time for another deodorant review, look you see. well, perhaps not review as such, for that implies something definitive, practical and useful. i am uncertain that my experimentation with scented antiperspirants meets such criteria, but then again if you are still reading it then perhaps it does. but if perhaps not translates into does not, or "doe snot" as i am prone to make a typo of, well, then the title is all wrong.
once again, then, those chaps (and ladies) of lynx (axe in some provinces and territories) have got busy. whenever they make a decent scented deodorant it appears they take it as a call to arms, to mess about, to interfere, to needlessly conjure up further when no more are (or is) required. and once more i have opted, actually fiscally elected in a financial sense, to give it a go.
what have they unleashed this time? if you missed the fairly innocuous (is that right? i tried my spelling which i was confident in and that word came up, which doesn't seem like the one i want to use, but f*** it there it is) clue in the title . lynx unity it is, then.
it would, i suspect, be reasonable to speculate that this is lynx yet again naming a deodorant as a homage to a weirdly specific treasured mid 80s song lyric. previously they of course named one of their finest deodorants, black night, after one of the most celebrated songs by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Black Night White Light. for unity, they have (perhaps wisely) turned to Paul Weller and The Style Council, abridging the one line out of Walls Come Tumbling Down, "governments crack and systems fall because unity is powerful", to "unity". as someone who really likes The Style Council, i was impressed with the obvious tribute and thus had high hopes for this.
how, to dispense with some of the usual waffle and get to the point (except to state that), does this unity deodorant smell? quite peachy, as it happens. as in, well, peach smelling peach like. but, this is lynx so not just "regular" peach. no, instead it has a musky, macho male, testosterone laden musk to it, evoking vivid images of how peaches might smell if they were being enjoyed by men in a Turkish prison or Turkish bath.
fair, serves its purpose and quite reasonable, then, are ways of describing lynx unity. i am being unduly critical, really, as it turns out that i quite like it. maybe they, them what do the lynx (axe), have just worn me down and made me accept that smelling like some burly bloke with a big bushy moustache, sat with men in a Turkish bath sweating for a variety of reasons, is how i and everyone else, we all, should be.
a lingering question is this "for everyone" subtitle the deodorant has. no, i was not aware of any sort of ban or restriction on purchasing the stuff. yes, true, lynx (axe) is aimed predominantly at feral teenager types, so that they may attract each other for the unspeakable and sordid things that feral teenagers do when suitably aroused, but i am also proof that anyone can go and buy it. maybe this is just them making some sort of political statement once again, then, or otherwise for some reason they are confused by their own marketing and think that some people who they want to buy it are presently not for fear of being refused. well, something like that.
exactly how has Paul Weller taken to one of his most celebrated lyrics being used on lynx deodorant? i have no idea. some extensive research - typing "paul weller lynx deodorant" into google - suggests no comment has been made. although i now know that some barber in london went to school with Paul Weller's son, and promptly bragged about it on the lynx website. also, someone selling tickets for a Paul Weller gig also has some lynx deodorant that he wants to swap with someone for some lynx shower gel, or so the ad says on whatever "gumtree" is. should Paul Weller read this, then perhaps he will be kind enough to leave a comment. actually, it is more likely that Mick Talbot will read it, so maybe he could express an opinion if he can be bothered, or ask Paul to.
right, well, in the absence of any comment off of Paul or Mick i suppose there is little sense in me saying much of anything else here. should this have been of any use to anyone out there, well, then, nice one.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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