....and it is true, books have a scents that no digital file can replicate......
A brand new book is wide awake with scent of crisp paper and pungent ink. For some, the first act of opening a new book is to bury one's nose in the pages and breathe even before a single word has been read.
Old books convey myriad scents - dust, mold, tobacco, wood smoke, perfume, potpourri, wax, furniture polish.....
The pages of my own books often feature tea stains, chocolate smudges, and the occasional drop of blood so who knows what more discerning noses could detect.
Any cat or dog could tell you that library books are the most delectable of all; a universe of scents from other houses, other people, other pets all rubbing shoulders with other books each carrying their own olfactory histories. And yes, as soon as I bring a library book into the house, the first thing the cats do is sniff, sniff, sniff.
