This sounds like it was written by ChatGPT
I used to work at a library, and about 10% of the books had a pleasing aroma, and the other 90% smelled like literal ass.
Books contain lignin?
Lignin balls lmao gottem
Does this account for the permeability of the paper and how it will smell sweet after being in a sugar factory or similar place?
Breweries would have an alcohol smell…
Smoker takes it home for a couple weeks.
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.
New books made with the latest technology should last longer than old books, right?
A lot of more modern books yellow much easier. I forgot why, but something to do with how the paper is made.
The paper has acid in it as a by-product of modern paper manufacturing. They specifically make acid free paper for archival reasons.
