bogin – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

I had to know why this particular Axe scent is loved and liked by the community, so I bought it at my local supermarket – the deo spray, that is.
It was not quite what I was expecting at all. Sweet, and a familiar sweetness. Oh, but what could be this familiar?
It took me 2 weeks to figure it out. Off the top- you get a whiff of creme-soda. How could this not be popular with Unilever’s target market when teen boys have their most visceral memory embedded in the product. Genius.
Now, do I like it? At first spray, not particularly; but when taking off my shirt in the evening and sniffing it before throwing it into the laundry basket… oh my!
It just works with my body’s chemistry to produce a faint but appealing scent. It becomes a lot less sweet… Almost a little sour, somewhat animalic.

demonlis – 2022-07-04:

4 out of 5

The school: When everyone claimed to be great and to be able to wear “serious” perfumes. What memories.

jony653 – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

As Hubby prefer another scent over this we have only had it in the house for one bottle a little over a year ago, but I loved it, it smelled spicy yet had a sweetness to it.

MartinaPeik – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

Spicy warm sensual scent that lingers for hours … I use Axe Africa in winter and Axe Marine in summer.

fill666 – 2022-07-04:

5 out of 5

Sure, Africa has great resemblance to, say Roma or Minotaur, but still has enough uniqueness to stand on its own. It is by no means a total clone of any other scent. Not at all like those dirt cheap copies of Fahrenheit and Le Mâle you can find everywhere.

marinakoromnova – 2022-07-04:

5 out of 5

My boyfriend is a fan of Axe deodorants (or Lynx, how we’re calling them where I live). While I like Dark Temptation, I got totally repulsed by this one. In fact, this and Axe Black are the only deodorants that I forbade my boyfriend to wear at home (absolutely no problems with him wearing them at work or football practice).
Thankfully, he’s a bigger fan of Dark Temptation anyways 🙂

andr4uk – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

Good Frag,
Yes it is synthetic, yes it is bald and yes it is somewhat youthful. When I was around 19, I was using it a lot, before going to school, after gym and etc. It had a very good staying power as a deodorant *better than some edts.
Its fresh, spicy and crisp.
It is very linear and most of the time just slowly fades away.
One of the best deodorants I had. I wish it had and EDT version, would buy instantly for the good times sake.
PS. I was getting compliments from everyone all the time – classmates, teachers, my aunt, my mom even my buddies.
AJ

baa70 – 2022-07-04:

5 out of 5

This is a body aerosol spray and not a true EDT, EDP or aftershave.
The scent doesn’t develop on me similar to the dark temptation version, it sprays on and instantly becomes intensely spicy yet fresh at the same time. I also get bergamot and sandalwood in the background
Projection/Sillage is around a few feet and no more. Longevity is around 3-6 hours but it does depend on your skin and how much you spray.
Very popular in the UK, the Africa scent is better for wearing during the day, the dark temptation is best in the evening 2.6/5

jora941989 – 2022-07-04:

4 out of 5

Smells exactly like Rochas man .

Rama81 – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

A friend and I were idly chatting today when we got on to the topic of 1996 – the year he moved to New Zealand. We both reminisced about how the song Gangster’s Paradise was everywhere that year. Clinton was in the White House, Bolger was PM, the war du jour was in the Balkans, and LL Cool J was the unofficial soundtrack to our lives.
The nostalgia trip got me thinking about Lynx Africa, which was equally inescapable that year. Every teenage boy used Africa in the mid to late 1990s – liberally. The general idea was to try to hide the funk of sweat and unwashed clothes by enveloping oneself in a cloud of bodyspray. You could use a quarter of a can in one go, and it still wouldn’t be considered an overdose. As a result, you couldn’t find a classroom, changing shed or food court in the country that wasn’t awash with the smell of Africa. It was also considered useful as a makeshift flamethrower, with the simple addition of a Bic lighter.
When it came to Lynx, Java was generally my go-to, but I often stole a spray of Africa, which my brother favoured. Sadly, Java seems to have been discontinued, but Africa is still going strong, so I asked my partner to pick up a can for me at the supermarket.
The packaging has changed somewhat – the domed cap is gone, replaced by a rotating cap that pushes up a sprayer. The scent is basically unchanged, however – no amount of reformulation could have made Africa smell cheaper or more synthetic than it already did. That said, I have to admit Africa still smells pretty good, if you can shake off the ’90s teenager connotations, which is a hard ask. It is sweet, creamy and easy to wear. It doesn’t have much lasting power, but the idea is to carry a can with you at all times, in case you stop projecting a suffocating cloud of fragrance. Applied in more humane doses, it is actually quite wearable.
I probably won’t ever wear this out of the house or admit to owning it, but it’s worth picking up as an extremely cheap nostalgia trip. Plus it’s a good investment – have you seen how much vintage cans of the discontinued Lynx sprays sell for? It’s pure insanity. I guess it’s hard to put a rational price on memories.

Risctb – 2022-07-04:

4 out of 5

When the summer comes I’m using Africa. I know it’s a man deodorant, but it works perfectly on me in hot weather, owerhelms the sweat and bad smelling. I enjoy also because smells enough fresh but spicy at the same time, timeless, modern, not a typical man’s cologne. Yes, I suspect where the resemble of LB Roma comes from, but I think Africa isn’t as soft and sweet as Roma, fresher and more masculine, because of geranium and bergamot.

timeaut – 2022-07-04:

5 out of 5

To me it smells spicy and fresh, but with that typical “axe” smell. I do not know which note is responsible for the spiciness. Maybe Fragrantica did not list all notes? I do not like it very much. It smells cheap and Sillage and longevity are bad. It reminds me of Sumatra Rain, that i also do not like. Maybe if the Tonka beans were stronger, i could appreciate it more, but i do not get much sweetness from this fragrance.

evgeny.latahin – 2022-07-04:

4 out of 5

To me, Axe Africa is like L B Roma without the pine note.

МудрецЧая – 2022-07-04:

4 out of 5

Notes from laura biagiotti official site
Top: pink grapefruit – mandarin – basil – laurel
Heart: geranium
Base: cedar – amber – sandalwood – vanilla – musk
Almost exactly the same,this is not a clone of le male,everyone who says that should smell minotaur and roma.
This is a clone of minotaure and inevitably roma.

sterrlockerrs – 2022-07-04:

5 out of 5

I still love this fruity fresh scent so much, cheap or not. If only Africa was available as edt or edp, I would look no further for the perfect spring/summer perfume.

жена260583 – 2022-07-04:

3 out of 5

This was absolutely massive in the UK in the mid 1990s. It’s basically a clone of The wonderful Minotaure by Paloma Picasso.
It smells pretty cheap but to be fair Axe or Lynx are priced accordingly and are basically body sprays for kids to wear after they have a shower following high school sports.