CAIRO: An Egyptian woman obtained a divorce from her husband after he sprayed their flat with air-freshener that triggered off her chest allergy, the daily Egyptian Gazette reported.
Cairo s Maadi Family Court granted the woman, identified only as Suad, a divorce from her Sudanese husband for spraying their apartment with a perfume containing essence of aloe and alcohol.
The husband, Hussein, had already been subpoenaed three times over the same issue, the paper reported.
Hussein refused to stop using this perfume; despite the fact the he knew I had a sensitive chest. He said he d used it since he was a child in his family home, Suad told the court.
I love my husband and I want to stay with him, for his sake and for the sake of our three children, but it s just not possible, she said.