wearing it.
Actually, I always thought the AXE commercials were the dumbest things, but I have to say (and I’m probaly the only one), the right AXE scent really does flip a switch somehwere inside me and somewhere in the recesses of my brain I think those commercials aren’t so farfetched after all.
But of course, social propriety stops me from attacking guys that smell goooooood.
omg i buy it for my bf and it drives me nuts in the best way sofar every axe sent smells hot on him
*looks for her bf then for a bed or couch*
WOW! LOOK! RULE 30! Guys posing as girls… How original
Umm… I’m not a guy, thank you very much.
I agree with Feisty – it’s all about body chemistry. I have no way of knowing how many guys actually wear AXE that I just ignore because it smells like every other generic cologne. The ones whose chemistry works with the scent they choose are the ones I notice. I mean, REALLY notice.
Similarly, when my friends try out the perfume that smells so great on me, it usually ends up smelling generically perfume-y.
I believe Lachlan’s comment was directed towards dragonna, not you.
I believe Lachlans comment was directed towards every female posting on this saying how good (or awful) so-and-so smells in Axe, hence why it is plural and not singular.
not a dude just a chick thats nuts about axe vice
seconded.
I know I’m repulsed by it.
If you want I can not wear Axe and shove my sweaty armpits in your face?
you could also buy one of dozens of other milder, and almost certainly, sexier deoderatns out there. I like my man to smell like a man, and not like a 12 year old boy trying to be a man.
I could, but I won’t.
Because sweaty armpits is the only other option to AXE?
Scents have been banned at my high school because of all the grade nines way overusing it while we have students with allergies to the stuff.
That would be a student discomfort and safety issue, so the school had to do something about it, and adding proper body spray usage to health class curriculum wouldn’t do much good.
Actually they can coexist. Axe is a body spray/deodorant, not an anti-perspirant, unless you get Axe dry (which smells much less intense and usually better, on me anyways).
Prof. Gay,
That, depending on the day, could be an improvement. I personally would prefer a slightly unpleasant sent that wasn’t suffocating.
That is only applicable to the sprays. The rest of the line in subtle enough that it is attractive.
I liked the ad for a competing body spray (though since I can’t remember the brand, I guess it wasn’t quite as effective as it should have been) with the woman explaining how she only wants to be able to smell your body spray when she’s intimately close, not from 50 feet away.
This did apparently get to be a problem, with eager/clueless teenage boys absolutely drenching themselves in the stuff and getting less action than complains about the heavy smell, which aggravates some people’s allergies.
I keep trying to tell my stepson that the whole idea is to get the girl to lean in closer to smell it…not make her eyes water from across the room.
He still cluelessly uses Axe showergel, deoderant and cologne every day.
Wow, tell him to enjoy life as a single forever.
Well, at least he doesn’t smell like BO. Some girl who will eventually like him will probably hold her breath and get close enough to tell him to tone it down
OMG! tell him to take a baathhh! Or at least a shower. Clean is sexy, male or female!
I can say repulsed. As, other than my fiance, any guy I have known to use Axe.. practically BATHES in it. And they spray have the damn thing when you’re in the room so you can’t help but cough for a half an hour.
**half
Axe stinks.
Really.
It´s für teenage boys… not for men.
It smells like “underclass”…
Ok, I’m an old fart and my wife says she loves Obsession for Men. I hate wearing cologne, but hey, now I have a trump card!
And this graph is funny because it applies to any advertising. Hell, they’d use hot babes to sell “Preparation H” if they thought anyone would think they’d get hot babes if they’d would only buy our overpriced a..ss creme!
However, back in the day I when I could get away with the cologne thing, (many many many years ago) I did actually have women sniff me all up and down! It was only a few times, but at the time it was an awesome ego booster!
Now I’m thrilled if I don’t smell like “old guy” in the morning!
Awesome.
On the whole, preparation H Feels good.
I would Love some chocolate Ass Cream.
English Leather (in moderation) always made me want to get close. Still does.
