Deanna Pai is a beauty writer and editor for InStyle currently based in New York. She has more than 10 years of experience writing about beauty and wellness.

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As fragrance expert Sable Yong put its, "we’re going to see every part of our daily, seemingly mundane lifestyles scented." Which means personal scent is evolving beyond scenting the person—it ...

In the past few years, I’ve become a candle obsessive. It started out sporadically, during the odd bath or to banish the smell of cooked food, but now it’s a full-on hobby. I burn them for ...

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