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Meet the Man Preserving the Lost Art of the Fragrance Factice
Once a staple of fragrance selling, factices — or, oversized perfume bottle replicas — have all but disappeared in the digital era. But Sudhir Gupta has amassed a collection of thousands, and he wants the world to remember them.
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