Dark Temptation (Eau de Toilette) by Axe

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Dark Temptation Axe 2010 Eau de Toilette

5.5 / 10 90 Ratings

A perfume by Axe for men, released in 2010. The scent is sweet-synthetic. It is being marketed by Unilever.
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Main accords

Sweet

Synthetic

Gourmand

Fruity

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cherry

Coriander

Ginger

Pear

Heart Notes

Basil

Red pepper Sage

Sage

Base Notes

Chocolate

Cream

Amber

Patchouli

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

5.590 Ratings

Longevity

5.268 Ratings

Sillage

5.262 Ratings

Bottle

4.666 Ratings

Value for money

7.029 Ratings

Submitted by Nw1990 · last update on 09/26/2025.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/05/2025

10Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Ronin47
47 Reviews

Ronin47

1

Azzaro the Most Wanted Parfum's Ancestor

Yes this smells just like it with some twists here and there.

I don't have much to say about this, but I wasn't really expecting this to be so freaking awesome especially given the price.

It also projects well too, if you spray more. Sometimes I like to wear this on clothes with my fragrance to give it an interesting touch.

It's worth a try. No wander AXE is just so famous.

05/07/2016

2Scent 4Longevity 5Sillage

Fittleworth
89 Reviews

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Fittleworth

Very helpful Review 25

Visiting Professor Dr. Soettmöller

"The production of a synthetic fragrance that reliably unfolds its aroma for hours like an unstoppable tank, without having to rely too much on natural additives, has been an old dream of humanity. Until today, it was considered largely unattainable.
As I said - until today, because science has now achieved a decisive breakthrough in the creation of such a fragrance.
That’s why we are visiting today the macromolecular olfactory laboratory of the Jürgen-Koppelin Foundation, which was relocated from the city center of Stenkelfeld to Schmöllerheide after several severe explosions.
Standing next to me is Professor Dr. Soettmöller, an internationally renowned lecturer in experimental and applied groundwater physics, who will now explain to our listeners the connection between simple physical processes and the quality control of a synthetically produced fragrance using a vivid example."

"Well, nothing! I don’t want to explain that to you at all!"

"Oh, really...?"

"Your listeners won’t understand it anyway! When they look into our fermentation tanks, they only see a murky sludge and don’t understand why it can become a fragrant and highly popular essence!"

"But some might understand it, Professor Soettmöller. How could one recognize the quality of the produced fragrance at such an early stage?"

"Yeeess... well, basically there are two important characteristics for a successful composition. One is the quality of squirrel urine, by the way, a very important component of our new collection, and the other is the pre-digested oak bark by yellow-billed swamp wrens, which, after adding ethylene obscurwolyprylate and trichloroic acid oxide, smells very naturally of pear and sage.
But most people don’t know that at all!"

"Certainly not, no... what connections are there?"

"Ah, those are complicated matters, hmnäääch, they are closely related to the downward-directed lime pressure of biconcave groundwater vaults; this, in turn, affects the urine consistency of large rodents and birds with left-turning lime synthesis during beak formation, and so on and so forth... so I would say - this is really none of your business!"

"Pardon?"

"I don’t care what you say! You just want another sensational topic for your rock and roll station! Media brat!"

"No, no, Professor Soettmöller, we want to make it generally understandable here as part of our service week 'Fragrance or Not, Here’s How to Tell the Difference'..."

"Alright, then let me explain how you should imagine our not entirely harmless work here. First, we set up chemically treated residues in large fermentation tanks, which we take from the yellow bin. There is a very close collaboration with the Dual System, you know. Through a repeated laterally sclerotic underpressure flushing with phosphoric acid methyl aniline barbiturate and a gentle heat treatment with pseudoleukocytosin and nitric acid, not only are the last organic molecules practically broken out, but also annoying components like old price tags and supermarket labels are removed. The resulting gray-brown sludge is largely odorless, which allows for dilution to the desired extent as well as processing with olfactorily enhancing additives."

"Yes... uääähhh... that sounds somehow..."

"I sense your objections. But the pretense of natural substances like elderflower, ginger, and vanilla or even pear and coriander is based precisely on strictly controlled HTML protocols with an imposed Java architecture that is diamond-binary matrixed. From an economic perspective, it cannot be done any other way. What do you think ginger and vanilla cost? Or how expensive patchouli is on the world market?!"

"Ah yes... now you’re boasting, Professor Soettmöller, that this new fragrance is supposed to contain aromas of cream and chocolate. How do these fragrance notes get into the product?"

