<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-13-020037.txt : 20130916
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-13-020037.hdr.sgml : 20130916
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130916173157
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-13-020037
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130912
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130916
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130916

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021665
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
		IRS NUMBER:				131815595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123102000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		STREET 2:		14TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Paik Elaine C.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001483460

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00644
		FILM NUMBER:		131099604

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
		STREET 2:		300 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-09-12</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000021665</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001483460</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Paik Elaine C.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>300 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; Corporate Treasurer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>59.2800</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-09-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>19266.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.0000</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-09-12</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>19266.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>19266.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Annual stock option granted under the issuer's 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option becomes exercisable in equal annual installments over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the September 12, 2013 grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>poa_paik.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kristine Hutchinson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-09-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa_paik.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Andrew Hendry, Nina Huffman, Kristine Hutchinson, Femi
Giwa and Sharon Han, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
		undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
		Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
		amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
		appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
		undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
		reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
		undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
		Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
		5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
		undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
		and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
		any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
		forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
		authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
		with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in
		fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
		legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
		that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on
		behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
		shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
		conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
		attorney in fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 26th day of August, 2013.


		     				/s/ Elaine C. Paik

						Elaine C. Paik
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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