1Bushwhacked
Do you notice the smell (delightful bookish fragrance) in secondhand bookshops?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-26/why-do-old-books-have-such-a-distinct-sme...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-26/why-do-old-books-have-such-a-distinct-sme...
2leah152
Oh yes! A friend donated a boxful of her mother-in-law's old Agatha Christies & I was surrounded by the smell the whole arvo while I sorted them out. It was wonderful :O)
3Bushwhacked
… and apparently the enjoyment of the smell of old books is known as "bibliosmia".
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