Axe going sophisticated !

[rafikz]

http://www.drugstore.com/search/search_results.asp?N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=All&srchtree=5&Ntt=axe+proximity&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

[mastermute]

Wow! Looks promising! When the big ones start with these scents it can only mean one thing! We will see an increasing interest in "Classic" brands with these scents.

Bergamott... mmmm... I LOVE bergamott... been secretly stealing SWMBO's bergamot skin lotion ;)

[IsaacRN]

Ive never smelled any Axe brands.....so this might be nice...not that ill be buying it

[msandoval858]

Nothing screams sophistication like a hip looking can for $4.99 :rolleyes:

[crackstar]

I just received some Axe Denim shaving cream--nice scent! :D

[sparky5693]

Nothing screams sophistication like a hip looking can for $4.99 :rolleyes:

I do agree with you mike, but maybe this could be the cross over to a new market. Hopefully it could inspire someone to look a little further into these unique fragrances...that is assuming the fragrances are what we would expect bergamot, amber, and vetiver to smell like.

[moviemaniac]

Nothing screams sophistication like a hip looking can for $4.99 :rolleyes:
I can only second that :)

Axe still is the brand for young kids below the age of 10. Or could you imagine being with a woman liking your Axe-perfume, asking what brand you were wearing? I'd rather wanna respond "Floris" or "Penhaligon's", but I definitely don't wanna have to answer "Axe" ;)

[mastermute]

I don't know about hip-factor versus sophistication, but I can certainly appreciate some of the Axe scents, just as I don't like a few of the "sophisticated"...

To me it seems a bit like judging the book by it's covers dismissing it like that... And I care more about the scent than the brand, but we are all different I guess.

[Queen of Blades]

I don't know about hip-factor versus sophistication, but I can certainly appreciate some of the Axe scents, just as I don't like a few of the "sophisticated"...

To me it seems a bit like judging the book by it's covers dismissing it like that... And I care more about the scent than the brand, but we are all different I guess.

+1

[msandoval858]

I can only second that :)

Axe still is the brand for young kids below the age of 10. Or could you imagine being with a woman liking your Axe-perfume, asking what brand you were wearing? I'd rather wanna respond "Floris" or "Penhaligon's", but I definitely don't wanna have to answer "Axe" ;)

My son is 11 and uses Old Spice Body Wash and Pinaud Country Club Shampoo.

Old school baby, that's how we roll :cool:

[sparky5693]

My son is 11 and uses Old Spice Body Wash and Pinaud Country Club Shampoo.

Old school baby, that's how we roll :cool:

That's really cool. Those scents are so classic... it's great to hear of youth appreciating them.

[rafikz]

My son is 11 and uses Old Spice Body Wash and Pinaud Country Club Shampoo.

Old school baby, that's how we roll :cool:

That's because you're forcing him to use them :D

[msandoval858]

That's because you're forcing him to use them :D

Surprisingly no, he wants to be like dad...

Of course this will all change in a few I'm sure when he hits his teens and the rebellion kicks in :rolleyes:

[Mottern Man]

Surprisingly no, he wants to be like dad...

Of course this will all change in a few I'm sure when he hits his teens and the rebellion kicks in :rolleyes:

Yes but as we all know when you hit your 20's you have the "dad was right".

It is what Alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. :happy102

Example, I use to think Old spice and Aqua Velva were for old men. :happy102

[Baloosh]

It is what Alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. :happy102



"Don't [censored] talk to me like that, Jules."

[jramire2]

Had the chance to smell the Axe Bergamot last night, had one of those paper samples or whatever in a magazine I got in the mail. The ad stated new "subtle" fragrances from Axe. Well, let me just say that this stuff is anything but subtle, and I definitely didn't smell any bergamot.

Same old nasty super strong axe IMO.

[soulshine]

I purchased one of the spray cans just once but I do not recall what manufacturer it was. After my workout/shower at the gym I gave myself a few quick burst from the can and thought, "What the hell is this...?" An older gent asked what it was and looked puzzled - it wasn't good at all. A younger kid, maybe in his twenties asked because he thought it was great. I tossed it on over and said, "It's now yours."

[msandoval858]

Had the chance to smell the Axe Bergamot last night, had one of those paper samples or whatever in a magazine I got in the mail. The ad stated new "subtle" fragrances from Axe. Well, let me just say that this stuff is anything but subtle, and I definitely didn't smell any bergamot.

Same old nasty super strong axe IMO.

And there you have it...

Just as we all suspected, Axe still sucks.

:rolleyes:

[sparky5693]

And there you have it...

Just as we all suspected, Axe still sucks.

:rolleyes:

Dangit. I had hope. :ashamed001

[jramire2]

Dangit. I had hope. :ashamed001

I've read the Vetiver and Amber scents are actually quite good. I'd try before I buy though, if I were you.

[Exeter]

these sprays have propane in them...explains why after a few minutes it goes from sickly sweet ass scent to SUPER ass scent

edit: all in all I didn't think these sprays were all that bad, I guess they're worth five bucks, but all the same...it's nothing I'd recommend to anyone. Strangely enough I've heard plenty of girls say they like Axe...and this was even before they even came out with these "classic" scents.

