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asteroidtroglodyte · 10 months

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#vanilla #food #rabbit hole #old book smell #topsoil #wood spirits #paper mills #slavery #orchids #plants #biochemistry #food science #meme #free range sustainable shitpost #troglodyte thoughts #like seriously this has been the best wikiwalk ever

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virtchandmoir · 8 months

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tessavirtue17: It’s been a wonderful few days (with a little #nationaldogday in the mix!) 💛

#tessa #zoë virtue #morgan rielly #off ice #candid life #social media #old book smell

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wittsandmessenger · 9 months

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Dr Alix Hawthorne's office definitely looks like this, books and journals everywhere

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oktobercountry · 2 months

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Show your annotations, I mean… obsession.

#don quixote #annotations #vintagepaperbacks #booklr #vintage books #book lover #old books #book art #oktobercountry books and records #books #old book smell #old illustration

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naturedways · 2 months

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started my altered book! got gifted this 1960s book about identifying valuable vintage stuff, very interesting!! lots of black and white pictures. but im using it to play with my watercolours 🥰 testing how they interact with the (extremely thirsty) old book pages and the likes.

(also the green leaves type of pages remind me of worm on a string)

remember to play with your art! maybe even have a dedicated no fucks given sketchbook, or an old book like me!

#my art #remembering what it's like to be a kid #watercolour painting #watercolour #watercolour art #watercolour play #play #art #traditional art #watercolor painting #painting #paint #altered book #old books #old book smell

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teachersource · 1 year

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Did you know? The smell of old books can tell you a lot! As the paper slowly decomposes in a book, it gives off odors that can tell you what the paper was made from and when the book was printed. Before 1845, paper in books was usually manufactured from cotton and linen rags. The 1840s saw the invention of a process to manufacture paper from wood pulp fibers. Wood pulp paper usually contains lignin, a substance that breaks down more rapidly and gives books that distinctive “old book smell”. Around 1970, a new process was introduced that removed the lignin so that paper would degrade more slowly. Inks and adhesives have changed over time as well, which also changes the smell of a book. Even if the print date isn’t included in the book, science can tell us how old a book is, just from the smell!

#science #books #book smell #old book smell #science facts #cool science facts #chemistry

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theselkiesea · 1 year

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Recent Shakespeare editions donated into work

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lamourest-bleu · 1 year

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“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.” -

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1890)

#dark academia #chaotic academic aesthetic #academia #the picture of dorian gray #literature #books #reading #antique #history #old book smell #study aesthetic #poem #beautiful

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lacysbookshelf · 1 year

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Vintage Copy of The Travels of Marco Polo The Venetian

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 2 years

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This sparks joy

This does not

I can smell that top edition. The bottom edition looks like supplementary material for a high school textbook.

#old books #books #old book smell

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pilibdc · 2 years

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One of the reasons I have yet to switch to an E-Reader.

The aroma of a used book gives the same pleasure to a bibliophile as a fine wine does to one who has studied the many facets of adult grape juice.

#booklr #used books #pocket princesses #amy mebberson #old book smell

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scienceswitch · 8 months

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Why Do Old Books Smell So Good?

Have you ever wandered into an old library or dusty bookshop and paused to breathe in that familiar vanilla-coffee-grassy scent wafting off the aged tomes? That nostalgic olfactory experience is thanks to a bouquet of chemical compounds. Modern books smell different because of changes in manufacturing, while old books release distinctive volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as they slowly decay.…

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#book history #book preservation #old book smell #VOC #volatile organic compound

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endless-nightshift · 2 years

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My love for the smell of second hand cloths vs. my paranoia about the germs of people I don't know

#ahhhhh #its like #old book smell #but more human #but i have know clue #about where its been #and that makes me so paranoid #help #i wanna wash things immediately for my own peace of mind #but i also don't #thrifting #second hand #cloths #paranoia #Cal bites words

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happyheidi · 10 months

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#look at these beautiful old books!!#I bet they smell amazing!!!!!#hahah damn relax woman #cottagecore #books #book academia #book aesthetic #old books #light academia aesthetic

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oktobercountry · 4 months

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#john waters #booklr #vintage books #book lover #old books #book art #oktobercountry books and records #books #old book smell #vellichorom #once upon a tome

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gunthermunch · 2 months

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[Transcript under the cut]

Pierce: hey!! Lucas: Pierce! You made it!!

Lucas: she's going to tell her husband next. Well, she would. If he wasn't… wait for it… seeing her SISTER instead! Pierce: how many times have you watched this telenovela Lucas: hmm. lots. And it's not even the best one Pierce: I think this place could use a makeover dude Lucas: what do you mean? it has always looked this way Pierce: yeah. that's what i mean. This is your house now Lucas: it's my opa's Lucas: and i know he's not around anymore but… i don't know… Lucas: i guess it's been a while, right? Pierce: look, i'm just saying we can try moving some old stuff around, make place for new plants Lucas: new plants !! Pierce: and even maybe a new TV…? Lucas: but i like this one. Pierce: alright, we are not touching the dinosaur Lucas: really. Pierce: yes dude i promise. Lucas: okay then. small changes. where do we start? Pierce: let's get rid of the rocking chair first.

Lucas: well… Lucas: i think i like it! Pierce: yeeahh i mean, it still looks like an old fart lives here but- i think we did some progress Lucas: new plants… Lucas: thanks Pierce. Pierce: hey, anytime. wanna go thrift some furniture next? Lucas: yeah!- crack Lucas: owie Pierce: Jesus- tomorrow. by next i mean tomorrow. we need to get rid of this whole senior esque aura right now

#you know this cottage smells like an old book #anyways PIERCE STAYING OVER YAHOOOOO #ts4 #munch #ts4 story #lucas munch #pierce delgato #strawberry munch

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