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Langston

2011-10-25 11:03:41 AM

You're gonna have to be more specific. I have the masculine, woodsy musk of the Hamadryas baboon, but can't stand those stank-ass Chacma punks.

Sybarite

2011-10-25 11:43:45 AM

I live in a college town, and on a weekend night there are bars here that it's almost impossible to enter for the reek of the frat boys covered in this stuff.

tricycleracer

2011-10-25 12:37:15 PM

I wear Axe deodorant because my girlfriend picked it out. I don't know what it's supposed to smell like but she likes it.

/Not a guido.
//She's not a guidette.

tlchwi02

2011-10-25 12:39:27 PM

I specifically started using Nivia for men when they came out with those commercials mocking 14 year olds for spraying that god awful ox musk on themselves.

Worst.Fark handle. ever.

2011-10-25 12:43:26 PM

TFA: "Geeks and dorks everywhere were now buying Axe by the caseload, and it was hurting the brand's image. Eventually (in the United States, at least), to most high-school and college-age males, Axe had essentially become the brand for pathetic losers and, not surprisingly, sales took a huge hit. "
oi40.tinypic.com

/JULAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!

Smeggy Smurf

2011-10-25 12:43:53 PM

The only things Axe is good for is masking the stench of aged horseshiat and removing the heads of barbarians

jayhawk88

2011-10-25 12:49:37 PM

Remember, kids: A little goes a long way

DigitalBurnOut

2011-10-25 12:51:05 PM

The politics tab?

Goimir

2011-10-25 12:51:25 PM

Wow, I thought it was called "Ask Body Spray"

/shows how out of touch I am.

DanZero

2011-10-25 12:58:38 PM

Segment?

CygnusDarius

2011-10-25 12:58:42 PM

jayhawk88: [2.bp.blogspot.com image 580x400]

Remember, kids: A little goes a long way

Whoever has been making their ads recently is either mad, genius, or both.

/Besides, I use Sex Panther
//It works every time, 60% of the time

DSF6969

2011-10-25 01:02:25 PM

Langston: You're gonna have to be more specific. I have the masculine, woodsy musk of the Hamadryas baboon, but can't stand those stank-ass Chacma punks.

As a member of the Chacma tribe with our earthy, savanna scent, I am offended by my Hamadryas cousin with his odor of wet bark and mold.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral

2011-10-25 01:09:59 PM

Worst.Fark handle. ever.: TFA: "Geeks and dorks everywhere were now buying Axe by the caseload, and it was hurting the brand's image. Eventually (in the United States, at least), to most high-school and college-age males, Axe had essentially become the brand for pathetic losers and, not surprisingly, sales took a huge hit. "
[oi40.tinypic.com image 484x360]
/JULAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!

Damn you. Came here to make the same CWC reference.

/RIP Internet Lumberjack

bemis23

2011-10-25 01:12:49 PM

CruiserTwelve

2011-10-25 01:17:13 PM

My generation's Axe.

Klippoklondike

2011-10-25 01:29:40 PM

I use Zegna. But, only once in a while. I don't see any reason to wear a cologne every single day. Any decent soap and deodorant will keep me from smelling bad, which is all I need 99% of the time.

chopit

2011-10-25 01:30:29 PM

In my experience, anyone who wears cologne for anything but a formal occasion is either eurotrash or a douche, or both.

GaryPDX

2011-10-25 01:30:30 PM

I find it troubling subby actually knows what baboon's ass smells like.

Fail in Human Form

2011-10-25 01:32:03 PM

"Geeks and dorks everywhere were now buying Axe by the caseload, and it was hurting the brand's image. Eventually (in the United States, at least), to most high-school and college-age males, Axe had essentially become the brand for pathetic losers and, not surprisingly, sales took a huge hit."

God damn, when a society as greedy as ours is flat out tells you they don't want your money because they don't want you "associated with the brand" one of two things needs to happen. Either it's time to restructure how we're teaching social development to give them a better chance at happiness or give up and start building suicide booths to alleviate the suffering.

M-G

2011-10-25 01:34:27 PM

Axe commercials were amusing, but they were blown away by the RGX ads.

Link (new window)

Sybarite

2011-10-25 01:41:26 PM

CruiserTwelve: [i162.photobucket.com image 350x350]

My generation's Axe.

Yeah, that was pretty good, but it was no

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vgacolor

2011-10-25 01:47:57 PM

I always wondered what kind of person was the target for those ads. It seemed to me like only an idiot would buy AXE based on the commercials.

weiserfireman

2011-10-25 01:52:22 PM

tricycleracer: I wear Axe deodorant because my girlfriend picked it out. I don't know what it's supposed to smell like but she likes it.

/Not a guido.
//She's not a guidette.

My wife likes the Axe one that smells like chocolate. She likes it, so I wear it sometimes.

dryknife

2011-10-25 01:54:35 PM

In the hood they request "Ask" body spray.

rev. dave

2011-10-25 02:39:45 PM

I thought it was trying to get all douchebags to smell the same. That guy in the ads was always a douchebag.

Dadof3

2011-10-25 02:57:20 PM

Just as I was hitting the bar scene, Jovan came out with a product called Andron. It was supposed to be a pheromone-based cologne. It was ridiculous how women would act when I wore that stuff! You can't get it any more, they sell old bottles for around $200/oz. on eBay.

/only cologne I've ever worn
//have two boys who marinate in Axe, I can't stand it.

GleeUnit

2011-10-25 03:04:38 PM

This was a huge case study for me back in marketing school. I think it was when the brand was on the way up and hadn't hit the point where they were in decline thanks to the "douchebag" image issue that started popping up later on. They don't seem to have shifted their tactics or messaging at all, so I would be curious to see what direction the brand is moving in nowadays from a sales perspective.

