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Article: EX*TRACTS tempts the senses. (home fragrance, personal care, and aromatherapy show)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- October 20, 1997
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There was plenty of fragrance to coax even the most recalcitrant olfactory senses out of hiding at EX TRACTS, the aromatherapy, home fragrance and personal care show at the Jacob Javits Center October 4 to 7.
The show, which made its debut in April, was held in conjunction with the New York Home Textiles Show.
Aromatherapy, a booming industry, garnered more than $230 million in sales last year, according to George Little Management Co. research. Additionally, an HFN report put retail sales in home fragrance at the $1.3 billion mark in 1996.
Exhibitors at EX* TRACTS showed a wide range of products, from candles, incense and sachets to hot/cold packs ...