Not true....... The Axe Deodorant Company should be damn ashamed of themselves!

@James72 (26790)
Australia
May 15, 2009 2:32am CST
I've just finished a spray can of Axe Deodorant after taking the plunge and using it for the past couple of months. I wore it daily. While wearing it, I went up elevators and into lifts, ate at restaurants, stood in crowds and walked down many a street. Not ONCE did random women throw themselves at me! I never got lucky with any woman in any location ANYWHERE, yet I always had Axe Deodorant on! Those TV commercials are full of BS and I'm very disappointed. I got suckered in by the false Advertising! Yep, ya got me Axe, ya got me GOOD! So what about you? Have you ever been entranced by a particular product and then ended up bitterly disappointed? Did I maybe not use enough Axe?
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
15 May 09
Poor James!! I remember as a child my mom could only make me drink 'Complan' by telling me about the tag line, which goes like this: You drink Complan you get taller (something like that). I used to drink it i form conviction that it would make me tall! But see, how it didn't work at all after so many years of drinking! They must be sued!!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 May 09
Its absolutely inane and we are really stupid to believe in it! How can someone who is an ace custom officer really thinks that some health drink would help him memorise stuffs over night! Yes, I am talking about some patient I know!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
So you're not 6 foot tall then mimpi? Well I never! lol. Yep, sounds to me like Complan are in line for a suing also then. Who do all these companies think they are anyway? Ruining our hopes and dreams they are.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 May 09
lol. I'm absolutely amazed at times that companies get away with things like this. One product says 2 - 3 inches, the next says 3 - 4...... And people flock to the products every time! Honestly, when you think long and hard about it, is it possible for a freely available DRINK to make someone grow like that? But people STILL believe in the hype.
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
15 May 09
I'm pretty sure you need to combine it with an axe showergel aswell. Women are more likely to throw themselves at your axey-chest than into your armpits; now there's the little snake in the grass! I've been utterly dissapointed by the Zumba DVD a friend got me. Not only does it have a very bad quality German overvoice, the girls keep telling me I am doing very well and that I am surely up for the task. The commercial says the same. Instead I am kicking over our vases and stepping on our cats and I end up with a soar back and just as much inches on my tummy as in the first place .
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
15 May 09
Luckily I don't work for Axe , but my female intution tells me that woman are not that fond of armpits, no matter how good they smell. Or actually, that isn't true at all. The pheromons that attract people to one another are actually in sweat . There's the key... stop spraying and woman will throw themselves at ya .
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
But if I stop spraying, Axe will go out of business? Hang on..... PERFECT! No more spraying for me then! Your attitude towards armpits needs some work though cyberfluf. You do have two of your own after all! LOL.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
You don't work for Axe do ya? lol. Thanks for the heads up about the Zumba DVD too. I've never heard of it, but if it pops up somewhere, I'll avoid it like the plague. Mind you, I quite like the sounds of vase kicking and cat stepping!
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@alokn99 (5717)
• India
15 May 09
That's why James stick to the old fashioned method. Take a bar of chocolate with you. Stand in the sun for a while. Let the chocolate melt. And then watch it's magic. What they did not tell you in the add is that you need to buy a chocolate along with the the deodorant. Spray the deodorant after the chocolate melts. And then the enhanced affect of Axe. Only thing, just make sure that you do it in the right surroundings. No animals, no chocolate loving men....
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Dagnabbit, no-one ever told me about the chocolate angle at all! I hope to God I'll work out what a chocolate loving man looks like though. There's no shortage of sun here either so I guess I've got a better than average chance of success here. I think I'll start with a family sized bar of fruit and nut and go from there.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
15 May 09
No James, you have to turn into a wide-eyed walking, smiling, waving, train-riding chocolate man before you get the girls' attention. You didn't read the nutritive value at the inner bottom of the bottle, didn't you?? Tsk....tsk...tsk... Or is being in Egypt a factor? Or hating rhubarbs? www.unsuccessful_with_axe.com/James72 NOT A REFERRAL LINK
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
You and your links! I keep opening them too, just in case one of them actually works! I did check the nutritional value chart on the side of the Axe can and was very ompressed when I saw it contained 53% "floozy attractant", but that of course was yet another lie by these manipulative cusses. The Egyptian connection may have an effect sure, but I doubt anyone could pick up my anti-rhubarb stance too easily.
