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I use 'Sex Panther', those in the know understand it's percentile potence....

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I use 'Sex Panther', those in the know understand it's percentile potence....

...Clearly I am not among "those in the know"...but I must admit ...I'm curious.

The movie Anchorman.

Best 'Axe' name is 'All nighter'.

Jus' sayin'

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

This. Only when im going out do i break out the 'good stuff' ie expensive aftershave.
On a side note,Lynx even make a tiny 'bullet spray' which is excellent for palm-of-the-hand subtleness when spraying smelly people


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FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

yes, yes you do!

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

I like this approach... Im even considering taking a spare can along to AUSCON this weekend to combat offending BO (of others also)

There aren't many places I've run into wargaming funk outside of the one time that we had a tournament at the FLGS and the air conditioner was out when it was 90 degrees outside, but 14 fat guys in close quarters are going to stink in that situation no matter how many bricks of antiperspirant they have duct taped under their armpits.

Oh, and that one time during 'ard Boyz when I got absolutely trashed the night before and woke up 15 minutes before game start. That was bad times.

Also, what does the picture of spraypaint in the OP have to do with not stinking?

Wearing Lynx will get you kicked out of our house, Aurelia and our eldest both suffer asthma symptons if its introduced to their location.
Some womens perfumes do the same as well.

I prefer Sure myself, if they ever drop Sure active I'm going to moan for weeks, as the others all stink.

FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

FOR SHAME.

My OldSpice has never failed me.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

FOR SHAME.

"I'm in a glass case of emotion!"

Total classic.

Axe is an awesome flamethrower, it burns AND smells good at the same time.

Platuan4th wrote:The problem isn't so much Axe itself, it's the spray version. The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

I agree with this. I can't tell you the amount of people that want to 'pick up chicks' at school by dousing themselves with that foul stuff and smelling like they just escaped from Colognenobyl off the school bus.
BTW, this is now mine.

lynx(axe)is fine just for work,the gym etc but on a night out i like to use my good stuff.this is usually farenheit,joop jump or davidoff cool water.i also hope i didn't come across as an aroma nazi in my op.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Wearing Lynx will get you kicked out of our house, Aurelia and our eldest both suffer asthma symptons if its introduced to their location.
Some womens perfumes do the same as well.

I prefer Sure myself, if they ever drop Sure active I'm going to moan for weeks, as the others all stink.

Obviously using it around people who are at risk of falling ill because of it is a bit douchy, but if the only complaint is "I don't like it" then whoever said it can go and screw themselves. I won't do it if there's an asthma sufferer in the room (always ask before you apply) but just moaning that it doesn't smell nice wouldn't be enough to dissaude me.

In the US it's heavily-marketed to tools and douchbags, and associated with the kind of morons you see on Jersey Shore.

Couple that with the tendency of said douchbags to cover themselves in equal quantities of Axe and fake orange tanner, and it becomes a walking biohazard in some locales, and the olfactory association becomes rapidly established as "a jackass is here."

I wear an antiperspirant and also deodorant (currently Old Spice 'Swagger' because Mrs S was amused by the name) unless I'm going out in the evening, then I wear Black XS by paco raban because I went into Boots the Chemist in Bristol and asked all the little tarts behind the counter which scent they liked the most.

The answer was Hugo Boss for men, but that was more expensive than their second choice, Black XS, which was on offer.

I just wear a lightly-scented antiperspirant during the day (usually whatever's on sale and won't leave white marks).

In the evening for a fancy occasion or nice meal I might wear a decent cologne. Polo's Double Black is my standard. My brother prefers Davidoff Cool Water. I generally spritz once on my inner wrist, rub them together, then on the sides of my neck. Optionally one spritz down the shirt if I think it's going to be a long evening and/or there will be significant olfactory distractions (like going out to a club).

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

The thing is: A good deodorant doesn't stop working after a few hours. If you have to apply it again after some time, you're doing something wrong. Try using a real deodorant.

If someone in the room does smell your deodorant, you're using too much. Thus, if they complain, you should use less.
Applying deodorant in the middle of a room would also make me want to punch you. The room will smell no matter how short of a burst you used. So I'd say, if someone in that situation takes offences, he has the right to do! Unless you use your deodorant in the bathroom. But any other room? NO!

