Friday, May 25, 2012

Eau d'Olde Books

Do you ever wonder why old books smell the way they do? Here's a helpful video from AbeBooks to explain why:



(Video link swiped from Gerard over at The Presurfer)
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5 comments:

  1. Mary Ellen Quigley8:04 AM

    I love the smell of old books. People think I am crazy.

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  2. Aoife.Troxel10:08 AM

    According to a blog post from February 2010, I wrote: Speaking of real books, I was reading (in Writing Magazine) that scientists have actually determined what exactly, that "old book smell" is. Apparently it is "like grass, with a tang of acidity and a hint of vanilla."

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  3. Heather11:13 AM

    Whatever the smell, it's intoxicating. Like Mike Myers said in "So I Married an Axe Murderer": "They put an addictive chemical in it that makes you crave for it nightly!" (He was referring to fried chicken...)

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  4. TheTeenWriter202:23 PM

    I love the smell of old books. It's just history rich, especially if you havn't owned it duringt he book's entire life span - who knows who has owned this copy before you?
    But having said that I love the smell of new books, that lovely feeling of having something so fresh and new in your hands
    Gaaahh I love books :):)

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  5. Bunnie's Mom3:43 PM

    I had to explain to my 4 year old why mommmy was huffing books! My explanation of "they just smell so GOOD!" then led to a book smelling interlude, in which both my little ones agreed that yes, yes they do.

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