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4 March 2008
According to officers, the would-be bandit tried to stick-up two people with a bottle of cologne that had been colored black with a marker and looked a little like a gun. But something might have smelled a bit fishy to the intended victims. Police Lieutenant Rick Edwards says there was a scuffle and the bottle broke. He says suspect, Michael Kaminski, still stank of cologne when officers arrived on the scene
— From Stick'em up, I've got cologne at KTVO TV in Iowa. Update: the cologne was apparently Stetson, appropriately enough.
Posted by Robin
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1 May 2007
A LaPlace woman remained in the St. John the Baptist Parish jail Monday, after authorities say she doused a man with perfume and then set him on fire with a cigarette lighter at a weekend party.
— From the New Orleans Time Picayune.
In other (happier) perfume news:
A slender delicately-perfumed white orchid unique to Madagascar is the pick of the French cosmetics industry to symbolise its new commitment to biodiversity and sustainable development…
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Posted by Robin
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26 April 2006
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb has been removed from duty free shops in Oslo Airport in response to security concerns:
“The current regulations prohibit products in the shape of weapons and we think that this bottle could be used to scare passengers…”
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