OMCC! My dad used to use English Leather. He did amateur photography and had a darkroom in a basement closet. He kept all his slides in the wooden boxes that English Leather came in. When I was five or six, I loved to sit in the darkroom and watch the glow-in-the-dark clock he used to time the developer and smell those stacks of English Leather boxes. The remnant scent would seep into the slide cardboard frames, and when he’d show the slides, the heat would release it and fill the air with the faintest traces of scent. To my mind Paris and Viet Nam and the Wisconsin Dells will always smell subtly of English Leather.
ah, le eau de underclass,very popular wiz ze teenage boys ien?it comes in tub-waterr and *ferbreze*canister for your fabrics.
*Said that in an outrageous FRENCH accent*
What are you doing in England?
Mind your own business!
but i’m canadien!
Today is the last day i use axe. lol
You should just ask a close female friend if the Axe you use is right for you. They have many different scents… and when used in moderation with the right body chemistry can really have the right reaction.
I mean, chicks wont be ripping off your clothes or anything, but thats because of certain standards we set for ourselves… it will however (if the right one is used… and again in moderation) be very arousing to the right females.
My boyfriend uses Kilo and I cant get enough of him when he does.
I went to a party, like two weeks ago, and one of the girls there, Kayla, was all like, bys, Josh smells good! And then like half of them came over just to smell me. I was like wtfff. And I was wearing chocolate axe, so.
I’m guessing Axe is the same as Lynx in UK? In which case, I agree with graph. Sexiest smell on man is ‘clean man’. Maybe a little natural stuff, like Neals Yard. But smelling like a chemical factory – no way. Tis gross.
it is indeed Lynx over here in the UK and I got put off using it after an episode of ‘Alan Partridge’ where he admits to using Lynx Africa.
I make my own calogne. and hair gel.
Some of the young men I know use axe, and yes when they first start out wearing it they usually smell like they bathed in it, washed their clothes in it, and then sprayed it all over again for good measure. Not attractive, unless an instant headache and an urge to run outside and vomit gets you in the mood. A clean male who takes care of himself is *always* going to be more attractive to the opposite sex than some guy reeking of Axe or any other chemical.
Girl? Boy? Wow you are obviously under the age of 13.
The only good thing to come from axe is catching the occasional user on fire.
Found somthing funny:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/axe_emergency_exit_sign?size=_original
I like the ad I’ ve found, but I’ m no axe-freak (it smells too obtrusive)… sorry boys, there’ s nothing a shower couldn’ t fix.
Interesting to try to interpret this particular ad. It looks like all of the women and a man are running [i]away[/i] from it, that is far away from axe. It would be especially poignant if you took the left-most panel away.
That’s why I wear Old Spice. Chicks dig it when you smell like their dad.
Hahaha, YES! Old Spice is where it’s at!
that stuff makes me want to hurl old spice is just that old and smells like old man
Could be Brut…. ugh
It sucks Old spice that is
I totally <3 Old Spice – the original stuff, not the newer varied scents. It only smells like old man to people whose dads didn't use it in their youth, I think – my dad wasn't an old man back in the day when he used it, so I don't think of old men when I smell it.
Of course my dad used to lather up with a cake of lather in a special Old Spice cup and a shaving brush, back in the days before disposable plastic razors and shaving cream in a spray can
That mild scent – not sprayed on, but lingering from his shave, is what I think of when I smell Old Spice.
Ugh. My brother wears Axe and sprays it all over, along with every guy in school. They seem to think it smells good but getting near someone with Axe on gives me an instant headache. I also tend to run away quickly…
I have the same problem, my brother baths in Axe in our shared bathroom, thinking I don’t care.
I want to rip off my shirt and spray it all over my hard abs and obliques. The ladies will come flicking. Why don’t they show skinny awkward pubescent males using it in the commercials? I also hate the one where the nasty crusty dude sprays it on and all of the sudden he’s all clean. I think he would just smell like axe AND body funk.
isnt that what it already smells like?
not true, my girlfriend loves this stuff…and im not exactly ripply abbed…
nah, i really do like axe! and i know many other chicks that do, too; there was actually a sign put up at the local grocery store that said, “Ladies, please do not open or spray Axe products.” How it smells on a man, however, does not determine the attractiveness of the man; if he’s ewwy, it won’t change that.
I assume we are talking about the bodyspray? Axe makes other products too.