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@VANILLAREY (1470)
• India
15 May 09
Haha, good discussion. I guess what you could do is spray a lot of it on your shirt. Then walk on the street and faint next to a girl. If the girl helps you out, tell her that you fainted due to excess use of Axe deo. Ask her lend you a shoulder to reach the nearest coffee shop. Tell her that coffee would decrease the effects of the deo and rejuvenate the brain. If the plan works, you will be sipping coffee with a nice girl.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Good idea Vanillarey! I could take the damsel in distress angle and add a male twist to it all. I wonder how my Wife will feel about this plan of action though? lol.
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
15 May 09
Axe got me too. But then I was always told to take adverts with a grain of salt. There have been many products in my life I wasn't quite satisfied with. I really can't recall to many...Star Wars the Force Unleashed...Axe...Clearasil...Crave... Another thing that I was really disappointed in is this whole growing up, and being an adult thing. No one ever told me about bills, or having to work or anything like that. Don't know how to get a Lawyer or an accountant, barely know what they do. Sigh. Anyways. Cheers James, and I feel your pain. But remember when watching adverts, they just want you to give them your money. You could just as easily try eating more celery, because it increases the power of your bodies natural pheromones that get excreted...or so I have heard.
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
15 May 09
Organic sea salt..or maybe a speck of pepper.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
I've always had a soft spot for organic sea salt myself actually. I think I'd damn near wet myself if they ever came up with an organic sea pepper!
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• United States
16 May 09
Ya know... My friend wears Axe everything... And SHE has women throwing themselves at her constantly. SHE gets laid by the ladies all the time!=D Plus Axe smells amazing... and yes the pheromones in sweat attract people or whatever.. but sweat can stink and you don't wanna stink... Just keep wearing axe or at least something that smells good, shower.. girls do like clean boys.. (we like to dirty them ourselves;D ), and mostly don't be a creepo! Girls don't go for creepy... most of the time at least..=D
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
15 May 09
Did I maybe not use enough Axe? oh for the love of Pete whoever the hell he is please NEVER EVER douse yourself in Axe (or Tag or any other brand) cause let me tell ya, A LITTLE DAB'LL DO YA...which is somehting I have to constantly remind my Axe loving teenage son!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Hahahahahahaha, so your son got suckered in too did he? I'm all for the dab too actually as I'd rather not smell like an Axe-Skunk! I'm back to the roll-on now anyway. That Axe is a rort I tell ya. A RORT! And that's a good question too by the way. Who the hell IS Pete, 'cos people sure do love 'im!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
15 May 09
I'd say axe the Axe. Though, I'm betting the wedding ring deterred more women sucumbing to your charms than anything Axe could have done for ya. I couldn't begin to count the products that have tempted me by promising a better shaving experience. I've finally just accepted that it is a misserable aspect of being a women and no hair removal product will ever make it more pleasant.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Tell me about it! And they sell millions of the damn things! You watch, one day we'll hear on the news that the number one contributor to global warming is discarded epilators!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
15 May 09
**rubbing my eyes to keep any memories from returning** My epilady experience is one I have almost been able to remove from my memory. A tool of torture I tell you, pure torture!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
15 May 09
And Al Gore will go down in shame when it is discovered that Tipper was the mind be the epilator design.
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• United States
15 May 09
Sometimes ya gotta use the whole can at one time.. I've noticed when I put a whole bottle of perfume on... PEOPLE TURN AND LOOK MY WAY! I usually smile and wave :) *sniffs* I can't believe no one threw themselves at ya! did ya read the directions on the can? huh? I was very disappointed with Alpo.. the bag said NEW AND IMPROVED FLAVOR... it tasted the same to me... and my dog didn't notice any difference either!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
"New improved Alpo - With 50% more bums and lips!"
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• United States
15 May 09
*throws up* I GET THE POINT JAMES!!!
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• United States
15 May 09
*makes yucky face* ewwwwwwwwwwww!!! *spits out NEW IMPROVED milk bones*
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
15 May 09
That is a truly shocking report James. You were clearly suckered. Now I am the kind of guy that has always wanted to fly. I can tell you that Red Bull does not give you wings and that these panty liners that have wings don't work either. I looked at Angel Delight, that might work. But Angel Whip sounds much more my kind of thing.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
I'm all for women having their fun TLC, so by all means, please continue on with the piloting job and I'm happy to leave you to it. We function much better as a co-pilot is these instances anyway. That's a very nice song you shared there too Mr Pike, but I never realised until now what it was actually about! That poor dove.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
15 May 09
I was thinking carefully about how to reply to your comment James. But TLC has done it for me. "Oh for the wings, for the wings of a dove"........
