However, Levinâs career as a hacker was only short lived, with a capture, imprisonment and recovery of all but $400,000 of the original $10 million. During Levinâs 1997 trial in the United States, he was said to have coordinated the first ever internet bank raid.
The experiment used two different types of mosquitoes â the Asian tiger mosquito and the yellow fever mosquito â and the results indicated that âBombshellâ was the most effective at keeping the annoying insects at bay. Researchers have found that Victoriaâs Secret âBombshellâ perfume is a mosquito repellent. Image: Victoriaâs Secret On a cautionary note, half a millilitre of the perfume was used in the study, so researchers donât believe that it would have the same effect when used in normal concentrations.
To protect trade secrets, makers are allowed to withhold fragrance ingredients, so consumers canât rely on labels to know what hazards may lurk inside that new bottle of perfume. âA rose may be a rose,â reports EWG. âBut that rose-like fragrance in your perfume may be something else entirely, concocted from any number of the fragrance industryâs 3,100 stock chemical ingredients, the blend of which is almost always kept hidden from the consumer.â.