The body wash smells pretty strong, too. My brother left some in the shower UNCAPPED of course, and it fell and spilled on my foot. I smelled like a teenage boy for hours. Even though it was diluted with a lot of water, it was still repulsively strong. Gross.
I happen to think the best smells on guys are clean laundry and just regular soap. :/ And warm scents, but not so much spicy.
Don’t ever bathe. Just wear more axe!
dude!who sprays axe on their COAT???
I got some Axe chocolate stuff on my sister’s advice, I have no reference for application amounts, but I don’t think I put on /that/ much..
Here’s a tip: if you can smell it on yourself, you’re wearing too much
I’m sorry, but if you’re too cheap to buy an actual bottle of cologne, you don’t really stand a chance with me anyway.
You’re right, money is much better spent on cologne than food, clothing, shelter, etc…
Well, yes, a decent cologne may cost you more (let’s say $40-50), but it’s much more concentrated than AXE and will probably last five times as long.
Cologne stinks too.
i like the smell of a CLEAN(as in soap) man …just a hint. your right colonge or axe they’re both pretty weird smelling.trust me i new a guy who litterally showered and i mean showered in the stuff. i had to stand at least 10 feet away from him and my friend couldnt
even be in the same room with him or she’d start having an allergie attack .:(
If you’re so superficial that the price spent on hygiene products is what matters to you, then a sensible guy wouldn’t want a chance with you in the first place.
exactly!>:(
Axe smells like 3-day old dead cat. Everytime I’ve noticed a guy wearing it I also notice his extra five feet of personal space.
Gawd, whenever anyone uses Axe at my school, the whole hallway smells of it. It’s so disgusting. D:
I’d rather a guy just smell clean than smell like he’s taken a bath in a vat of body spray.
i know you can hear the shhhhhhhhh of the cans all in unisen from behind the locker doors
This is not true. I’ve been complimented several times on the smell of my axe deodorant by good looking women.
Okay ladies, as much as I enjoy reading your amusing grievances against Axe and its products, would be as so kind as to give us guys suggestions on what scent to wear? I would like to attract the opposite sex as much as possible, so any help would do…I see cologne, but that is too general. Specifics, ladies, specifics!
Unfortunately, smartz, each person’s body chemistry combines w/ fragrance in a different way…PLUS, whether or not something smells good is purely subjective. So…there is no specific name we can give for a fantastic-smelling cologne that will result in women crawling all over you, trying to inhale your manly scent.
Maybe try going to the cologne counter of a department store w/ a female friend and have her be your guinea pig? Looks like most women here, if the comments mean anything like “clean”–just a nice deodorant soap will do a lot of the time. But if you have to use cologne, try something fresh & clean smelling–maybe a little woodsy, perhaps?
Good luck.
The problem is I really don’t have any female friends to hang out with…which is why I am asking for advice. I mean, I don’t think I look absolutely monstrous, just not attractive enough for average woman to look my way, not to mention I am the most social guy…I’m horribly shy when trying to talk to a woman I am interested in.
People tell you to “be yourself”, but what if “yourself” is a socially awkward individual who has very few non-family relationships and even though they want to talk with women, the mind is blank when it comes to initiating a conversation because you think you have nothing in common and will laugh at you for stumbling over your words like back in middle and high school and reject you outright because you look like a dork, no matter how well you dress and much confidence you muster up. Not to mention the dreaded “can we just be friends” phrase, with any female person you managed to befriend denies your feelings when after years of admiration you gather the courage to ask them out on a date.
So yea, if you are repulsed and avoid a guy mearly because of their brand of deorderant, why not just tell them “hey, you really shouldn’t us that, it stinks”…they will stop using it because a woman said so. I mean, the reason they bought is to hope to make women’s attention. To deny that attention while letting the guy be ignorant of his situation is kind of cruel. And this isn’t just for you, I’m saying this in general for women.
To any girl with more than a one night stand, confidence is far more attractive then the way you smell. Though if you must use some kind of cologne, don’t use axe. It’s more than likely going to remind a girl of a bitter ex than it is to score you a second look. Use something subtle and uncommon.
body wash. that’s really all you need, along with general deodorant and good hygiene it’s all win. i love stealing my guy’s shirts and wearing them, it reminds me of him and it smells like zest and gain haha…so a guy’s natural scent paired with cleanliness is fantastic! i want to smell him, not be overwhelmed by cheap cologne
Too much of any fragrance on anyone is repulsive. Perhaps you have come across women who are wearing too much perfume. It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with not wanting to feel like you are choking on chemical stench.
