Sentences with phrase «old books smell»

But do old books smell like vanilla?

Old books smell like dust to me, not like vanilla or brown sugar.

As paper decomposes, it emits a blend of volatile organic compounds that our noses recognize as the familiar old book smell.

To complain about that would be tantamount to lamenting than an old book lacks an «old book smell», but the completely sterile nature of the picture betrays the vintage roots of the film (moreso than past digital overhauls of older films like Snow White and Bambi might have), an aspect that the included bonus features do not quite satisfactorily convey either.

«The Writer's Life» panel was held in the auditorium of St. Francis College, just one of the hospitable venues that included the stunning all wood moldings - ladders - catwalks - and old book smell Brooklyn Historical Society Library, and the picturesque St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, where The Nation managed to fill the pews at the end of the long day with a panel led by MSNBC's Chris Hayes.

But «new book smell» (or even «old book smell») doesn't make up for the fact that I don't have enough room in my house to store all the books I'd own if I owned as many print books as I have loaded onto my Kindle and PC at the moment.

E-book site CafeScribe launched a line of stickers for computers and tablets designed to attach that signature «old book smell» to electronic textbooks.

And then there is that old book smell that is like an aphrodesiac to a book lover like me.

Imagine that you and your partner are walking hand in hand into your favorite used book store, smelling that old book smell, coffee in hand, headed for the «Literature» section.

Not exact matches

Or, my personal favorite, the smell of old library books.

If you have old books around the house, or you brought home a haul from a yard sale, they might be smelling a little musty.

It is quite lovely, great location just off St James, a roaring log fire, old - school staff and a re-assuring smell of books and Sunday roast.

Mold has a damp, musty scent — similar to what you'd smell after opening an old book.

I'd love it there; through the smell of old books!

Thank you you!!!! (I adore the smell of older books too, and luckily I'm not too allergic to dust, so I can usually rummage for second hand book treasure sans sneezing;)-RRB- @MissRedLips, what a beautiful thing to read, thank you very much, honey!

I love the smell of old books, going on random drives, or...

Mostly, when I smell an old book, I have to fight off the urge to sneeze.

(Much fun is made of «book - sniffers» but scientists say the smell of old books is related to the smell of vanilla, and stimulates a comfort zone in your brain.)

I, too, love the smell of an old book.

Certainly, the old tropes of historic publishing remain — the feel and smell of a book, the pleasure of holding it, the sense of tradition you get sitting by a fire with a novel.

It's like a history of the book — new books smell different than old ones.

Carolyn sometimes thought of how the hot ammonia of Margaret's urine blended with the dusty smell of old books, how her screams echoed down the stacks.

You can spend your afternoon rapt in good literature, cupping the old book's spine, smelling the dried parchment and traveling to far off imaginary places without moving anywhere at all.

I still like the look, the feel and the smell those old books, but i am a complete convert to Kindle for all the reasons you express so well.

According to Matija Strlic (the scientist who lead the 2009 study that has fueled recent aromatic rumination on old books), the grassy, tangy, and slightly vanilla smell of old aging books «is as much a part of the book as its contents.»

It may sound bizarre but I have an old book on my nightstand which I open when I'm reading my Kindle so I have the pleasant smell of a book to enhance my experience.

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But can a tablet seriously replace the look, feel and smell of a good old book?

They praise the author's decision to preserve «the smell of ink on paper,» «old - fashioned print,» «real books.»

Also, Apple admits its deleting your music, another piece on the smell of old books and a a look at the rise of digitally board games.

I'll consider an «EBR» when I can purchase one that smells like an old book in some antiquarian shop in some street with too long a name in Wales.

I love the smell of a new book and I love the feel of an old book.

Old books have a smell that is like no other.