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Why is the smell of smoke strongest right after a candle has been extinguished?

Whenever I put out a candle it produces a strong smokey smell. Why is this present/strongest immediately after a candle has been extinguished. 

Edit: Thanks for all the responses. I had a lot of fun showing people the relighting candle.
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Smoke is often a by-product of incomplete combustion. As you begin to smother the flame, smoke emits. After you smother the flame, it no longer has enough heat energy to continue complete combustion. It does however have enough energy to continue smoking and oxidizing until that heat is used up in the exothermic reaction of combustion.