English LaVander Atkinsons, the classic men's cologne in the 70s and 80s. Many will remember this cologne as the smell that made them remember their parents. Lavender Atkinsons it was the classic gift among the classics for Father's Day. In the 1980s during Dad's time, television was flooded with commercials for the precious cologne. Lavender Atkinsons it was a lavender cologne created by the English in 1910. Apparently it was the first men's bath water.