EXHIBIT 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 22, 2006 relating to the consolidated financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Colgate-Palmolive Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 22, 2006 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

May 4, 2006