"Well... that’s where the squirrel urine mentioned at the beginning comes into play. It is stretched with propane-II-butanoic acid and diphenylamine plastic substrate until the desired aroma effect occurs. And let’s be honest - the young people who pour this sludge on their necks don’t even know what chocolate smells like! What they think is chocolate is also produced here with us. It’s the so-called solid residues left over from fragrance production. They are then dyed brown with synthoplast substrate and wrapped in a nice package and delivered to local grocery stores. We label them as organic chocolate, so no one is surprised that it tastes so strange."

"Uhhhh... uh... I mean... thank you very much, Professor Soettmöller, for this information. One last question - how did you come up with the name 'Dark Temptation' for the fragrance created by your lab?"

"Well, that was the charming idea of our Miss Doergenberg-Herkenrötter, you know, one of our lab assistants. Given the base color of the mass produced during the lateral chlorbidorsalmethyl autosynthesis, she was tempted to resign from her position here in the lab. In the end, she didn’t do it, but I would say, it was a close call."

"Ah yes... well, Professor Soettmöller, I am sure that our listeners will look at the cosmetic products from your lab with completely different eyes in the future. And with these impressions, back to the studio..."

01/13/2011

1Scent 5Longevity

BlackCat
43 Reviews

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BlackCat

9

A lot of noise and absolutely nothing

Seriously? Forget it. It started off badly...

The once-great AXE commercials were the beginning, because I found the one for Dark Temptation... well, let's just say: bad. So much for being irresistible, ha ha. Maybe something could have been salvaged if the chocolate guy had hung twin cherries over his ears. What do I know... You can claim that I go to the cellar to laugh, but I completely miss the joke of this spot, let alone that it motivates me to buy. I long for the genius elevator ad. Those were the days...

Back to the scent: one could think that nothing could come of it given my bias. But I'm open to being proven wrong. I used to think of Escada as old-lady fragrances, and now I have my second one in almost daily use. And since we were looking for something new for my husband for everyday wear, we decided to give this scent a try. It was worth a shot.

But what can I say? Unfortunately, my fears were confirmed. You can't smell the pepper at all, the chocolate dominates, but not in a pleasant way. It smells like a chocolate bar long forgotten in the back corner: just musty. And combined with the amber, it really smells anything but pleasant to me: artificial, overpowering, incompatible. Patchouli and cherry are almost completely masked, only providing minimal glimpses of brightness when they occasionally drift into the nose. The EdT somehow feels sticky, heavy, musty, as I mentioned before...

Fortunately, it doesn't last too long. I tested it on myself and on my husband, who unfortunately could only agree with me: a lot of noise about something that is absolutely incomprehensible to both of us. So better keep your fingers away, that's wasted money. Others have already shown that you can do much better for little money.

07/29/2013

Thoddü
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Thoddü

5

Oh God

Yes, I admit it. That's how I got started. How can you say no when it's just a few euros for 50ml? And how could I have said no if I had known what awaited me in the fragrance heaven. But back then, I equated reason with price-performance.

Finding good fragrances for under 10 euros is an art in itself. But even boiled pasta water smells better when sprayed than this synthetic mess. I don't trust the "ingredients" here any further than five meters down a dirt road. It's so artificial and disgusting, I've never experienced anything like it.

From earlier times, I can still report that the sillage was quite strong, but the longevity was poor. I don't expect miracles for the price, but there are certainly others that do it better.

So, anyone looking to enter the world of beautiful fragrances should not be misled in the supermarket by the thought that AXE perfume attracts women like in the ads. The opposite is likely the case. If you're looking for an affordable scent, you should check out "Signature men" by Otto Kern or the various Puma fragrances.

Since I know what really works, I use "Dark Temptation" to make my trash for the garbage men more bearable. Alternatively, it can also be used as an insecticide or plant killer. Disgusting, simply disgusting!

04/08/2014

2Scent 2.5Longevity 2.5Sillage

BastiS11
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BastiS11

4

Deo hui, edt pfui

I have been using Axe Dark Temptation deodorant for years and to this day I am still a fan of it. I also love vanilla and leathery scents in perfumes, and recently I added Dark Temptation to my rather impressive perfume collection just for fun. What could possibly go wrong at this price? Answer: Everything! The fact is that Axe is a really good producer of deodorant sprays, and I will continue to rely on them, but when it comes to the perfume, you should urgently change the designation to edt or stop production altogether, because what I experienced during the home scent test was only very vaguely similar to what I appreciate from the deodorant. It actually smells like nothing mixed with a slight hint of typical Dark Temptation. If you even bother to break down the scent, you will ultimately find... unfortunately nothing again. Well, not every experiment is a success. My easygoing buddy has been having fun with it for a few days now.

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