{"id":1624,"date":"2008-12-29T00:05:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T10:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:28:31","slug":"axe-dark-temptation-shower-gel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/29\/axe-dark-temptation-shower-gel\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/axedark.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that despite what Axe shows in their commercials, no guy has ever gotten laid because of an Axe body spray, deodorant, or shower gel.  Some guy might say it was, but I&#8217;m positive that he got laid for other reasons, like alcohol, the woman&#8217;s need for a green card, desperation or pity.  Not even the Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel with its chocolatey scent could get a guy laid, despite the love women have for chocolate.  <\/p>\n<p>I think the only lovin&#8217; a guy could get with a chocolate shower gel is from a dog, because if there&#8217;s one thing I&#8217;ve learned from my subscription to <i>Dog Fancy Magazine<\/i>, besides picking the best sweater for your pooch, it&#8217;s that dogs love chocolate &#8212; even though it could kill them.<\/p>\n<p>Axe scents, to me, are like Nickelback and Daughtry songs &#8212; I can&#8217;t tell them apart.  I was hoping the Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel would have the same smell, look and consistency as chocolate pudding, but instead it looked like clover honey.  Its spicy and slightly sweet scent was decent, but reminded me of other Axe shower gels I&#8217;ve used in the past.  It&#8217;s not really chocolatey, which would&#8217;ve made it stand out among the other Axe scents and get me some serious tail.  Dog tail, that is.  <\/p>\n<p>Overall, I&#8217;m disappointed by how un-chocolatey the Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel is because cosmetic company Philosophy has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philosophy.com\/web\/store\/prod_just-because______78240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their own chocolate body washes<\/a> which look and smell like chocolate.  They&#8217;re so delicious that if there wasn&#8217;t the warning on the bottle that says in bold and lowercase letters, &#8220;caution: not for internal use,&#8221; I would probably eat them. <\/p>\n<p>Not everything about the Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel is disappointing.  It lathered up nicely, thanks to the sodium laureth sulfate, and it did what it was supposed to do &#8212; get my body clean.  It may not have made me smell like chocolate, but that&#8217;s okay.  <\/p>\n<p>If I want to smell like chocolate, I&#8217;ll do it the old-fashioned way &#8212; using melted chocolate as hair gel. You can&#8217;t rest your head on anything with it on and you must stay away from the Humane Society and pet stores, but it&#8217;s got some crazy hold.<\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Axe Dark Temptation Shower Gel<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $4.99<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 12 ounces<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Drugstore.com<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  5 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Decent smelling.  It gets me clean.  Lathers nicely.  Grippy bottle.  Using melted chocolate as hair gel to smell like chocolate.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Doesn&#8217;t smell chocolatey.  Smells like all the other Axe body washes.  Will not get you laid.  Nickelback and Daughtry songs.  Being attacked by dogs due to using melted chocolate as hair gel.  Having a subscription to <i>Dog Fancy Magazine<\/i> and not owning a dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that despite what Axe shows in their commercials, no guy has ever gotten laid because of an Axe body spray, deodorant, or shower gel. Some guy might say it was, but I&#8217;m positive that he got laid for other reasons, like alcohol, the woman&#8217;s need for a green card, desperation or pity. 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