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@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
15 May 09
JAMES! When I'm done laughing I'll give you wings..... I wish you could take over the monthly piloting job.
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@mands61123 (2098)
15 May 09
i'm sorry i couldn't read the rest of it james my eye was drawn to the panda spanking topic and picture and now my tummy aches from laughing so much
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Ok, let's address your questions then shall we! Yeah it's legal. It walks a fine line at times, but it's legal! No, you won't be charged with anything and especially not by the WWF or any other animal welfare group because I starting bribing them from day one! The pay we receive is in the form pf conetented laughter and a sense pof insane achievement. It's not by the hour either, but by the second! As for scoop, funnily enough, I don't see him in panda spanking much at all?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 May 09
Hahahahahahaha, yes, a milk moustache on the eyebrows certainly raises some questions! Glad you decided to join the panda spanking ranks mands. Manda/Panda is a significant thing too! It's a sign I tell ya..... A SIGN!
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15 May 09
rotfl and now panda spanking has been added to the things i want to do with my life!!! is it legal do you think? will I be charged? do you pay on like an hourly basis? wheres scoop he's dodgy he'll be into this type of ranome kinkyness! Are you two in a panda spanking club? ok i'll stop now *grins*
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• India
15 May 09
Hey I didn't turn into "chocolate boy" after using that "dark temptation" either...
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
You didn't? That's just wrong! I hope you dumped that chocolate and went for ice cream instead.
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• United States
15 May 09
the chocolate doesn't smell at all like chocolate to me! next time ya wear it..... hold up a sign!
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• India
15 May 09
Yup, being licked would be better than being eaten, I agree...
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@sulynsi (2669)
• Canada
15 May 09
Was checkin' out your profile. Which the guy from the last page should have read. Then he would have known you're here to chill and have fun. I mean, I know you're so subtle and all, but even I, Ms. Straightlace, could detect the conviviality. By the way, you're the little round orange chap in the middle, right? What did you think you needed AXE for anyway? Oh right, I remember, research, experiment. Uh, huh!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Yep, the orange is me! I have this Stephen Hawkings type vibe going on in that all is not as it seems and the exterior is by no means a true reflection of what resides within. Although I may look like an orange, my capabilities are far reaching! I'm certainly not aware of ever being subtle though? lol. Convivial is an interesting term to use also. It appears that you have as much of a love for words as I do! Yes, I do enjoy the fun and frivolity, the companionship and interaction here, but I'm not always agreeable (My reply to response number 30 in this very discussion is a testament to that! lol). I'm a long way from home in a non-English speaking country and mylot is like an escape for me. I treasure many people here and am forever grateful. And why did I need Axe? I just felt that being orange may not have been enough! It is after all a word that has no rhyming equivalent in English.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 May 09
Good God! Judging by your very last comment there, we went from fruity oranges to corn! Yep, there's always people who miss the humour which is perfectly fine, but when they get insulting in parallel, well I don't react particularly well to that at all. Ah the varieties of life!
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@sulynsi (2669)
• Canada
15 May 09
*raises hand and confesses to being a crossword addict* Your claim to a lack of subtlety may be a subject for debate. I saw at least two responses that indicated that your humour escaped them. Since one definition of subtle means "requiring mental acuteness or penetration", irony of any type must be therefore considered subtle, at least to a certain extent. Not everyone's cup of tea. But then slapstick isn't mine. I don't need to be bonked on the head to get a joke. It certainly fulfills the definition of clever and ingenious. Ah, as Kermit said "It's not easy being green" Apparently, its even harder being orange. At least Kermy could be seen as being green. Always in between. But never off the scene. But don't be envious, as an orange, you'll always have a peel. (sorry, that was irresistable.)
