The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
The way a book smells...
message 51:
by
Joanne Farley
(new)
Feb 13, 2013 08:45PM
I love the smell of a new book not so much an old one. That is something I miss with my Kindle.
reply
|
flag
I love the smell of book...new and old but new ones are the best--and text books are even better :o
I get exactly what you mean. That's why I love the smell of book stores, especially used book stores & libraries.
I love the way books smell...LOVE IT!! lol
those ancient bibles that have like gold on the side of the pages smell really good lol
That happens to me too. I go to bookstores and smell books. It drives mu husband crazy. When I finally read the book, somehow it doesn't smell the same, even if I read it that same day.
My friend confided in me that if she ia torn between two books and doesn't know which to buy, she'll smell the books and buy the one that smells the best!! I reckon that is a good way of choosing XD
I have noticed that there are few smells which r kind of recurring in many books .. Whatever b the reason ... I love the smell that comes from old books which have been kept in boxes n cupboards .. Locked for years.. When I read them I feel like... Once upon a time years back someone else read these books and I am going to go thru the same pages feel the same things that person felt decades back n it intrigues me :D
New books are my favourite! My friends think I'm crazy whenever I tell them that
Lowri I sooo agree with you. They smell better with age. Lol
I love it so much. They always smell so much better when they're old books :)
That is why I could never ever fully go 100% Kindle haha. I love my books too much
I have a Kindle, which is great, but I much prefer a real book. And I have to have it in hard copy if it's available. Nothing can calm me down on a bad day like a good whiff of hard copy book. :)
Lol. Ok I guess I am not the only person that does this!
Haifa wrote: "I'm an addict.."
i do that even when im not alone!! i do it in front of my friends and they are like "umm...ok?"
Haifa wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Haifa, sometimes I smell books even when there are people around. ;)"Melissa wrote: "Haifa, sometimes I smell books even when there are people around. ;)"
haha I'd kill for a per..."
HAAHA! me too!
the feeling when you open a new book (esp. when you open a new amazon package!) with a stiff spine and flick through the pages and unintentionally sniff that new book smell. KYAAAAAAA.
I love the smell of a brand new book. The smell of a bookstore in amazing! Although people look at me funny when I stick my nose into a book and take a long hard sniff. Sometimes different books smell different. I think the one book I picked up smelled like soil just before it rains.
Aw man, reading all of this really makes me want to go to a bookstore right at this moment. Too bad it's almost 12 AM. Wouldn't a book-smelling perfume be nice? I wouldn't use it but I'd love to just spray everything with it.
I am an unabashed book-smeller. I generally prefer the new-book smell (so for those of you who have found my nose prints in bookshop books, I am deeply sorry), partially, I think, because I'm a sucker for the shiny and new.I have this one book that smelled like lemon balm (peculiar for a book, I know) that I absolutely love!
the smell of books is such a comfort to me. :)
Heather wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "Aw man, reading all of this really makes me want to go to a bookstore right at this moment. Too bad it's almost 12 AM. Wouldn't a book-smelling perfume be nice? I wouldn't use it..."
that's pretty awesome!
I love smelling books just as much as you. I love the old musky smell from my grandmas really old books.
I love smelling books just as much as you. I love the old musky smell from my grandmas really old books.
I am pretty lazy in this... I love the smell of a book (especially the old ones when you go tot he theological section of the library) but I gladly give it up to have the book that matches my mood or imagination in a split of a second (anywhere, anytime) :)
I personally thought I was weird because I thought I was one of very few who like the smell of book. I like the smell of both old and new but I prefer the new ones because of the fresh clean smell. It's really nice :)LOVE it!
I always sniff the pages of a new book. It's something I can't do on my Kindle.
Haha, me too Lauren.I wish I could "Like" your comment.
I too enjoy the smell of books, both kind. If you walk into a library or a second hand bookstore its like you breathe in history. Whereas when you go into a books a million or other bookstore you can smell the scent of untried authors and hidden wonders yet to be discovered. Crisp and clean but in need of the love of a hand turning its pages; a hand to put the first oily prints on it.
There is this great book store back that I would frequent back in my collage days it just smelled of comfort. It is called Coas bookstore I loved to just finding a quite isle to sit and read and enjoy the smell.
Wish someone could make a candle out of fresh book smell. I do ebooks to save money and because we travel. Every now and then I get a new book and its so refreshing taking in the new book smell. I do like dusty old books as well.
My favorite place in the world used to be the walden's books in Beckley when they closed I nearly cried. The woman who worked there was so nice she'd give me advice on books she had read and everything. She was like a friend back then. I was a lonely kid in high school
If you google it there are two perfumes currently on the market that are sujpposed to smell like books. I would buy one if they weren't so pricey.
wow they will put a high price on anything if there is very few places that create it
Yeah one was 115 dollars for a little bottle, that was the best cause it wasd pure book smell. Theother one they mixed with a popurri type scent to make it seem like a shop. Ruined it in my opinion.
I think its the ink that's used. I love magazines for the same reason
Oh... It's such an addiction... But noone can compete with my friend...She is so crazy about smell of books, that sometimes she looks mad)))
I used to love it but now I can't smell them anymore and I miss it terribly. It was such a large part of my pleasure of reading.
Jocelyne wrote: "I used to love it but now I can't smell them anymore and I miss it terribly. It was such a large part of my pleasure of reading."why can't you smell it anymore?
I bought a new book from the friend of a friend, and he caught me smelling the book. I just smirked at him, a little embarrassed, but figured that part of the enjoyment of real books is the way they smell.
Angelica wrote: "Jocelyne wrote: "I used to love it but now I can't smell them anymore and I miss it terribly. It was such a large part of my pleasure of reading."why can't you smell it anymore?"
I lost most of my sense of smell after two colds. I only have a very faint sense of smell left, and unfortunately not enough to enjoy the fragrance of a book. Enjoy your nose while you have it!
Michael wrote: "Ahhh book smell, old or new i enjoy. But it is the whole thing with books, the weight and feel of paper, looking at the cover over and over.
As other have said it great to have so many books on..."
ah yes I do peek at the cover quite a few times while reading. It truely is the essence of an actual book, so tangible, so real...
honeydew and tofu? that sounds awesome haha
It is the kind of smell that you would not want to put on as a perfume but you can't deny the fact that you cannot resist the urge to sniff it once in a while.
