What Happens When a Middle-Aged Woman Wears Axe Men's Body Spray for a Week

Slate reporter finds out

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Slate's legal reporter obviously has too many friends and wants to pare down her social circle, because she recently decided to see what would happen if she wore Axe men's body spray for a week.

Inspired by her 13-year-old nephew, her own Axe-worshiping sons and the legion of other advertising-hypnotized young males out there, Dahlia Lithwick wanted to see how people would react if she slathered Axe products all over her "fortysomething" self and went about her day as a functioning adult.

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