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Offbeat News: Smells Like New York History

GDA Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 10/11/2011 2:29:40 PM

Unwashed artists and bed bugs, trash and vintage clothing stores, poppers and disco pants. Believe it or not, they're all candle scents, according to the Village Voice. The candles are named after certain places and times in New York and are sold at Oak, a clothing boutique, for a mere $68 each.

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