Ladies, Do You Really Want to Smell Like This?

January 9, 2012 3:30 pm     Posted in Beauty, WTF  Ashley g+ page


By Ashley

Maybe I’m wrong here but I’ve always been under the impression that girls, including me, can’t stand the nauseating scent of Axe Body Spray. It brings back memories of middle school when the boys practically showered in Axe to cover up their unrelenting B.O. It reminds me of that sleazy, thirty-something-year-old man at the club that douses himself in Axe thinking it might attract the younger college girls dancing with their friends. (Take note: Axe does not make me do this.) In fact, if I get a whiff of this scent, I really just want to run away, screaming like my life depends on it.

Thinking that all girls felt the same way, it came as a shock to me when I read this article from the New York Times that Axe is moving towards adding a women’s line of body spray. Why would a woman ever want to smell like a pre-teen boy with B.O. or a creepy man at a club? Either I was wrong in believing that all girls hate the smell of Axe as much as I do, or someone at Axe needs to be fired for thinking women would actually buy this product. It’s been pretty easy to avoid men who wear Axe, but if this new product spreads and becomes popular, I’m never leaving my dorm room.

8 Comments on "Ladies, Do You Really Want to Smell Like This?"

  1. Autumn says:
    Mon, 9th Jan 20123:47 pm 

    I agree that the overwhelming axe body spray from middle school is miserable, but I love the smell of the brown Axe (I think its called dark temptation?) and the green Axe shampoo. I use them on myself!

  2. Shelly says:
    Mon, 9th Jan 20124:23 pm 

    when axe is used in proper quantities it smells amazing! my friends and i all love it on guys

  3. Lisa says:
    Mon, 9th Jan 20126:32 pm 

    I don't know any guys using axe, because it remiinds them of middle school (and i don't know any creepy older men)… Anyway fact is that axe makes awesome commercials (my biology teacher used the bow chika wow wow, as an example of pheromones)…i will smell it before any judging

  4. Lise says:
    Tue, 10th Jan 20122:15 am 

    I actually love it on guys. I would buy it.

  5. Dae says:
    Thu, 12th Jan 201210:41 am 

    I don't think Axe for men smells good & even if the women's did (I don't know because I haven't smelled it) the marketing is all wrong for this stuff.

  6. Leah says:
    Wed, 1st Feb 20126:57 pm 

    I've never thought Axe smells good, to me it always smells to strong. I can't image what a women's Axe fragrance would smell like

  7. Rita says:
    Fri, 23rd Mar 201210:52 am 

    I have axe body spray for girls, and it smells just fine. It's really floral and pretty smelling. I wear it every day, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. If they make more axe for girls, I'm sure I'll buy those too. Someone at Axe needs to be promoted for this awesome idea.

  8. Roze says:
    Fri, 10th Aug 20124:47 pm 

    I use my boyfriend's Axe body gel every now and then. It smells really clean to me.

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