Deadly Perfume Rumors

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170830-deadly-perfume-rumors-are-likely-false/

Middle East Monitor

30 August 2017

Algeria: ‘Deadly perfume’ rumours are likely false

The Algerian Ministry of Defence is thought to be behind a warning against purchasing and wearing a deadly perfume. […]

The document claimed to be issued by the Algerian Ministry of Defence that dates back to 17 August and was posted by the Regional Directorate of the Military Health, which is affiliated with the first military district. It suggests that “available information suggests that the perfume is a poisonous substance with a delayed effect that appears after 3 or 4 days of spraying it on the body, resulting in sudden death.”

The document also unveiled that the “toxic perfume has been discovered in Arab and Islamic countries such as Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Sudan, and Kuwait”. […]

Poisonous Perfume Sample (Malaysia)

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/07/05/Gleneagles-medical-perfume.aspx

The Star [Malaysia]

5 July 2013

Gleneagles Hospital refutes hoax messages on poisonous perfume sample

By JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZI

KUALA LUMPUR: Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur has refuted a message that has been circulating via email and SMS claiming that a poisonous perfume sample caused the death of seven women upon inhalation and exposure in the Hospital. […]

Women Asked to Smell Rag

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/985122/14/Police-search-for-woman-asking-others-to-smell-a-rag

KARE-TV [Minneapolis, MN]

30 July 2012

Police search for woman asking others to smell a rag

WAITE PARK, Minn. - Police in Waite Park are searching for three suspicious individuals who are allegedly asking women to smell a rag in parking lots.

Police received a complaint from a woman who said she was approached by another woman in a parking lot. The suspect asked the woman to smell some perfume. When the woman agreed, the suspect pulled out a rag and asked the woman to smell that. [...]

Suspicious Perfume Peddlers

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/10/jpso_debunks_internet_rumors_a.html

The Times-Picayune [New Orleans]
28 October 2010

JPSO debunks Internet rumors about perfume peddlers

Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune

Two different e-mail messages are making the rounds in Jefferson Parish from residents -- one from those who say they were afraid for their safety during encounters with suspicious perfume peddlers and another warning of free key rings with built-in global positioning systems.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said the perfume sellers are legitimate employees of a Metairie company called Big Schott Management. [...]

Perfume Attacks (St Helens, UK)

http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/st-helens-news/A-real-stinker-police-probe.5651001.jp

St Helens Reporter [UK]
16 September 2009

A real stinker: police probe fable of crooked perfume salesman

By Chris Amery

It may be a tale as old as the hills - but the story of a dodgy perfume salesman drugging and robbing unsuspecting female shoppers has been given new life in St Helens.

Stories circulating that the elaborate scam is being operated outside Asda's popular Kirkland Street store have even prompted police to investigate and local councillors to issue warnings in their official minutes. [...]

Beware of Door-to-Door Perfume Sellers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8134564.stm

BBC News [UK]
4 July 2009

Burglary scent scam 'urban myth'

Police in Hull have reassured the public after an urban myth has surfaced about a new burglary method which involves perfume sellers.

Reports have being circulated on mobile phone messages that would-be thieves are knocking on doors in the area with perfume samples.

When the samples are smelt, a person is knocked unconscious and the thief is then free to burgle the property. [...]

Killer Perfume Rumors, UAE

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/22/62607.html

Al-Arabiya [United Arab Emirates]
22 December 2008

Claiming death of 18 people
Killer perfume rumors raise fears in the UAE

ABU DHABI (Ahmed Sherif)

Abu Dhabi police sought to play down fears among consumers on Monday that a killer perfume was on the loose after a rumor was spread by text message to mobile phones.

The text messages claimed that in four days 18 people had died after using the unnamed perfume and that another 35 had been admitted to intensive care in hospitals in Abu Dhabi. The text messages also urged the receivers to spread send warnings to the people they know as quickly as possible to rescue as much people as possible. [...]

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10269491.html

Gulf News [UAE]
23 December 2008

Police deny rumours about 'killer perfume' in UAE

WAM

Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Police in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have denied rumours that some vendors were selling a perfume that could kill users in four days. [...]

Perfume Spraying Leads to Arrest

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080712/ARTICLES/807120312/1211/NEWS01&title=Perfume_spraying_leads_to_arrest

The Courier [Houma, LA]
12 July 2008

Perfume spraying leads to arrest

By Naomi King
Staff Writer

HOUMA -- A woman who police say sprayed cologne on at least local two men, leaving them feeling ill and light-headed, has been arrested.

Patches Wegmann, 22, 1449 Spanish Oaks Drive in Harvey, is charged with simple battery and unlawful solicitation. [...]

The incident remains under investigation, and authorities say it’s not clear that anything other than perfume was sprayed on either man. [...]

Both incidents are remarkably similar to an urban legend that has been circulated via the Internet for years. [...]

Fatal Perfume Samples

http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Tuesday/Hotline/20080513103432/Article/index_html

Malay Mail [Malaysia]
13 May 2008

Hotline

Hoax e-mail causes panic

AN e-mail circulating like wildfire in cyberspace, purportedly from Gleneagles Hospital in Ampang, has panicked FOO of Bukit Antarabangsa.

The businessman from Taman Bukit Utama wondered if the e-mail, which states: ‘News from Ampang Gleneagles Hospital. Important news to pass it on’, authored by one Mei Ling of Gleneagles Hospital Limited’s Human Resource Department is true.

The 48-year-old FOO says that the e-mail had the headline: ‘News from Gleneagles Hospital (Ampang) URGENT!!!!! from Gleneagles Hospital Limited’, which tells of the death of seven women from inhaling free perfume samples. [...]