Monday, February 12, 2018

Book smells

In my house we collect a lot of old books. (We sell them online.) I'm familiar with their musty smell.  Magazine also have their own smells. Remember when they stuck tiny perfume samples into glossy magazines?  I never cared for that smell.  New books in bookstores also have a certain smell.

I lived in Britain when I was four, and visiting again years later I recognized the old smells of coal smoke, greengrocer shops and butcher shops.  When I was little I got turned on by the smell of acetone for removing nail polish. (Lucky I didn't get addicted!) We played recorders but they got stored on a shelf next to a can of dog repellent and ended up smelling the same!

Couldn't think of anything else to write...

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