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The chemistry behind new and old book smells (media.mstdn.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Wow this is such a confirming post for me and my current dislike of the smell of books. As an allergy sufferer, the smell just makes me want to stay away. (It’s not that I don’t like to read.) My partner will open a book next to me and start flipping pages, enjoying trying to read, but I will have to get up and move away. I don’t want to feel the air of flipping the pages. It is like someone blowing dust at you, or perfume à la mold. It is a real thing.