Lynx Advertisements Essay

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Lynx, also known as Axe is a brand of male grooming products, owned by the British/Dutch company Unilever. Ever since the launch of the products, the advertisements for Lynx have been depicted using sex appeal. The audience for these advertisements are generally young males, due to explicit images used. The purpose of these advertisements is to attract young males to purchase the product, by using images to make the product more appealing. I will be discussing the visual images and language used in the three advertisements I have chosen, and comparing them. The Lynx advertisements follow codes and conventions of an advertisement by using attractive young women in their ads to persuade viewers to buy their products. Comparing all three advertisements, there has been one technique used that stands out more than others, which is sex appeal. In the advertisement for Axe "Excite", there is an attractive woman, portrayed as an angel positioned on a bed. She is wearing lingerie that most men would find attractive. They have used this on all three of the advertisements. This proves that the use of the sexual image is able to draw in the young male audience. It portrays an image that most men succumb to. By making the product more attractive, they are more likely to purchase their particular brand. Some believe that if they purchase that product it will enable them to attract that type of women. “Get the girl by smelling good” is the tagline used in the selected Lynx advertisements which largely appeals to their target audiences. Lynx is one of the edgier, more sexually orientated brands in the deodorant market, and the advertising reflects this. The brand is portrayed and perceived as being cool, fashionable and stylish. The biggest strength of this brand is its perceived benefit that if you smell nice you can get the girl. This benefit is pitched in every new

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