JimHollow@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoRegarding the smell of books: Is a new book or an old book better?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up136
arrow-up136imageRegarding the smell of books: Is a new book or an old book better?lemmy.worldJimHollow@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareBougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoNew-book smell can be more chemical. Old-book smell can be concentrated nostalgia, or whatever carcinogens have been in its environment over the last thirty years Can you use this form of divination to tell the future, or is it just for highlighting the mistakes of the past?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoAnything printed before the 90s has a hint of tobacco.
New-book smell can be more chemical.
Old-book smell can be concentrated nostalgia, or whatever carcinogens have been in its environment over the last thirty years
Can you use this form of divination to tell the future, or is it just for highlighting the mistakes of the past?
Anything printed before the 90s has a hint of tobacco.