I guess they could keep hitting the same notes in the hopes that they can replace the older, more "douchebag" weary crowd with younger, more susceptible customers ad nauseum, because it looks like they have approximately fark all interest in "growing up" with the customers they have now. Not that that's necessarily a bad strategy.

bhcompy

2011-10-25 03:11:10 PM

jayhawk88: [2.bp.blogspot.com image 580x400]

Remember, kids: A little goes a long way

Indeed. Old Spice is the bomb.

/also, EXPLOSIONSSSSS

dustlesswalnut

2011-10-25 03:11:49 PM

The only cologne I've ever used regularly is Colonia Intensa by Acqua Di Parma. It's about $40/oz., but the one three oz. bottle I've owned has lasted about 5 years and looks like it'll last another. It also smells quote amazing on things that have it on it but don't get washed often-- ties, a fancy dress coat.

Hagbardr

2011-10-25 03:29:24 PM

King Something

2011-10-25 03:31:21 PM

There are two kinds of cologne - Old Spice, and all others.

Bacontastesgood

2011-10-25 03:49:44 PM

Axe isn't "cologne" ffs, it's a spray deodorant. I use it for a few reasons : 1. it comes in these convenient little spray bottles that apparently no other company has figured out they should make. I'm not carrying around a 6 oz can of spray to keep my funk at bay during the summer days. 2. Stick deodorant is farking gross. 3. if I try to cover up body funk with cologne it just smells wrong. 4. Based on the input of women I trust, some of the odors smell quite OK, obviously if you don't overdo it. My niece even wears it herself, which is odd but whatever.

As for it being for pathetic teens, whatever, I haven't watched a commercial in like 3 years, get DVRs people.

metallion

2011-10-25 03:59:36 PM

Dadof3: Just as I was hitting the bar scene, Jovan came out with a product called Andron. It was supposed to be a pheromone-based cologne. It was ridiculous how women would act when I wore that stuff! You can't get it any more, they sell old bottles for around $200/oz. on eBay.

/only cologne I've ever worn
//have two boys who marinate in Axe, I can't stand it.

I remember that.... Turned out that the pheromone used in either that cologne or the copies was pig-piss or something like that... :) I either used Polo or Pierre Cardin..

Axe is horrifying...

Now I'm an old fart who just uses Old Spice... :)

Whatthefark

2011-10-25 04:17:03 PM

chopit: In my experience, anyone who wears cologne for anything but a formal occasion is either eurotrash or a douche, or both.

You forgot lazy POS who can't be bothered to wash his laundry or shower daily.

/Like the fat fark I have to sit next at work.
//No amount of cologne can hide the musty smell of clothes that sat in the washer overnight

rooftop235

2011-10-25 04:30:29 PM

cefm

2011-10-25 04:58:31 PM

When you absolutely must smell like the 1980's, the ghey, and a giant douche all at the same time:

4.static.fragrancenet.com

Mr. Potatoass

2011-10-25 05:20:30 PM

Fuggin Bizzy

2011-10-25 05:26:08 PM

King Something: There are two kinds of cologne - Old Spice, and all others.

Heh. This. I'm not that old, but my Dad and Grandfather used Old Spice and the smell brings back comforting memories.

Robo Beat

2011-10-25 05:30:13 PM

jayhawk88: [2.bp.blogspot.com image 580x400]

Remember, kids: A little goes a long way

Doo-dee-doot dee doot dee doot-doo!

/OS deodorant, Pinaud aftershave for this farker

maxx2112

2011-10-25 05:31:48 PM

regindyn

2011-10-25 06:57:10 PM

Whatthefark: chopit: In my experience, anyone who wears cologne for anything but a formal occasion is either eurotrash or a douche, or both.

You forgot lazy POS who can't be bothered to wash his laundry or shower daily.

/Like the fat fark I have to sit next at work.
//No amount of cologne can hide the musty smell of clothes that sat in the washer overnight

I actually shuddered at that. That stench is horrifying.

Candygram4Mongo

2011-10-25 07:08:38 PM

ddelorm

2011-10-25 07:48:31 PM

maxx2112: [www.aramisbyaramis.com image 300x300]

Yup. Wife loves it, I wear it. 'Nuff said.

lantawa

2011-10-25 08:05:26 PM

Here's to geeks and dorks....we love ya, brothas....lead us to the 22nd century.

GaryPDX

2011-10-25 10:20:06 PM

Hagbardr: [img155.imageshack.us image 600x600]

Give it a break, Frenchie

Wireless Joe

2011-10-25 10:20:19 PM

It's got pheromones!

www.perfumezilla.com

GaryPDX

2011-10-25 10:24:40 PM

lantawa: Here's to geeks and dorks....we love ya, brothas....lead us to the 22nd century.

All we have to to do is let the Communists educate our children. No big deal, right?

Fail in Human Form

2011-10-25 11:56:44 PM

GaryPDX: All we have to to do is let the Communists educate our children. No big deal, right?

Axe body spray is a communist plot to teach our children that capitalism is full of trechery and will not bring them happiness.

Kurmudgeon

2011-10-26 01:29:22 AM

Had the misfortune of setting on a bus with an extremely obese woman. The only seat open and I was kind of perched on the outside corner because she took up the rest of the seat. That wasn't so bad, what was bad whenever she lifted her arms and exposed the parts under the folds that didn't get much air, this musty-musky-cheesy-rancid-mackeral scent would waft out. I was green by the end of the ride.
There are worse things than baboon's ass.

pute kisses like a man

2011-10-26 11:00:53 AM

if that stuff is the axe, this stuff is the katana... or chainsaw, because I be cutting through them biatches with my faint musk and gentle tobacco leaf aromaticals!

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