[Mottern Man]

If anyone is actually in to body sprays, Check out Old Spice's new line.

Classic is the best IMHO, but the rest ain't too shabby either.

I put them on, on top of the crystal rock.

[TstebinsB]

I don't have a problem with Axe and their marketing campaign but I still wouldn't buy their stuff. I'm not an elitist or anything. I just enjoy being different. There are likely to be so many people wearing the same Axe scents and that's what bothers me. Besides, I like it when women stop me and ask me what I'm wearing. :cool:

[crackstar]

I tried one Axe body spray--I forgot the name of it, but it wasn't so great.

[ColbyPants]

Strangely enough I've heard plenty of girls say they like Axe...and this was even before they even came out with these "classic" scents.


I have graduated to slightly more refined scents in the last few year, but in my mid twenties, in college at Ohio State, I am not going to lie, good looking women would stop me fairly regularly and say I smelled nice while waring Axe's "Touch". I never really liked the smell much myself. All the advertising I have ever seen from Axe says that it will attract women to the wearer, and in my experience, sickly sweet smell and all, the advertising was true.


Go Figure.

[rafikz]

If anyone is actually in to body sprays, Check out Old Spice's new line.

Classic is the best IMHO, but the rest ain't too shabby either.

I put them on, on top of the crystal rock.

Yup

Classic, Showtime and Pure Sport are great.

And long lasting

[crackstar]

Rafik, Old Spice Classic spray is very nice indeed--moi, je l'aime bien! :D

[soapbuddy]

Is it my imagination, or do most Axe scents just have a weird citrus smell?

[crackstar]

Irena, you're not imagining it--they have a weird smell, period--at least to me! My brother-in-law loves some of them, strangely enough. :eek:

[soapbuddy]

Irena, you're not imagining it--they have a weird smell, period--at least to me! My brother-in-law loves some of them, strangely enough. :eek:

Well that's good to know. I bought 2 diff. types from a fragrance manufacturer. I was going to use them in my soaps, but now I don't think I will.

[Exeter]

Axe's scents are just straight, completely flat scents...there's nothing to them and they're not made to change over the course of time like a real eau de toilette, cologne, or perfume

When they were first released in the US, Axe had Ann Gottlieb (who has created many high end fragrances for designers) design a few of the scents. I imagine they were still nothing special (I didn't bother with them), but they're designed to be poured on gratuitously, because the sillage and longetivity is particularly bad. They're of course trying to appeal to a lowest common denominator and every year they drop the two worst selling scents and introduce two more. Given the nature of public perception, it appears they've gotten rid of pretty much every good scent by this process! Only one that was designed by a real perfumer has remained!

[freemartin]

Check your local Target if you want to try these out. I was at Target tonight, they had the Bergamot and Vetyver scents in big box sets (Two sprays and a body wash) on clearance for less than $6 each scent.

They have scratch and sniff patches on the top, so you can kind of try before you buy. I was not impressed enough to waste my unemployment benefits on them.

[Armand B]

Axe's scents would be nicer if they weren't so sweet.
Armand

[Kapp EO]

Some of the Axe varieties are OK in small quantities - you just don't want to spray it all over your torso like they suggest. Phoenix and Kilo are decent.

[The Chebb]

these sprays have propane in them...explains why after a few minutes it goes from sickly sweet ass scent to SUPER ass scent
Shigitty! SUPER ass scented AXE...as if ass scented AXE wasn't enough!:D

[akady]

The current trend it seems is to be smelled, not light scents. Also I have a friend who thinks I am crazy for using small house brands and not big name ones like DG, Polo and so on. I mean if a girl asks what I am wearing and I say Bond No.9 they wont have a clue what that is.

[moviemaniac]

I mean if a girl asks what I am wearing and I say Bond No.9 they wont have a clue what that is...

... which means they don't deserve you ;) :eatdrink047

[akady]

... which means they don't deserve you ;) :eatdrink047

Or that they are just in my age range. Granted I dont think any girls would ask what you are wearing they would just say you smell good.

[Jack-in-the-Green]

I have graduated to slightly more refined scents in the last few year, but in my mid twenties, in college at Ohio State, I am not going to lie, good looking women would stop me fairly regularly and say I smelled nice while waring Axe's "Touch". I never really liked the smell much myself. All the advertising I have ever seen from Axe says that it will attract women to the wearer, and in my experience, sickly sweet smell and all, the advertising was true.

Go Figure.

Really? Most of the girls I know say it smells like battery acid tossed over vomit. Or was that, it makes them want to vomit? Dunno. Wouldn't touch the stuff myself. Gives me a headache.

I always liked what my grandpa used to wear, but I don't know what it was, and unfortunately he's no longer around to ask. :-/

[teenagefrank]

Axe Bergamot gets the AXE! Going to give it to someone cheap!
( double meaning):D

[apswartz]

Axe Bergamot gets the AXE! Going to give it to someone cheap!
( double meaning):D

Hahaha! I got the Bergamot. It has been relegated to being a spray deodorant from time to time to provide a scent along with my unscented antiperspirant.