PTBOCanada Featured Post: Walton Wood Farm Is About To Hit It Big On International Stage
/We love a good success story and this is a major one: Local start-up Walton Wood Farm—a bath and beauty gift company based out of Peterborough—has been hand-picked by renowned maker community The Grommet as a featured brand!
The New York-based Grommet launches a different maker at noon each day to over 2 million followers. Get your calendars ready because Walton Wood Farm’s launch date is January 21st, 2016!
MEN DON'T STINK: The successful Walton Wood Farm product
“We launch undiscovered products and help them succeed,” says The Grommet website. “We call them Grommets. Grommets aren’t just things. Grommets are products with a purpose invented by people with stories.” Their mission? “#Buydifferently.”
The Grommet looks for unique products created by "makers" with a story to tell. They only select roughly 3% of submitted products, so they’re serious about uniqueness! Their launch platform helps to bring a wider audience to a new company, giving them much needed press and attention. We already know about Walton Wood Farm (and smell better because of them), but now it’s time for the rest of the world to know them too!
Leslie and Peter Scott
Walton Wood Farm products don’t just have a scent; they have a soul. The couple behind the brand—Peter and Leslie Scott—began their company just 18 months ago with the purpose of raising money to save their historic barns.
“We wanted to make high quality products using sustainable ingredients that are fun to give and great to use,” Leslie tells PTBOCanada. “Once we save our barns, we’ll help to save others.” Who doesn’t love a good barn?!
Scott’s daughters challenged her to make cool gifts for their boyfriends. “I looked at the fragrance isle at the local drug store and wondered, Why are colognes for men so feminine, breakable, and far too strong? And what’s with the themes—who do you know that actually plays polo?”
The farm where it all began: Walton Wood Farm near Peterborough
Walton Wood Farm’s Men Don’t Stink solid colognes boast a 100% natural base. Packaged in tins, they won’t leak or break. As they are a solid, they’re carry-on luggage approved—and being alcohol free, legal to mail. Each fragrance is built around an archetype: The Gentleman, The Adventurer, The Beast and other themes reflective of today’s man.
“Our product is made for the way men really live—rugged and mobile,” Scott tells PTBOCanada. “They’re much better for the skin, and won’t ‘stink’ people out of public spaces. That’s one of the reasons we called our line, Men Don’t Stink.”
Dynamic duo: Leslie Scott and marketing expert Sarian Burnet from Walton Wood Farm team
