The Unique Ingredients You Need to Smell Like Montana

Have you seen or heard these commercials for the deodorant that you can put anywhere on your body?

They usually use funny euphemisms to refer to all the non-armpit places you can use the product. From how many ads I've seen or heard, you would think that America was having a crisis of aroma.  Who knew so many people were worried about how they smell?

Millennial men in particular are worried, I guess, according to a poll from OnePoll and Old Spice (go figure). Their data suggests 72% of American men are concerned about how they smell.

When I asked my male coworkers if they felt that that was true for them, two of them admitted, "Oh yeah, I walk into my house and wonder if I'm smelling the dishes or if it's me," and another said, "I'm afraid I've developed smell-blindness."

Maybe Old Spice and OnePoll are onto something.

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Montana Inspired Cologne and Perfume

There's no shortage of colognes or perfumes with some type of Montana reference. There's even a perfume brand called "Montana." But what if you want to smell like the state itself? How do you bottle the scent of Big Sky Country?

I used to make perfume so here's my take on what Montana--the place--would smell like as a cologne or perfume.

For a Cologne You'd Need

• a base note of leather
• a base note of whisky
• a middle note of woodsmoke
• a top note of prairie grass

For a Perfume You'd Need

• a base note of huckleberry
• a middle note of honey
• a top note of high mountain creek water

Now if someone could bottle rugged individualism and add a few drops to both, I think they would be complete.