As far as what women find attractive, it really depends on the individual. I recommend simply good hygiene. Cologne is not necessary and tends to cover up your natural scent, which is what is going to have the chemical effect on women that you are looking for! I have always enjoyed the natural, clean scents of men better than any cologne.
please, just body wash/soap, i love the smell of a natural guy, most cologne is disgusting and i only want the scent on his clothes, so it disappears when he takes them off.
The trick to any body scent amplifying product is ALWAYS use too much. Then , when you see a nice looking woman at the bar/club, you run over to her real fast, wait until the smell overwhlems her and causes her to black out, then take her home! BAM! Women really like that one.
when i can smell you from 20 ft. away, or i can tell you’ve been around the area from left over smell, it’s not attractive. it’s not sexy when you can cause eye burning and headaches within a 10 ft radius….
One of the reasons I hated going to church when I was a kid… All the old ladies that would use the ENTIRE BOTTLE of perfume…
I will admit, I do use Axe products, the trick to them is definitely moderation. The very first time I used one of their deodorants, I was coughing and sneezing, because it is so powerful. They may show it being sprayed for 5 seconds all over, but really you should just tap the spray button with the nozzle aimed at trouble spots. Any more than that is WAY TOO MUCH!
I’ve found Axe is one of the few deodorants that doesn’t irritate my skin after prolonged usage. I can use anything for about a week, after that, most start to burn me, and I can’t wear anything at all for a few days. I have to either use deodorant, or shower every few hours, or people really complain about certain odors.
Hmm.
although you do end up smelling like a teenage boy, I’ve found that liberally slathering it on really clears out crowds. Especially effective on the subway during rush hour.
Yes. I’m THAT guy.
^Win.
So that’s the trick of how to get a subwat seat.
axe is up there in the disgust-o-meter with brut.
This graph is made of win.
Especially to my dear BF’s brother, who COATS himself in this horrid stuff. Then he smells like poo AND horrible cologne.
I absolutely LOVE axe. The only thing I don’t like is that they advertise it as being strictly for men. I know more women that use it than men.
I love “men’s” scents. Musky scents work on me.
God, I am getting so sick of douchbags drenching themselves in that stuff. Not no mention my respiratory problems.
Nice comment. Just curious about your name. Is it Ichi, as in number one in Japanese?
i’m 16. I use axe not because i think it makes me sexy but because… well frankly 16 year olds smell like ass without strong deodorant.
Bleh. I hate Axe. When dudes wear it, let alone spray it, I really get annoyed. I want to move away from them, because the smell of it gives me slight head-aches. I’m not allergic to it, I just get minor head-acehs from it… 0_o
I freaking love Axe. I want to attack pretty much every guy that wears it… Seriously.
I almost jumped on this one dude one time.
Just don’t put a ton of it on, you know?
Untrue. I know plenty of chicks who LOVE the smell of axe…They don’t freak out, though.
The whole problem here is that even if people to which you are attracted like the smell of the cologne/body spray/ perfume you’re wearing, then that’s what they are attracted to: the smell. It has nothing to do with you.
However, there is a more plausible possibility that you are going to physically repulse someone with your reek– whether it be natural or chemical.
I use essential oils for a light scent of my favourite herbs. I don’t go around reeking of lavender or sandalwood.
Also, I used to wear manly man deodorants all of the time because male deodorants are the only ones in stores that don’t have anti-perspirents, to which I am allergic. I loved the smell, and best of all, I was in control of when I got to smell my favourite scents!
If I actually thought that that axe was good smelling and not a pile of chemical poo, I would just forgo the male and wear it myself…
Hey I know this person… He wrote this cuz he got some axe at the store and got totally rejected by about every chick in the dschool. (sorry Sawyer but it had to be said)…..
Forget about Axe and treat yourself to some Caswell Massey Number Six. The formula is 220 years old, and it never fails to leave me smelling like epic win.
