--- title: Watch: The New Axe Ad is Kind of Romantic description: Does Nicholas Sparks write Axe ads now? canonical: https://time.com/72852/surprise-the-new-axe-body-spray-ad-is-super-romantic/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-22T22:12:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:00.846Z og:title: Watch Axe's Cute New Ad og:description: Does Nicholas Sparks write Axe ads now? og:url: https://time.com/72852/surprise-the-new-axe-body-spray-ad-is-super-romantic/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Axe's Cute New Ad twitter:description: Does Nicholas Sparks write Axe ads now? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Surprise! 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It’s sure to catch the attention of that 13-year-old who loves sword fighting and is just about ready to start wearing deodorant. Watch it here: The company definitely recycled the costumes from _Game of Thrones_ for that first part with the cavemen, but it’s still cute. And we’re pretty sure Jack Dawson from _Titanic_ probably would have worn Axe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/72852/surprise-the-new-axe-body-spray-ad-is-super-romantic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/72852/surprise-the-new-axe-body-spray-ad-is-super-romantic/"},"headline":"Surprise! 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