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JimHollow@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Regarding the smell of books: Is a new book or an old book better?

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Regarding the smell of books: Is a new book or an old book better?

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JimHollow@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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  • ecvanalog@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I don’t want to smell your asshole book, OP.

  • veee@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    >:(

  • BougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    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?

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      Anything printed before the 90s has a hint of tobacco.

  • ThotDragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Perfect for a proctologists waiting room

  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    Old depends on where it was stored. Some just reak of smoke, others have a nice vanilla tannin to them. New smells like factory, takes a while for the tannins to come out.

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