Honestly, it works. i get mauled atshool by at least 6-10 different girls a day. but its all abt chemistry. try differnt ones
I cannot stand the smell of axe. Not only is the scent alone almost oppressively strong, but when applied liberally [ as most axe wearers do] it literally makes me nauseated. [not to mention at my school people would spray it in the halls to cover up the stench of pot, so the whole school reeked of it]
For the guys that want to know what they should wear instead of axe. I suggest just shower regularly [and thoroughly] and wear Old Spice deoderant. That stuff smells like heaven. I know hordes of girls that practically sit on guys who wear it just to smell him [ seriously, I'm not exaggerating, that scent is intoxicating].
Oooo Old Spice smells better than Axe.
The only person I know who wears it though is my BF’s grandpa LOL
I prefer guys who just shower. No cologne, no bad smell, just be CLEAN…
Any perfume or cologne can irritate my asthma, on top of that I’m sensitive to smell so ya. I’m glad my BF just showers, puts on deodorant, and goes
my bf wears axe phoenix and I love it. he knows to not drown yourself in it. plus all the others mess with my sinuses….. just not that one…. idkwhy.
I hate AXE. One time a boy in the group sitting next to us started to spray it. We all ran away VERY quickly.
Men, please think of AXE like pure peppermint extract, it can burn your skin if not diluted.
What is funny is that I know a lot of girls that are repulsed by guys who wear Axe BECAUSE of the commercials. They think that they are sexist pigs for buying a product that is advertised the way it is.
Nothing says desperation like wanting to smell like chocolate.
Not being female I wouldn’t know, but I would think that smelling Axe on someone would only say to me “this person is desperate and thinks that he can score girls just by using a particular brand of cologne.” I’d think it’d be the same seedy feeling attributed to Hai Karate back in the 70s (showing my age there). Of course, if the person is attractive or charming or ahem, funny enough, I imagine one would be willing to forgive a misconception about cologne.
b-but…i love axe. ._. it smells so gooooooooood D:
Axe is HORRIBLE. I can barely walk past one store in our town’s mall because it smells SO BAD. I don’t mind a little tiny bit of cologne, but boys who drench themselves in it on a regular basis make me gag.
At least they’re not wearing Tag.
And, as Julie mentioned, their commercials are pretty groady as well.
okay i must admit the body spray is horrible! however the Snakepeel body wash mmmmmmmmmmm my ex uses axe and whenever he wears that…. the commercials are true
I despise Axe. Please, simply bathe and use deodorant. Cologne applied tastefully can be quite pleasant, Polo certainly is an appealing smell (to me), but it really does depend on the fellow’s body chemical reaction to the product. Remember though, less is almost always more.
I do like the smell of Axe. However, if you bathe in it, I don’t. Use any body scent conservatively and it can be attractive. Just, please, not everyday. If can smell you before I see you, that’s too much. If I can smell your cologne and not be hugging you, that’s too much. When having a normal conversation, I should be able to smell a hint of your cologne. This goes for my fellow women, as well.
i see tv ad. it say use AXE with girl. I get axe, follow girl down to wooded area. Girl see me. I use AXE. She fall down. I lift dress. Then you know.
Not bad, but she not move.
I meet her in same place again. She still not move. She smell bad. I not use Axe anymore.
Week later she still there. But she look funny and smell very bad.
i glad i try axe on girl now. very nice police came to give me new home. new home small but smell better than old home. no have to work for food. i now have very friendly room mate. funny how he think he is girl. he always want me do him like girl. lot of men here think they girls. i do them too! only problem butt too hairy. i ask mister warding how long i get to live here. mister warding laugh and say i stay here forever. i ask how much i have to pay. mister warding really laugh loud and say it all free! i not need axe anymore! thank you axe for your magical power.
Just kidding. I believe that women appreciate a CLEAN smell more than anything as far as scents. Scents aren’t as important as looks and personality. A woman should be able to see you BEFORE she smells you, otherwise you’re using too much scent. Don’t be trying so hard to be attractive and just be natural and relaxed. Keep in mind that you don’t want just ANY goodlooking girl. You want one who is sincere and will like you for who you are, not what you smell like.
