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Now you can, with [bacon-scented air freshener](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SSVZLW/?tag=instash08-20). **Toothpaste** This bacon-flavored toothpaste allows you to “practice oral hygiene \[and\] satisfy cured meat cravings” at the same time, according to its [website](http://mcphee.com/shop/bacon-toothpaste.html). **Prayer** The patron saint of bacon is believed to be [St. Anthony the Abbot](http://books.google.com/books?id=6fMlS2A9N1IC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=fat&f=false), who was a healer and used pork fat to treat skin diseases. **Landscaping** Who knew bacon could be so picturesque? Photographer Carl Warner is known for his photographs of food landscapes, and he once made a world [entirely out of bacon](http://unusuallife.com/2009/01/29/bacon-world/). **Vodka** According to its website, [Bakon Vodka](http://www.bakonvodka.com) is “Pure. Refreshing. Bacon.” It even has a list of [recipes](http://www.bakonvodka.com/recipes), including a BLT Martini. **Shaving Cream** Here’s some [bacon shaving cream](http://store.baconsalt.com/Bacon-Shaving-Cream%5Fp%5F170.html), for all the guys out there who want their faces to smell like bacon. **Perfume** But don’t worry girls, you can wear eau-de-bacon as well with this [bacon perfume](http://www.fargginay.com). **Lube** For couples who want to incorporate bacon in the bedroom, here’s some [bacon lube](https://buywet.com/boink-n-oink-bacon-flavored-lubricant/boink-n-oink-bacon-flavored-lubricant-4-6-oz.html#.VACUnBb%5FQ1e) that “is sure to have the bacon lover in your life squealing with pleasure.” **Coffin** And for the truly die-hard bacon fans out there, here is the [bacon coffin](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/03/you-can-now-be-buried-in-a-bacon-coffin/) you’ve all been waiting for. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3222009/international-bacon-day-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3222009/international-bacon-day-2014/"},"headline":"9 Surprising Uses For Bacon in Honor of International Bacon Day","datePublished":"2014-08-30T11:00:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:53.099Z","description":"A meaty round-up","url":"https://time.com/3222009/international-bacon-day-2014/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4fa676c812fd529/6986a178810bbbee3bc9337c/international-bacon-day-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4fa676c812fd529/6986a178810bbbee3bc9337c/international-bacon-day-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"international-bacon-day-2014","caption":"international bacon day 2014","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3222009/international-bacon-day-2014/","name":"9 Surprising Uses For Bacon in Honor of International Bacon Day"}}]}] ```