# Doper Girls: What do you think of guys who use Tag or Axe deodorant spray? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039 "2005-10-20T04:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/41 "2005-10-21T18:18:22Z")
axe/tag = nasty drakkar = yum=) Also, one I ran across in Germany - Aztek … very yum=) ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/42 "2005-10-21T18:41:20Z")
Gross, lets just say if you can purchase a “cologne-type” item for under $50 it may not be the best idea. But I must say their commercials are killer. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/43 "2005-10-21T18:44:38Z")
> [@Cyn](#): > > Watching those Axe commercials, I shared with my husband the time I was walking through the mall and caught a whiff of what smelled like concentrated mancandy and followed my nose until I had hunted down the source. > My husband wears that scent now so I don’t get lured away. > But it’s not Axe. \*\* concentrated mancandy \*\* Band name! BAAAAA-NNNND NAME! That is SO a band name! I’m tempted to start a band just to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/44 "2005-10-21T19:35:05Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Boys, boys, boys: save up and get a bottle of **Drakkar**. … According to many women I have spoken to on the issue, Drakkar is the cologne equivalent of Axe. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/45 "2005-10-21T20:31:45Z")
The cologne I use gets compliments from employees, relatives, friends and strangers, both male and female (all ages!), and of course, my wife. It also helps to put the cologne in the right place, one spray on the left forearm down to the back of your hand, the same for the right forearm, and one spray from the left shoulder towards the back of your neck and then your right shoulder. The reason being, that your shirt and collar slightly rub your skin as you turn your head, which releases a _faint_ scent of the cologne. Even if I sweat a little on the those areas, the mixture of perspiration and the cologne actually smells even better! I kid you not! Moderation is key though…more is definitely not better. I’ve been wearing this stuff since my wife (then girlfriend) got a bottle for me half a lifetime ago…20+ years. The cologne? Paul Sebastian The stuff that never gets advertized, is the stuff worth getting. Why buy stuff that needs to be advertized when word of mouth is the best advertizing? If it’s advertized, then it’s not making it on it’s own merit, or is an attempt to overprice mouthwash for dogs. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/46 "2005-10-21T23:49:04Z")
Axe smells as good as Tabu. In other words, stay far away from it. **Very** far away! Unless you want to repel women, in which case go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/47 "2005-10-22T05:52:27Z")
Eh, like I said in the linked Stink-Pretty thread: I made the mistake of using Axe as a full body spray once or twice. It sucks. I use a short burst on my chest before going to the gym, which is nice because it keeps me fresh enough to get though a workout without nausating myself and everyone else with BO and it washes off pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/48 "2005-10-22T08:48:17Z")
Let me be the voice of dissent. Axe (Phoenix) rocks my socks. None of the other scents smell remotely good. Let me also tell you my method of Axe use. Short spray to underarms after using fairly neutral deodorant. So when you get close to me, you are like “omfg, you smell awesome!” That’s my take on it. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/49 "2005-10-22T19:04:02Z")
- - - First of all I’d like to say that the Google ads for this page are simply _stunning_. . . . . - Secondly I wanted to say I was in a Wal-Mart yesterday, and there was an amazingly good-looking ~18yr old girl walking around in the store, in a black sexy “clubbing” style skirt oufit, and a “Axe” shirt with a belt of Axe products. Overall she looked something like Laura Croft. I didn’t notice all this until she had wandered by a few times. She seemed to just be wandering in circles, outside of the women’s merchandise, and appeared to be just shopping like everyone else. Except that she never really picked anything up of course. A couple guys wandered by me looking and talking about her (and smiling) and one of them went up to her and ask something, and she sprayed a bit of some _something_ on his shirt. - It was totally cheesy, but the girl was _extremely_ attractive. I didn’t ask her nuthin and she didn’t spray sh!t on me. ~ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/50 "2005-10-22T20:37:45Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Ah, but is it because of or in spite of their scent? Well, I haven’t noticed anything obnoxious about it, but I don’t like it as much as my husband’s Grey Flannel. Ivylad puts that on and he can as soon as he puts the cap back on. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/51 "2005-10-22T20:39:04Z")
:smack: insert “have me” after “he can” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/52 "2005-10-22T21:02:44Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > \*\* concentrated mancandy \*\* > > Band name! BAAAAA-NNNND NAME! That is SO a band name! I’m tempted to start a band just to use it. Even better: _Brand Name_! Start a \*product \* and call it “ **Concentrated Mancandy** ”. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/53 "2005-10-22T23:26:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How about [Old Spice?](http://www.oldspice.com/) I’m fairly young, and _every single one_ of my female friends has told me never to wear an “Old Spice” product if I’m looking to attract girls my age, since they all associate the scent with their fathers. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039/54 "2005-10-22T23:27:22Z")
> [@Necros](#): > > … > According to many women I have spoken to on the issue, Drakkar is the cologne equivalent of Axe. YMMV. I think I have to agree with you on that, too. If I’m thinking of the right cologne, I recall it as being very much a “shirt open to the waist and chest hair tangled with way too many gold chains” type of fragrance. Which is great if that’s your thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-what-do-you-think-of-guys-who-use-tag-or-axe-deodorant-spray/327039.md?page=2)