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The Plaza Hotel just got its own perfume, a mix of bergamot, grapefruit, and iris that also comes in the form of soap or a candle. Curiously, this is one New York landmark scene that isn't produced by Bond No.9—it comes from the venerable local fragrance house Krigler. [In Transit]