I was walking by a chain bookstore in the local mall where I just relocated and I got hit with a ‘bookstore smell’ when I walked by it and it was just such a wonderful smell to me. It’s definitely a book smell, but not the same smell as you would smell in a used bookstore or a library. It’s the smell you only smell with new books.
Since it was just a quick hit as I walked by rather than me being distracted by the actual books, I realized how much I loved that smell, but I had never thought about it before. If I could make my home smell like that all the time, I absolutely would.
Now I’m only wondering if I love the smell because I love bookstores or if I love the smell independently of bookstores.
I love that smell. Libraries too.
There’s a scent oil called “library” and it’s pretty spot on. If you have a candle nerd in your life, you could ask them to make it for you.
Edit: I have been informed that the scent is more akin to the smell of high gloss books than new books. Still good sniffs though.
Bookstores make me go to the bathroom. Libraries do not.
Y’all know you can just buy the glue from the factory. Smarter move than pretending to be smart by going to the book store /s
Do you like movies about gladiators?
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
It’s the dry semen between pages that gives that characteristic smell.
