Thursday, January 22, 2009

I Didn't Make it Up

In this morning's Chicago Tribune.  Obviously, they're only in it for the resale; a maven would have gone for the Azuree or Private Collection.

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Two thieves stole more than $2,500 in high-end perfumes from a Deerfield cosmetics store, then sped off in a silver Porsche SUV, police said. 

The two entered Ulta Cosmetics, 130 S. Waukegan Rd., on Jan. 14, but aroused suspicion and were confronted by a store manager. One woman in her 20s opened her empty bag and then abruptly left, while the other bought a comb and soon followed.

Employees found dozens of bar code labels and scissors used to remove them under a shelf, then went outside and saw the women drive off together.

The stolen items included bottles of Coco Mademoiselle, j'adore, Euphoria and Miss Dior Cherie, according to police.

6 comments:

The Daily Connoisseur said...

Oh dear... it sounds like it could have been one of us!

ScentScelf said...

Fortunately, Daily, there are no physical descriptions...

;)

Rose said...

Oh wouldn't it be wonderful to just be given free reign to take anything you wanted from a fabulous perfume department (*fantasizes about being told she can take anything she wants from the Liberty or Harrods perfume department... drifts away on a happy cloud...*)

ScentScelf said...

(*gets a running start and leaps onto cloud with her...*)

:)

Anonymous said...

That cloud is going to get mighty crowded....:-)

xo

Lucy Fishwife said...

There's a hint of Dior bias there - anything I should know about the Chicago resale crowd? Are the bars full of women in Dior haute couture muttering "I've got more in the car, you know.." to equally soignee customers?