JavierSantana May 25, 2023

Bought it yesterday and for the love of God! How do they sell this for $3? The tin says ‘Pineapple and Black Vanilla,’ but it smells like something else. It opens fruity and aromatic with spices like cardamom. As it dries down, it’s vanilla, chocolate, amber, and a touch of patchouli. I love the fine leather, suede—very aromatic and refined; nothing smoky, just like wearing a European suede jacket. I remember the ad: a chocolate cupcake that tempted until a golden snake slid on like a Bulgari bracelet. Along with Dark Temptation, these defined the scent of the 2000s in Mexico: high school and college, parties with cheap liquor, Belanova, Belinda, RBD, Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Aleks Syntek, Zoé, and Panda with Pepe Madero. We wanted quality scents without spending on Paco Rabanne. Sweet bombs for the club, like One Million and Black XS. Axe released these gourmands that influenced that whole olfactive family. Sorry for the context talk. Smell both, buy both if you want the cupcake and the snake; they have shared uses, but in my opinion, one is better for each. The chocolate one for parties and the Golden Temptation for intimate dates, more comforting and less loud, though they’re interchangeable. They’re similar to One Million, but with different nuances: Paco is citrusy, caramelized, and ambered; Axe is aromatic, cardamom, fruity, and vanilla. In Axe, the club queen is Black Night: like Versace Eros but more gourmand (they drained the ethyl maltol from the Gottlieb formula) with robust woods that make it more masculine. Leather and Cookies is like JPG Le Male Essence, but Excite and Apollo are better for daily wear. Blessings.

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JavierSantana May 25, 2023

Bought it yesterday and for the love of God! How do they sell this for $3? The tin says ‘Pineapple and Black Vanilla,’ but it smells like something else. It opens fruity and aromatic with spices like cardamom. As it dries down, it’s vanilla, chocolate, amber, and a touch of patchouli. I love the fine leather, suede—very aromatic and refined; nothing smoky, just like wearing a European suede jacket. I remember the ad: a chocolate cupcake that tempted until a golden snake slid on like a Bulgari bracelet. Along with Dark Temptation, these defined the scent of the 2000s in Mexico: high school and college, parties with cheap liquor, Belanova, Belinda, RBD, Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Aleks Syntek, Zoé, and Panda with Pepe Madero. We wanted quality scents without spending on Paco Rabanne. Sweet bombs for the club, like One Million and Black XS. Axe released these gourmands that influenced that whole olfactive family. Sorry for the context talk. Smell both, buy both if you want the cupcake and the snake; they have shared uses, but in my opinion, one is better for each. The chocolate one for parties and the Golden Temptation for intimate dates, more comforting and less loud, though they’re interchangeable. They’re similar to One Million, but with different nuances: Paco is citrusy, caramelized, and ambered; Axe is aromatic, cardamom, fruity, and vanilla. In Axe, the club queen is Black Night: like Versace Eros but more gourmand (they drained the ethyl maltol from the Gottlieb formula) with robust woods that make it more masculine. Leather and Cookies is like JPG Le Male Essence, but Excite and Apollo are better for daily wear. Blessings.

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