They used to sell this in the Central Library gift kiosk-- in fact it's probably still there and on sale. Having personally sniffed it I wouldn't say it smells like books-- just a subtle "not-nothing" smell. Great in theory, though.
hmmmm....for Seattle it would be a combination of various Hobo excretionary smells, the stench of young fratboys and homosexuals (excessive amounts of A&F cologne), the aroma of an organic pita sandwich being surreptiously eaten by the on the go baby Bjorn toting, Prius driving soccer mom, the b.o. of that natural bike ridin' hipster dude in the Penguin cap and vintage polo shirt, a wet labradoodle wearing a bandana, a coffee drinking senior in a greasy beret and the waft of patchouli and hemp from the Hippie chick using a computer to research her next trip to Machu Pichu, or Berkeley or Wimminfest.
i work in a library.
you touch the most disgusting things ever working in a library.
people have no consideration for public property. books come back with unknown stains, smells, varying dergrees of stickiness. sometimes i wish people would just tell us what it is they are smearing all over the books.
so i would have to disagree. books smell disgusting because they are disgusting.
I was kinda hope for that "New Bookstore Smell" perfume instead.
(The smell of sweaty vinyl seats, nudie art books with their plastic wrappers stuffed behind them, a child's discard juice box, and just a hint of Starbucks.)
quite a list ... where do you fit in?
Move back 3 spaces.
you touch the most disgusting things ever working in a library.
people have no consideration for public property. books come back with unknown stains, smells, varying dergrees of stickiness. sometimes i wish people would just tell us what it is they are smearing all over the books.
so i would have to disagree. books smell disgusting because they are disgusting.
(The smell of sweaty vinyl seats, nudie art books with their plastic wrappers stuffed behind them, a child's discard juice box, and just a hint of Starbucks.)