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A report of a man waving a gun inside Goodwill, 904 S. Main St., resulted in a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department deputy taking the man into custody...The man was released after a brief investigation revealed the suspect took a pistol-shaped perfume bottle out of a box, according to the police report.
— From Man questioned about perfume bottle 'gun' at fdlreporter.
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Sheriff's officials said a deputy plans to be back on duty Wednesday after a woman she was trying to arrest broke her nose with her purse. Sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter said the purse the 48-year-old woman swung Tuesday evening contained a large bottle of perfume and weighed more than three pounds.
— From Ariz. woman allegedly woman whacks deputy with purse containing perfume bottle, breaks nose at the Star Tribune.
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A woman held captive at knifepoint in her own car for more than two hours eventually scared off her attacker by spritzing him with perfume, police said Monday.
— The news from Corpus Christi, Texas. The perfume was Elizabeth Arden Red Door.
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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.
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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…