Axe deodorant smells more like sacrilege than sexy. South Africa has banned a television commercial featuring angels falling from the sky and tossing away their haloes in order to get intimate with ...

An Axe commercial in which lusty angels fall to earth, drawn by the scent of one random dude’s body spray, first hit airwaves in February — but now it has been banned in South Africa. AdFreak reports ...

Johannesburg - A deodorant company has taken corrective measures after imaginary angels it used in an advert offended a Christian viewer. "We have... made sure the seriousness of the matter is ...

An Axe deodorant ad that features sexy angels has religious people up in arms. South Africa has banned a television commercial featuring angels falling from the sky and tossing away their haloes in ...

If I was a Christian publisher, I’d be getting nervous. The ASA (the much-vaunted Asinine Standards Authority) has decided that an advert for Axe deodorant has to be withdrawn because, basically, it ...

UPDATE: Axe South Africa has started a campaign on their Facebook page to get the ad back on TV. South Africa has banned an angel-themed Axe deodorant ads, saying they're offensive to Christians. The ...

The debate marketers, and particularly advertisers, need to be having right now is not whether the Axe "Angels" commercial should be banned but rather whether a horrendously expensive and one-sided ...

Axe has a history of cringe-worthy ads, including one that seems to advocate leaving your girlfriend at the dinner table so you can party with strippers in the bathroom. The angel commercial would ...