The scent of books

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Re: The scent of books

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Oh its one of those smells you feel high from! Also the right type of chunky magazine does it for me! haha
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andr70 wrote:I like the smell of new books, just published as theu have the smell of ink and paper.
I like the smell of books. It kind of reminds me of new shoes smell.
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I love walking into a book store, and having that smell waft over you. But I love more the smell of a paperback in hand and purchasing it.
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Scent of new books is OK. Of old ones... NOOO.
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I love the smell of new books.l :D
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The smell of paper in a new book smells kinda like a brown bag to me.
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I prefer the smell of new books to that of old ones.
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Post by Paige sayer3 »

The smell of books is probably in my to five smells. I've got all of my books converted into ebooks but still feel the need to get a library card just so I borrow some books to sniff! I do think of the germs and get disgusted slightly but the smell beats all of my fears :)
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The scent of books is one of the reasons why I buy physical copies of titles that i really really like :)
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I like the smell but I wouldn't go out of my way to smell a book.
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Post by Carla Hurst-Chandler »

I like the smell(and feel) of old leather and foxed paper. My favorite second hand bookstore is a delight to the senses!
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I love the smell of books. Old or new, but especially old. I have always thought that books are able to excite all of the senses, I even can taste them in the air, although I do draw the line at actually licking them :-)
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I don't like the smell of old books, but I love the smell of a brand new book. Yum!
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I am book smeller :!: :!: always have and always will be, the only ones that I cannot continue reading are the really musty ones, it is impossible to remove this smell I have found, a shame as I usually toss them away :x
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I love the smell of new books and I don't mind the smell of old books but once they start to get really old, I find they start to smell like cat pee and then yuck, haha.
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