Do you smell books?

simu

I do! I love the smell of paper but most people think it's really weird that I do that.

Are people neglecting their sense of smell?

ecksor

I do it too.

Johnny Versace

I prefer the smell of magazines.

That toxic but pleasant smell.

Or the smell of trading cards fresh from their foil packets (especially if they've had chewing gum in there as well!!)

Suaimhneach

Yep.

Another smell, copies, at the start of a school year. Granted I'm going to college now, so I dunno what I'll do without them.

Lump

I'd imagine everyone does it.


John

ando

You guys are weird

BuffyBot

It's not all that weird

tba

I smell alot of things.

Webmonkey

baby enfant books smell the best...i love them

monument

Just new books.

substr

I love the smell of a new book but my books smell like crap after a few weeks because I smoke.

SantaHoe

I smell books to see what kind of life they've had.
Can't beat the smell of a book with yellowish pages and brown/black spots.... mmm damp.
I also give any suspect stains a sniff, just out of curiosity

alleepally

Yes I'm a book smeller too.

Amazing to think that in the heady days of the dot com boom, the end of printed books was predicted.

I've always been a book fanatic. I'm always reminded that at a young age I had this crusty old electronics book belonging to my Father which was my equivalent of a blanket or a teddy bear that other children had. I would not go to bed without my little book and I went everywhere with it.

I also liked Sesame Street

Hurrah for me!

mike65

The result of excessive sniffing...



...esp near the spine.

Mike.

Lady^Jane

I love the smell of those yellowish papers where they usually use in novels..

Hello Kitty

Yeah i always smell new books too...

Mercury_Tilt

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mike65

Its the lingin acid that does it....deep sniff now! :eek:

Mike.

NinjaBart

i most like sniffing books about women's underwear.

:eek:

Flukey

New books and even some older ones can have a nice smell.

blondie83

New books have the nicest smell, but they usually all smell alike. Older books have more distinct smells I think
(note to self: stop displying so much knowledge about the smell of books!)

penguinbloke

I find that different 2nd hand books tend to have different smells depending on he category ie sci fi, fantasy, horror, crime. Maybe I've got a gift or maybe I'm just getting the same people's old books.

Marq

I love the smell of old books. In the Long Room Old Library in Trinity College upstairs they have a quarter of a million old and early printed books. the smell is overwhelming even before you get up the stairs. New school books always used to smell great too.

fjon

Yeah me too - new and old. Why is it we find ourselves attracted to these toxic smells? New books, magazines, petrol, plastic (the smell of a new car)...

Barry Aldwell

Boot polish has it's own distinct smell, which I love. Most people seem to hate it, though

I love the smell of books, but I hate the smell of petrol

munkeehaven

do you know what smells nice ? rain. you know when its really hot outside and then it starts to rain and you can just smell it.it is said that your sense of smell is the most effective memory trigger..i can still remember what my old house smelt like..thats another thing, have you noticed that every family kind of has their own distinct scent? usually has to do with the washing powder they use..like all my family's clothes smell kind of lemony..

Okie

munkeehaven wrote:

thats another thing, have you noticed that every family kind of has their own distinct scent? usually has to do with the washing powder they use..like all my family's clothes smell kind of lemony..

Definitely agree with that. And I thought it was just me that noticed that?!?

Petrol, firelighters and fairly heavy duty permanent markers are top of my nostril enticing items.

Along with food and the laydeez....they're nice to smell too

bus77

Car exhaust fumes used to do it for me till they changed to unleaded