 The company also advertised the "unrefined" Lysol F. & F. (Farm & Factory) for use in factories and other large buildings – a can, when diluted as directed, made of disinfecting solution.In the late 1920s Lysol disinfectant began being marketed as a "feminine hygiene" product by maker Lysol, Inc. and distributor Lehn & Fink, Inc.It was claimed vaginal douching with a diluted Lysol solution prevented infections and vaginal odor, and thereby preserved youth and marital bliss.