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• Malta
15 May 09
LOL This is a cool discussion. Well, Axe maybe exaggerates a bit on the number of women that throw themselves at men in different places. Did you check if maybe the men might have any hidden qualities... no... not those qualities, but something like big cash account or family business... Hmm I guess they wouldn't show that on the advert!! Anyhow, there are other perfumes that claim to attract women a lot like the ones made out of hormones or something similar. In my opinion, as a woman though, a man with a nice deodorant is more attractive that someone that smells badly!!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
But it's the AXE that gets the ladies, yes? Apparently not! lol. It's definitely not foul body odour that'll attract the fair maiden's, so at least I smelled OK even if it had no effect on them at all. I'd better not get stuck into those pheremones either as my Wife might kick my butt. I'm amazed she let me conduct the Axe experiment in the first place!
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@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
15 May 09
*looks for dear wife* Good she's got the camera ready. *throws self at James* There's 1 woman who threw them selves at James and he didn't even need the false stink.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Thanks for that! I feel so much more manly now and it's just what I needed and I suddenly have this strong desire to put together something without using the instruction manual while wearing only a singlet and underpants.
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
19 May 09
81 responses? That's more of an axe effect than the actual deodorant has given you! Perhaps you should consider tatooing mylot.com on your forehead as it has attracted many beautiful woman to talk to you Or no waitte, tattoo it across your chest and then rip your shirt open, your hair waving in the wind standing on top of a cliff. If that doesn't drive woman crazy, you can allways still offer her a panda .
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
20 May 09
You did not think of this, becauuuuuse... DADUM! I am the beautiful chick presenting you with this idea , muhahahaha!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
20 May 09
You're nothing short of inspirational cyberfluf!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
20 May 09
I know! Have I done Axe Deodorant one heck of a good service by giving them all this promotion or WHAT! They should be sending me some chicks I reckon! Out of all the ideas you put forward there, it's the panda approach that I think has the most merit. NO ONE could ever say no to a panda! Why the heck I didn't think of this in the first place is an absolute mystery to me.
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
3 Jul 09
LOL I for one would have thrown myself at you if you wore Axe as long as you didnt have an axe behind your back. lol You went to the wrong elevator lol. I love the smell of a man who wears axe lol Nope never been suckered into anything lol
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
3 Jul 09
I'm sorry to say that I don't carry an axe behind my back at all. I carry a tomahawk though and as they say, it's not the size of the weapon at hand, it's how you use it! So I guess I can hold my own regardless, yes? I'll try a different elevator too next time; and thanks for the tip. I KNEW it wasn't the axe itself, I just knew it!
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@carolscash (9492)
• United States
15 May 09
Well, I do hope that you are kidding that you actually thought that this might work and that you might actually get women throwing themselves at you just because of the Axe cologne that you were wearing. Most women don't randomly throw themselves at guys due to what they are wearing. I believe that the Axe commercials are meant to be funny and not taken seriously.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
lol. Of course I'm kidding carolscash! I was talking with my Wife about the Axe commercials and my own wearing of that particular deodorant and the discussion came from there.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 May 09
Who hasn't? I've been suckered in enough that I don't pay much attention to any of the commercials. Most of them don't live up to what they claim. Axe will make you smell good but I make this asphrodisiac cologne that will actually make the women find you irresistible, James. It's 189.00 per ounce but an ounce will last a really long time. One drop will do the trick. you should buy some!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 May 09
She's cool about it. I can attract as many as I like as long as I don't touch any of 'em or any of 'em touch me! lol.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 May 09
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• United States
20 May 09
I must copy this and let my teenage boys read it!!! That is all I hear is Axe this and Axe that! now the stupid shampoo too!!! is it ever going to end!! Me myself love the smell of old spice. I do not know why but my dad wore it all the time. It is something that just sticks with ya!!! Don't give up there has to be a time and place where women will swarm all over you!!!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
21 May 09
You're the second person that's mentioned Old Spice as being a favourite! This cologne has been around for a heck o a long time now because I remember My Dad owning a bottle of it too when I was a child. As for your boys, let 'em dream I reckon! lol. I do have a place where women swarm all over me by the way (Well, WOMAN anyway). It's at home and that woman's my Wife! Well, she maybe doesn't swarm as such, but close enough for me!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
21 May 09
That I did mssunloved, that I did! lol.
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• United States
21 May 09
If that woman is your wife, I guess that is all that matters. See you got a good one without AXE.....
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@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
15 May 09
I don't believe anymore in the commercials it is only their propaganda to sell their products. I'm so disappointed about them like in shampoo I don't know if really works for me or not. I thinks some commercial are exaggerated like Axe although it is not true when you use axe girls gonna run after you which is very funny.
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