Roughly 10 years ago my brother moved to an area in Virginia where they had herds of deer moving thru the land they lived on. Needless to say the deer ate everything that would not kill them. Once he started using Liquid Fence the deer problem STOPPED cold. I have since been using Liquid Fence to stop deer and rabbits from ravaging our gardens with 100% success. Yes, it does smell but when you consider what the active ingredients are it should smell.....eggs and garlic. The smell is a bit rough while spraying and until it dries but the results are WONDERFUL and this is one product that is HARMLESS to animals and unless eye contact or ingesting the product it is also harmless to humans. What other product with such results can say the same thing?? As for any residual smell...I would prefer to have flowers and vegetables I can see AND consume than to have the deer wipe out everything in our yard.

You people that complain about the smell of liquid fence are just silly. Its the best product on the market, and if you use it properly the smell goes away after two day of being sprayed. I saturate my gardens including a wild flower field that deer love, but not anymore. I havent seen a deer on my property since I started in april. My garden is Beautiful..........The flowers smell gorgeous too. You will get over the smell. Really.
This stuff smells but it works! Gotta Love it!
Finally, I can see the plants bloom!
deerallgone!

My neighbor uses liquid fence, and the smell is overpowering. My children play in our yard and I am worried that is may be harmful to them to breath this stuff. I have to put my shirt over my nose to go into my yard when they spray liquid fence. I have flowers all around my yard, but I choose to let the deer have what they want rather than breath the putrid odor. Is this really heatlthy? How much testing has been done, what are the long term effects of this stuff we don't even know yet?

I am a firm believer of Liquid Fence and have had great success with it. I have now trained my deer to bypass my yard, cutting off their food source and driving them in other directions.
The smell isn't as bad as some people complain that it is. After a few hours the product dries clear and odorless, it must smell for a reason. There are taste deterrents out of the market but the deer have to taste it before they decide not to eat it, we all know deer do not travel by themselves, they bring the whole family with them.
The cost of Liquid Fence is reasonable considering the amount we spend on flowers, trees and bushes.
Liquid Fence is the only deer and rabbit repellent who offers an unconditional money back guarantee, I called the company myself . I bought a quart ready to use and didn't have success with it, only because I was using it as a perimeter/barrier spray, they corrected my application and told me that it has to be sprayed directly on what I am trying to protect, but they did offer to refund my money (although I misapplied it) or send me out a quart concentrate, which makes 4 gallons at no charge. Of course, I accepted the product, because I still have a deer problem, but no more
my yard is no longer a salad bar for those uninvited guests.
THANKS TO LIQUID FENCE.... I highly recommend this product to anyone. I believe people who aren't having success with it is human error. I have learned and I am guilty myself of not reading labels thoroughly.

Note from the Garden Watchdog editors...

You think it smells bad in your garden! You oughta try working next door to the place where they brew the stuff in Carbon County, PA. It gets deep into your throat and makes you sick to you stomach! Even in the dead of winter the stench seeps into our building across the street!

I have found the easiest application of this product is to do it later at night, use a more direct spray and NOT mist the entire plant. It was applied at 9:30pm and at 12:30am a doe winded 13 times about 10 steps into the yard! She left and hasn't been back :>) Yep, it stinks when wet, not when dried or following rain here in WI. Figure out what works for you regarding application and smile all the while all your perennials are blooming for the first summer in ages!! Now we are in pursuit of the Liquid Fence Mole, Vole and Gopher product.

The product is very effective. I spray it only around the perimeter of my property where the deer are most likely to nibble, so I'm not smelling it near the house. As long as it's not windy when I'm spraying, I don't have a big problem with it.

This is one of the few products I've tried that is actually successful at keeping critters away. Don't spray it when it's windy because it does smell awful. But I've never had a problem with the smell staying. After several minutes it fades away.

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, unless you enjoy (a) putrid, penetrating and persistent smells, (b) being in your yard wearing a gas mask or (c) watching your flowers from inside the house, with the windows closed tightly. The smell is indescribably sickening and penetrating and persists for several days. IT IS NOT WORTH IT, it completely destroys the beauty of your garden - I'd much rather feed the deer. We bought 1 gallon of the stuff at our local nursery for about $ 25, and after one spraying threw away the rest (almost the full gallon). It is not true that the smell goes away once it dries!! It keeps going and going, more than the Energizer Bunny. BEWARE!!

This product works.
My deer problem is now not a problem!

Worked wonderfully keeping those pesky deer from eating my hostas and St. John's wort. It's a rotten egg smell that is obnoxious at first but works great (wear disposable gloves or you'll be keep your spouse away too).
You must carefully read the instructions and follow carefully about application and re-applications to keep it working.
It's a keeper on my garden shelf.

I had no idea when I purchased this product that it smelled SO bad. I had a problem with deer eating my perennials bordering my driveway so I purchased the Liquid Fence. The second I started spraying, it smelled like badly rotted food. I smelled awful! I got it on my shoe, and my shoe smelled for hours. SO I read that the smell only lasts until the product is dry. Well, two days later my family arrived and it had just lightly rained the night before. They got out of the car and got hit with such a stench. My dad thought it was my septic!

The product got rid of the deer, but kept me out of the garden too.

i tried liquid fence to protect my marigold annuals and various perrenials. for some reason it did not keep rabbits away. i contacted the company and we talked about the possible reasons that this was our experience. anyway, they cheerfully refunded the msrp as they 100% guarantee their product. i feel that they treated me fairly and acted honestly in their dealings with me. you cannot ask for more than that. i realize that with any product there can be an occasional failure for whatever reason, and its good to know there are companys that stand behind their money back promise like liquid fence did. others im sure are having general success with liquid fence.