Sales of perfume named after M75 rocket soar in Gaza

Press TV: A local cosmetics company in Gaza has named a citrus-scented perfume after the rockets that Palestinians fired on the Israeli cities during the eight-day offensive.

Rajaey Odwan, director of Gaza's Continental Style perfume company said on Wednesday that the sales of “M-75” perfume have soared since it was named in honor of the rocket that for the first time landed in Tel Aviv.

Odwan added that he thought he would give customers a chance to smell victory and "turn it into a perfume,” adding, "Sales have gone through the roof."

He further said that “the fragrance is pleasant and attractive, like the missiles of the Palestinian resistance.”

Ahmed Hassan, a customer from neighboring Egypt, who bought M-75 from a shop in Gaza as a souvenir, said that, "I hope the smell is strong enough for them to whiff in Tel Aviv and remind the Jews of the Palestinian victory."

In a similar move, a perfume tagged with the slogan “the scent of resistance” was produced in Lebanon several months after the 33-day war between the Israeli regime and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in 2006.

The Lebanese Daily Star said at that time, “If you’ve ever wondered what resistance smells like, then try a dab of ‘Resistance Perfume,’ which comes ‘exclusively’ with a political message and a picture of Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.”

Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, lost their lives and about 1,200 others were injured in the aerial assaults on Gaza that were carried out during the eight-day period of November 14-21.

Palestinian resistance fighters incessantly poured rockets and missiles onto the Israeli cities, killing at least five Israelis in retaliation for the deadly attacks on Gaza. 

A Gazan cosmetics company names a perfume after the Palestinian rockets shot at Israel during war. (File photo)

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