Farmer's cologne: A new field-tested, cow-calming scent for men

Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | Aug 05, 2013 | By Adam Tschorn

[thecodont]

Does your dairy herd get skittish every time you hit the milking parlor drenched in Drakkar Noir? Does a splash of Hugo by Hugo Boss have your flock of sheep heading for the hills? If so, the answer to your fragrance faux pas may well be Portland General Store's new Farmer's Cologne.

When I first caught wind of the cologne -- made by the same Maine-based company that makes manly grooming products like tobacco-scented beard oil, whiskey-scented aftershave and a soap called "Hunting Camp" -- I was intrigued by the notion that the potion was formulated to be "aromatherapeutic and pleasing to cows...

[Cowboy Bob]

The smell of methane gas? Every time you walk into a room, people think the pilot light went out on the stove...

[Vendome]

Old Swine...

[VRW Conspirator]

Yes but is there a scent for pigs, just asking.

[ClaytonP]

"Cow-calming" huh?

With assist in dealings with HR issues at work?

[Flick Lives]

LOL! Coffee spew alert!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sales are through the roof in Yemen.

[Old Yeller]

Hai Cowrate

[HereInTheHeartland]

Anthony Weiner will be able to date again.

[green pastures]

Eau de Bovine?

[GeronL]

cow-calming?

[green pastures]

no bull about it...

[GeronL]

Will the Veterinarians wear this cologne?

[Cincinatus]

"All my men wear Eau du Bovine.... or they wear nothing at all!"

[IronJack]

I see a huge market in muslime countries ... After all, if they can’t get the camels and sheep “in the mood,” at least they can keep them calm enough so they can sneak up behind them.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Rodamala]

I distinctly recall the country music playing on the transistor radio in the milking parlor of the dairy farm in my valley. It was to calm the cows.

[green pastures]

Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner— I was up to my armpits in...

...um, nevermind...