New books have a smell to them. I'm not sure what it is, but it has always been enjoyable to me. Whenever I buy a brand new book, I open it and take in the smell of the pages.
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Do you enjoy the smell of brand new books?
- Thread starter AuthenticM
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Can you bottle up that cocktail and send it to me? Maybe it'll keep me from buying books I won't read for months.
But chemicals are fun! Everyone wanted more fun didn't they?
Yes, I just received Berserk Deluxe Volume 4 and the first thing I did once I removed the shrink-wrap was sniff it, lol.
I'm all digital now but the first thing I used to do when I bought a physical game was give it a good sniff for that awesome new game smell.
I love taking a whiff of a fresh new book. Did that since I was a kid. I would sniff new DnD manuals like a fiend and graphic novels lol.
It's seriously one of the reasons I still prefer physical books even though I am completely digital with all other media.
And honestly I am not even into smells, good or bad, and really only pay attention when something smells so bad it makes me gag. But books are the exception.
A wonderful, life affirming exception that is like candy for the nose. (No nose candy jokes, coke tastes like shit and once the high wears off I was never able to even explain why I did it, results may vary and I am not condoning it's use, have not used it myself in years, just can't stand that it's called nose candy or booger sugar since it tastes like shit/rant)
And honestly I am not even into smells, good or bad, and really only pay attention when something smells so bad it makes me gag. But books are the exception.
A wonderful, life affirming exception that is like candy for the nose. (No nose candy jokes, coke tastes like shit and once the high wears off I was never able to even explain why I did it, results may vary and I am not condoning it's use, have not used it myself in years, just can't stand that it's called nose candy or booger sugar since it tastes like shit/rant)
Yes to normal books, and it's one thing I truly miss about comic books also. I used to have a giant collection, and not only was holding them better than reading them off of a screen, the smell was a part of the experience too. I don't have the space for them any longer, and I stopped actively buying them years ago, but I loved the smell of them.
There is nothing like the smell of a brand new book. Like freshly cut grass and summer rain, it is an unique smell that gives me a wave of euphoria. Bliss. Pure bliss. Maybe that's why I spend so much time in book shops, even when I know what boom I'm looking for.