What 8 of the World’s Most Famous Books and Texts Smell Like, According to Science
Can anything beat thesmell of an old book ? The scent can be delightfully musty , with grassy note of smoke wood and delicate drinking chocolate . It has the office to transport reader to a far - flung meter and place , to the oak - paneled subroutine library of their dream . The odor is cause by a flurry of explosive organic compound — such as furfural or benzaldehyde — that drift off the yellowing pages as the schoolbook ages ....