According to officers, the would-be bandit tried to stick-up two people with a bottle of cologne that had been colored black with a marker and looked a little like a gun.
But something might have smelled a bit fishy to the intended victims.
Police Lieutenant Rick Edwards says there was a scuffle and the bottle broke.
He says suspect, Michael Kaminski, still stank of cologne when officers arrived on the scene.
Kaminski's now charged with aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
That's not for the bottle of cologne, but for a knife police charge Kaminski had on him.
