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Who Needs BaconAir When There Is Bacōn Cologne?
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Garth Johnston
Published Apr 6, 2011
Modified Apr 6, 2011
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So last week we got wind of BaconAir and our minds were blown. Unfortunately that product appears to have been an early April Fools (though it is still up on J&D's web store—WTF?) but that's all behind us now. Racked, you see, has tipped us off to the next best thing. Bacōn (pronounced bay-cone), a cologne "designed for men and women" from a Chicago-based outfit called Fargginay "blending 11 popular pure essential oils with the essence of...bacon."
Is this a real product? Maybe. We've sent an e-mail to the company to try and discern its veracity, but in the meantime we're choosing to believe it is true. Because we really want somebody to be selling $36 dollar bacon-scented toilet water ("scent by the gods" is their tag line) in Gold (a.k.a. sizzling citrus) and Classic (a.k.a. spicy maple) varieties.
While we wait to find out if this is the real deal, we'll just have to settle for their cute promo:
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