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卖火柴的小女孩可能卖的是这样的火柴？老外一次只有7分钟？以下文字摘自原帖，但请仔细阅读，了解一下这个行业是如何被剥削成摇钱树的。
在美好年代及更早时期，人们用小蜡烛来计时——尤其是在妓院里，至少传说如此。据说，你会在光顾妓院时点燃其中一根蜡烛（蜡烛盒里自带小烛台！），它会燃烧整整七分钟。蜡烛熄灭时，你的时间就到了。这些所谓的“妓院计时蜡烛”如今充满了浪漫的传说，尤其是在与巴黎的“私房妓院”（Maisons Closes）联系在一起时，这些妓院是19世纪以保密著称的高档妓院。
事实上，这些蜡烛当时人人都在用。大约在1900年左右，当普通的火柴燃烧时间不够长，无法点燃房间里所有的蜡烛或用蜡封信时，人们就会用这种蜡烛。实际上，这些蜡烛燃烧时间只有1-3分钟，而不是7分钟。为什么会与妓院联系在一起呢？蜡烛制造商之一的罗氏公司（Roche & Cie）发现，如果在包装盒上印上性感女郎的图片，就能卖出更多产品。他照做了，销量果然飙升。于是，这个传言就此流传开来。
这个盒子来自蒙马特的一家古董市场，大约产于1900年。它保存完好，充满岁月痕迹，里面还装着许多原装蜡烛。盒子正面的女人笑容妩媚。
原文：
The caption below is from the original poster, but read it to see how exploitation of this industry has been the go to money maker.
In the Belle Époque and earlier, tiny candles were used as a way to measure time - particularly in brothels, or so the legend goes. Supposedly, you’d light one of these candles (with it’s own little holder built right into the box!) at the start of your visit, and it would burn for exactly seven minutes. When it went out, your time was up. These so-called “brothel timer candles” are now steeped in romantic lore, especially when tied to Paris’s Maisons Closes, high-end 19th century brothels famous for their discretion.
In truth, these candles were used by everyone. Around 1900, when a standard match wouldn’t burn long enough to light a room’s worth of candles or seal a letter with wax, you’d use one of these. In reality, they burned for 1–3 minutes, not 7. Why the association with brothels? Roche & Cie, one of the manufacturers of the candles, discovered that he’d sell more product if he put printed images of sexy ladies on the box. He did, and sales soared. And the myth took hold.
This box came from a Montmartre antique market, and dates to around 1900. Still intact and full of character, it contains many of the original candles. The woman on the front smiles seductively.