It’s funny you should graph that… My brother-in-law complains about that false advertisement either. Says my sister never attacks him like that when HE wears it. And all the other women in the family never even notice he’s wearing it…
Wow, i love how you all start like a freaking heated debate about a graph thats just suppused to be funny. lulz
Axe smells like roach spray, only stronger. Just stick with regular deodorant, for God’s sake!
The first time I misread this as “AN axe”, like carrying one, and thought “Wait, I want to see some commercials with boys and axes!”
Alas. None for me.
Good graph. Those commercials are ridiculous.
I’m a 50 something old woman & I’m here to tell you young men I STILL get turned on when I smell Brute or English Leather cologne. You should try reviving that trend & see what happens……if nothing else maybe you could hook up with an older woman !
advertisements… so lovely…
I dunno. I prefer the smell of axe over the smell of sweat…
Isn’t it just Hai Karate in a different bottle? The advertisements are the same too….
I wear Axe. I smell just fine. I know this because women compliment me on my calogne even through I rarely wear any. More than once a strange woman has pushed her face into my shirt to get a better smell of me. That’s pretty far from repulsed. Ironically any time I tell a woman that I use axe products they make the same face you all are making while you type this stuff, even if they just pulled their nose out of my neck with a dreamy expression in their eyes.
I think it’s hilarious that you imagine it’s the scent of Axe you don’t like and not the marketting. Granted some people don’t know how to use hygene products, if you bathe in anything, even the wholesome cleanness of just soap you’re going to make people’s eyes water. I guarentee you that each one of you who claims the scent of Axe makes you sick knows someone who uses it and thinks they smell perfectly acceptable.
I know quite a few people who wear axe and the smell of them absolutely repulses me. It’s terrible, cheap, foul smelling stuff.
Thhird column: Lvl 80 dwarven warrior
Girl’s reaction: not interested
Well some girls at my old school LLOVED axe. They always travelled in a group. if the smelled axe, the would stop and start sniffing the air like freaks. If they accidently passed the smell, they would run back to smell it….
AMEN.
I don’t know what you’re talking about. If a guy wears Axe (as long as he doesn’t used half the bottle every time he wears it) hes just that much cuter. Haha.
oh boy, i am in full agreement here.
as a teenage girl, i can safely say that i am not turned on by the smell of axe AT ALL.
a boy once wore too much axe in one of my classes a few years back and it actually made me sick.
Oh, my, gawd. Every girl in school (including me) hates the smell of Axe. It’s repulsive! Guys have a weird attraction to Old Spice deodorant too, which is just as repulsive as Axe!
The guys at my school stuck a pair of siccors in a can of axe in the boys locker room, and it contaminated them there is like a force field on them. You get 8 yards away and you get hit and can’t breathe
omfg evry time i smell that nasty stuff i yell at the person wtf get away from me u smell fricken nasty nd ur givin me a headach ugg then i have a migrain fer the rest of the day nd yet evry time they see me they stand right next to me nd wont leave nd i threaten to punch them if they dont leave then they look at me nd then they look scared cuz the kno i will punch them nd i wasnt lying
Please do the world a favour (favor if you insist). Learn to spell and use punctuation.
Nothing turns a bloke or bird off more than an inability to show your intelligence, no matter how good you smell.
I like axe and i’m a girl >_>
I like axe >_>
Amen, especially when your mum works in a middle school where you go to help out sometimes
I would wear axe more often if it smelled more like chocolate and less like chemicals.
haha you know its true : )
girls in the commercials want to do a lot more than get kissed.
We have gym on Mondays and Fridays, and the boys ALWAYS walk out of the locker room smelling like Axe, and I ALWAYS say, “Use a little less Axe!”
I believe being a seventeen year old girl I have the authority to voice my opinion on this one. Axe can be attractive on teenage guys under certain circumstances.
1. Ditch the spray, it’s horrible.
2. Make it discrete. girls want a reason to snuggle in close when they hug a guy. A subtle smell makes it like a game. It pulls a girl in. Remember, human nature is drawn to mystery.
3. Don’t make comments about the fact that your wearing it, again it ruins the mystery.
4. Confidence is a must. It’s far more attractive than any cologne you will ever wear.