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Kids these days. Hart Main is a 13-year old boy from Marysville, Ohio, who loves candles, but "hates girly scents." So last fall, he started ManCans, a line of "manly"-smelling candles. What are manly smells? According to Main, they're scents like campfire, freshly-cut grass, leather baseball mitts, and pizza.
The candles retail for $5 each and all packaging and materials are recycled and/or recyclable materials. How many candles has Main already sold? According to the AP, he's managed to move 500—"enough profit to buy himself a nice bicycle."
· ManCans [Official Site]
· ManCans [Facebook]
· Ohio boy sells manly scented candles [AP]