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Ad of the Day: Axe Tom Kuntz and BBH bring inspired pandemonium to the launch spot for the brand's first women's fragrance

An Axe fragrance for men and women? Supported by an Axe campaign that isn't aggressively, compulsively misogynistic? The world must be coming to an end. In fact, that's exactly what seems…

February 1, 2012, 1:00 PM EST

Axe Unleashes 'Anarchy' on the Comics World Soft-core fantasy adventure is storyboarded by you!

Axe is creating a graphic novel (aka, a comic book) called Anarchy that's about two experimental fragrances that are unleashed on the world. It will feature hot chicks with gravity-defying…

January 3, 2012, 6:55 AM EST

Breaking: Lynx Ads Banned for Objectifying Women Lucy Pinder series is given a spanking

After courting religious controversy in South Africa, ads for Lynx body spray (marketed as Axe in the U.S.) have returned to their old standard of getting banned for sexual reasons.…

November 23, 2011, 9:56 AM EST

Axe's Fallen Angels Banned in South Africa After offending one guy

It's been nine months since we wrote about the Lynx/Axe body spray ad in which horny angels fall from heaven, but it's apparently taken that long for South African regulators…

October 31, 2011, 8:02 AM EDT

Axe Celebrates Halloween With 'Hot Girl vs. Zombie' A classic showdown, with a twist

Here is Axe's gift to you this Halloween—a 1:20 horror spot featuring one of the genre's classic matchups: hot girl vs. zombie. It's adequately executed, although the zombie could look…

October 25, 2011, 10:01 AM EDT

Dating an Axe Angel Wouldn't Be That Great After All Halo and wings are accidents waiting to happen

"My Angel Girlfriend" is the latest divertingly stupid installment of BBH's "Fallen Angels" campaign for Lynx (the British version of Axe). A dopey dude dates an angel who is attracted…

October 13, 2011, 9:58 AM EDT

Axe Suddenly Very Interested in Centuries-Old Beaver History lessons and more from CP+B

Axe Canada is all about being educational. The brand has been posting comical videos (more than 30 so far) to its YouTube page to keep young guys laughing in between…

September 23, 2011, 1:59 PM EDT

Axe Attempts World Record for Most People Showering Together More than 150 people get soaked

Axe long ago cemented its position in the annals of most-sexist marketers. The brand's latest spot doesn't do much to break that mold, but instead repeats the strategy of BBH's…

August 19, 2011, 12:23 PM EDT

Muslim Teens Convicted of Spray-Painting Burkas on Half-Naked Ad Models

First, the cops busted NYC's Moustache Man for drawing facial hair on subway ads. Now, London's Burka Boys have been brought to justice for spray-painting the Muslim cloak of modesty…

August 1, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT

Clean Up That Stinky Website With Axe Sprayaway

Here's an amusing little browser widget from Axe. It's called Axe Sprayaway, and you use it to spray away Web content that stinks. Just go to the Axe Sprayaway site,…

May 31, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT

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