TSA Confiscates Jimmy Choo Perfume Bottle That Was Shaped Like a Grenade

When you board your next flight, try not to pack perfume that looks like a grenade. A woman set off a security alert because her Jimmy Choo perfume bottle was shaped like the explosive.

Lois Lewis was going through security at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport before her flight. As a promoter for country bands, she travels often and has taken her Jimmy Choo perfume with her on roughly 300 flights without a problem. However during this particular security stop, the 60ml bottle caused quite the problem, the Daily Mail reports.

She said that she places the bottle in a plastic bag and puts it in her hand luggage and has only been questioned about it three times in the past. However during this instance, the security line was shut down for more than an hour as a bomb expert was called in to determine whether or not the grenade-shaped perfume bottle was an actual explosive.

According to Lewis, who was flying to Denver, "They said if as a passenger you were to get on an airplane and you were to wave this around that people could maybe construe that as you making some sort of a threat."

When the bomb expert arrived, they took Lewis' information, identification and the perfume bottle.

"It went from humorous to alright let's be real. It's perfume," she said. "Everyone was staring."

Even though her perfume was taken away, Lewis said she bought another bottle of the same perfume when she got to Denver and packed it in her check-in luggage for her flight home to Tempe. Even though it was packed away, she noticed that her bag had been searched and the perfume wasn't in the plastic bag.

"I know the Transportation Security Administration is there to protect us. I know that. I am a traveller. I travel a lot, many, many flights a year. I have a husband. I want to come home. I want to be safe. But I want to be logical."

The TSA said it stands by its decision to take away the perfume as it has a police that toys or other items that resemble a weapon are not allowed on flight as it can be seen as a threat even if it isn't explosive.