Word for the smell of old books.

Is it possible to refer to the smell of old books which is normal? I know about the use of musty to describe them. When I think there is a word for “drift” when I just keep repeating it with the same letter I add

to my ear. I just like “petrichor”.

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What are the historical links between Strli et al. and Luvojevicius, according to Strli et al. Name of smell now in the book and read-me book. That smell of old books can be degradomics.?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Every book smells different, not the same. As a user I know she might smell “dusty”, “musty”, “mouldy”, “paper-like” or “dry”, or “heart-warming”. What do you smell of old

books?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Having searched the definitions of the OED for the words smell/scent and book/books, I have found no such word.

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Decades after now, smell of books is not in most dictionaries.

Books smell like old books.. If you can find a bottle of old school tins and inks in a dark, dark place.. Yes or No? Why

do old books smell like ink?

The pleasant aromatic smell and how it is produced is due to aromatic compounds emitted mainly from papers made from ground wood which are characterised by their yellowish color. Can I get vanilla-like odors from carnivorous materials such as vanillin or benzaldehyde? terpene compounds, deriving from rosin, which is used to make paper more impermeable to inks, contribute to the camphorous, oily and woody smell of books. The mushrooms sometimes have an intense odour. This is caused by some similar, intensely fragrant aliphatic alcohols.

Is Aromatic Oil a typical odour of “old book”? It is associated with a mix of aromatic volatiles of some kind and does not consist of any singular compound. Not all books smell the same.

It’s amusing to note that some enterprising folks are selling e-books with a scratch-and-sniff “book smell” sticker, and that others sell that ” classic musty smell ” or ” new book smell ” in a can. According to pollster

Zogby International, 43 percent of the students who completed classes will rate feeling “smooth” as the most important quality of the books.

What are some of the best ways for a middle class, middle class guy to approach people in a middle class class area?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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What are the historical links between Strli et al. and Luvojevicius, according to Strli et al. Name of smell now in the book and read-me book. That smell of old books can be degradomics.?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Every book smells different, not the same. As a user I know she might smell “dusty”, “musty”, “mouldy”, “paper-like” or “dry”, or “heart-warming”. What do you smell of old

books?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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What are the historical links between Strli et al. and Luvojevicius, according to Strli et al. Name of smell now in the book and read-me book. That smell of old books can be degradomics.?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Decades after now, smell of books is not in most dictionaries.

Books smell like old books.. If you can find a bottle of old school tins and inks in a dark, dark place.. Yes or No? Why

do old books smell like ink?

The pleasant aromatic smell and how it is produced is due to aromatic compounds emitted mainly from papers made from ground wood which are characterised by their yellowish color. Can I get vanilla-like odors from carnivorous materials such as vanillin or benzaldehyde? terpene compounds, deriving from rosin, which is used to make paper more impermeable to inks, contribute to the camphorous, oily and woody smell of books. The mushrooms sometimes have an intense odour. This is caused by some similar, intensely fragrant aliphatic alcohols.

Is Aromatic Oil a typical odour of “old book”? It is associated with a mix of aromatic volatiles of some kind and does not consist of any singular compound. Not all books smell the same.

It’s amusing to note that some enterprising folks are selling e-books with a scratch-and-sniff “book smell” sticker, and that others sell that ” classic musty smell ” or ” new book smell ” in a can. According to pollster

Zogby International, 43 percent of the students who completed classes will rate feeling “smooth” as the most important quality of the books.

What are some of the best ways for a middle class, middle class guy to approach people in a middle class class area?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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Decades after now, smell of books is not in most dictionaries.

Books smell like old books.. If you can find a bottle of old school tins and inks in a dark, dark place.. Yes or No? Why

do old books smell like ink?

The pleasant aromatic smell and how it is produced is due to aromatic compounds emitted mainly from papers made from ground wood which are characterised by their yellowish color. Can I get vanilla-like odors from carnivorous materials such as vanillin or benzaldehyde? terpene compounds, deriving from rosin, which is used to make paper more impermeable to inks, contribute to the camphorous, oily and woody smell of books. The mushrooms sometimes have an intense odour. This is caused by some similar, intensely fragrant aliphatic alcohols.

Is Aromatic Oil a typical odour of “old book”? It is associated with a mix of aromatic volatiles of some kind and does not consist of any singular compound. Not all books smell the same.

It’s amusing to note that some enterprising folks are selling e-books with a scratch-and-sniff “book smell” sticker, and that others sell that ” classic musty smell ” or ” new book smell ” in a can. According to pollster

Zogby International, 43 percent of the students who completed classes will rate feeling “smooth” as the most important quality of the books.

What are some of the best ways for a middle class, middle class guy to approach people in a middle class class area?

Answered on March 27, 2021.
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What are the historical links between Strli et al. and Luvojevicius, according to Strli et al. Name of smell now in the book and read-me book. That smell of old books can be degradomics.?

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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