[ There might have been a second part to this incredibly astute observation, but by the time Thomasin gets close enough to investigate said candles and the woman putting them out, she's also close enough to get hit in the face by a tidal wave of patchouli et al. It's not that she isn't used to objectively worse smells, but the artificiality and the concentration -- not to mention the combination of so many together -- is more than enough to reduce her to a deer in the headlights mess, staring at the display and not yet fully aware she needs to sneeze. ]
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[ There might have been a second part to this incredibly astute observation, but by the time Thomasin gets close enough to investigate said candles and the woman putting them out, she's also close enough to get hit in the face by a tidal wave of patchouli et al. It's not that she isn't used to objectively worse smells, but the artificiality and the concentration -- not to mention the combination of so many together -- is more than enough to reduce her to a deer in the headlights mess, staring at the display and not yet fully aware she needs to sneeze. ]