I Smell Books Stories of Experiences

I used to do it more when I was a kid. I don't so much like the smell of old books though. I also like the smell of money and horses.

...Enjoy smelling the paper books are printed on. It has a lovely delicious smell that is indescribable, and it smells that way on brand new paper for me the most, whereas old books smell of time and ages past.

I buy the books but not before smelling them. I cant buy it if i dont like the smell. Its something i panic about. Its scaring me if it isnt smelling thst smell.

I love the smell of books, new and old...regardless of bookworminess...;) I love them. Though I think I might be allergic to the new glue they use now or something...it makes my eyes burn.

I love books and often wished I could smell them. Some I get a whiff every now and then. I have hyponosmia, which is a limited sense of smell. Anosmia is a total lack sense of smell. I have worked in two bookstores and two librarys...

Every book has a unique scent.  Some smell old, and some smell new.  I personally enjoy the scent of old books more than the smell of new books.  New books can smell bad, or good, it depends.  I think newspapers...

I work in IT Support.  (Yes, yes, I know.  An English major employed as a techie.  Go ahead and laugh.  I'll write you into a novel someday and you won't be a protagonist.  LOL! )  Seriously, though, I...

Have you seen the BBC TV show "Red Dwarf"? In the show there was a race of cat people... and they made books... and to read them you had to smell the words...

It's like coffee or your brand new shoes. You get so excited to read it partly because it smells new and you know it's all yours and it's never belonged to anyone else. This does not necessarily apply to the must-read books on my list...

I lose myself often in books and one of the things I don't like about my Kindle is when I read from it I can't smell the antiqued glue of  my book, nor can I feel the bindings, but most of all I miss that familiar smell of...

I love to smell anything really...I used to smell anything right after I picked it up! Got made fun of enough that I quit. I still smell magazines, books, notebook paper and fresh ink on a page.....I am a writer so I guess that makes...

Oh yeah..this is just heaven for me...old and new books alike. Just gives me that zing and I know I'm content.

What is it that makes us like the smell? There must be some kind of drug they use on those papers.........because look...

Yeah I admit I smell books :) For good reason though...some stink and the smell burns my nose and eyes like I'm allergic...so whenever I'm going to buy something I tear the plastic off and smell it. I get looks from people because they...

I love smelling books haha! It's just entertaining =) You can perceive a variety of smells, some are okay, good or other can make you sniffle, and you start sneezing, because you are allergic to some of the smells. That's the part...

The older and mustier the better!

The smell is just so addictive, is that possible? To be addicted to a smell? Anyway, especially text books at school. What is it about the books that makes them smell so nice? Some kind of chemical in the print?

I live in an apartment, and have no interest in growing anything. I picked this up at my library's used book sale just because it was about 50 years old and smelled like sun-warmed dirt.
Someone definitely had that thing outside. It...

The books in my college library are all so out of date that there's no point using them for actual research. So I just check them out for the smell.

I've been doing that since I've got better at reading. Whenever I visit the library I'll borrow books and go back to smell them. I like the smell of the pages as I flip through the books.
Children's books smell better than adult...

the smell of certain books more than others
I could smell the antique books of poetry in my grandparents' house for hours
sometimes I wonder if I get high off the scent
it's a combination of must and dust
and aging, yellowed paper...