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Your Favorite Scented Candle Might Be Ruining Your Libido. Sorry.

Your Favorite Scented Candle Might Be Ruining Your Libido. Sorry.

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS
Mar 20, 2025
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Your Favorite Scented Candle Might Be Ruining Your Libido. Sorry.
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Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news (ok, sometimes I don’t), but that warm vanilla sugar candle you’ve been burning since 2003?
Yeah, it might be tanking your sex drive.

I know. It smells like happiness. Like cupcakes and childhood memories. But it’s also releasing a chemical cocktail into your air—and eventually, your bloodstream—that’s not doing y…

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