That said, I normally use Nivea for Men - Sensitive Protect 24h. Mild, 0% alcohol, Anti-Transpirant. Don't know if you get it in the US or UK. It's subtle and I don't use much anyway.
Sometimes I use Dior Homme - Sport first as shower gel and later the deodorant and / or cologne. Gotta be very careful and subtle with that.
Also in my cabinet: Giorgio Armani - Aqua Di Gio, shower gel and cologne.
And finaly: BVLGARI AQVA pour homme, cologne. Liked that for quite a while, but I guess I got a little tired of it.

Back to the topic: Yeah, now that it gets warm I don't really look forward to visit the GW. Too often there are some people who seem to have slept in their black bandshirt for over a week or didn't wash their long hair / beards for as long.

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

yeah but he is doing it to 'trick' someone else into applying it to themselves.
Its true masking the scent isnt the best course (washing is obviously) but if theres no alternative....?

The thing is: A good deodorant doesn't stop working after a few hours. If you have to apply it again after some time, you're doing something wrong. Try using a real deodorant.

If someone in the room does smell your deodorant, you're using too much. Thus, if they complain, you should use less.
Applying deodorant in the middle of a room would also make me want to punch you. The room will smell no matter how short of a burst you used. So I'd say, if someone in that situation takes offences, he has the right to do! Unless you use your deodorant in the bathroom. But any other room? NO!

I'd laugh at you and spray a little in your face for all I could care about your delicate senses being tortured by my hygeine.

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

Sorry for being an incredibly hairy individual who sweats likes the proverbial in the summer months who also works an incredibly physical job which makes him very sweaty at the end of the day and wants to make himself pleasant for people around him before he can get to a shower...

But having a little squirt of Lynx makes me a douche? Riiiiigggggghhhhtttt...

People who smell like they've been bathing in sewage and/or dogshit disgust me. Yes, I can have an excuse as i've been working, but you see people walking around with clothes covered in holes and stains and long lank greasy hair smelling like the Mr Whippy I just dropped in the toilet and you just think... Why? A cheapo can of deoderant costs about 50p.

Yet i'm the douche for carrying a can of Lynx in my bag?
Go figure.

Axe is fine if used in moderation as a cologne type spray...

Just dont use it to cover up smells, or you get the BO/axe mix

Has anyone pondered using the actual Axe deodorant? It's the best anti-perspirant I've ever used as well. I'm a fan of "Phoenix" though I see a fair number of people buying "Essence."

Yeah though expensive, the axe Anti-Persperant/Deoderant works really really well.

i got sprayed by tiger pee (long story and no i didnt work in a zoo)

most comfortable ride in the metro ive had all my life

but after that ive become obsessive about being scentless

not smelling good...but not smelling at all

apparently some people find that off putting as well

Avatar 720 has the best advice... carry a can with you, and if you encounter mr. stinky, use it first on yourself then offer it to them.

It's the only way to non-offensively deal with the situation and get rid of the horrible stench.

Same goes for bad breath, offer them a stick of gum... if someone offers you gum, take it. They're making a point that your breath has got a bit funky.

As for Lynx, my last girlfriend loved the scent of it.. especially the chocolate one. She hated the orange one though, despite it being a much more manly scent.

Grimtuff wrote:Sorry for being an incredibly hairy individual who sweats likes the proverbial in the summer months who also works an incredibly physical job which makes him very sweaty at the end of the day and wants to make himself pleasant for people around him before he can get to a shower...

But having a little squirt of Lynx makes me a douche? Riiiiigggggghhhhtttt...

If you smell bad without the scent, you smell like bad + perfume with it. Spraying on a scent doesn't get rid of the bad smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, which often makes it worse - I find BO + heavy scent to be significantly more annoying than just BO, as do a lot of other people. The only way it will actually mask the scent is to completely drown it out, but that requires an eye-watering quantity of scent, which very unpleasant on its own.

The little squirt can turn you from 'neutral' to 'smells good', but if you're starting at 'smells bad' then it either makes no difference or moves you to 'smells really bad with an overlay of cologne'. The fact that Axe (at least where I am) is the spray of choice for people who think smelling 'bad + cologne' is equivalent to smelling 'good, or at least not bad' is what gives it a bad reputation.


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Revenent Reiko wrote:yeah but he is doing it to 'trick' someone else into applying it to themselves.
Its true masking the scent isnt the best course (washing is obviously) but if theres no alternative....?

It doesn't mask the scent, turning 'smells bad' into 'smells bad + has some perfume' doesn't actually make anything better.