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A glass bottle in the shape of a stiletto shoe

Posted by Robin on 20 October 2022 Leave a Comment

Their rivalry “heated up” to the point where Baker met Miss Duckworth for a showdown in a park in Poundbury, near Dorchester, Dorset, on 24 August last year.

Mother-of-one Baker brought a distinctive Carolina Herrera perfume bottle – a glass bottle in the shape of a stiletto shoe – with her and concealed it behind her back.

— Read more in Woman hit boyfriend’s ex with stiletto-shaped perfume bottle after social media row at Yahoo! News.

Hurling bottles of perfume

Posted by Robin on 3 August 2018 5 Comments

This is the moment two of France's most famous rappers brawled inside a duty free shop at an airport in Paris in front of terrified passengers.

Elie Yaffa – who uses the stage name Booba – and Okou Armand Gnakouri – who calls himself Kaaris, along with their entourages, clashed violently before rampaging through Orly Airport lobby and hurling bottles of perfume at each other.

— If you must know more, read Huge brawl breaks out in duty free at Paris airport as French rappers beat each other with perfume bottles and rampage past over-sized M&Ms in front of terrified passengers at the Daily Mail. Hat tip to Chris!

Suspicious package

Posted by Robin on 31 January 2013 11 Comments

TNT Eau de Parfum

A CITY centre hotel was evacuated today after a designer perfume bottle, shaped like a bundle of TNT, was mistaken for a bomb. Staff at the Hilton Hotel in Tower Street called police at 9.20am after the ‘suspicious package’ was found in the ladies toilets.

— Read more at "Dynamite" perfume bottle causes bomb scare at York hotel at the UK's York Press.

How to scare a rat

Posted by Robin on 17 November 2009 47 Comments

Sue Stenhouse spends her days figuring out how Rhode Island officials should calmly deal with disaster. But when a rat scurried through her office, her natural response was to jump on a chair, snap it with rubber bands and threaten to spritz it with Obsession.

— From Eek! Rats giving RI Statehouse staffers a scare at NPR.

Ouch

Posted by Robin on 27 August 2009 23 Comments

The defendants then swerved into the victims' car and tried to run it off the road, court papers said. One of the women threw a perfume bottle that shattered the victims' rear windshield, the filings said.

— From Perfume bottle goes flying in on-the-road assault in Salt Lake City at The Salt Lake Tribune.

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