I know, I know, I'm strange and who really cares about how a book smells anyway? This isn't just about books. It amazes me how a simple smell can send a person on a journey through time and space. There are certain perfumes that my co-workers wear that makes me remember a particular event with someone special in my life. Then there are the comforting smells of familiar foods that are tied to a pleasant memory. Or what about the smell of fresh flowers, sunrise at the ocean (yes, it has a special smell) and morning dew in the spring time, or the smell of the grass just after a summer rain shower, and the smell of wood burning in fireplaces when it's cold outside? All of these and many more take me back to different events in life and make me smile. What smells do you remember that make you smile?
2.05.2010
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I'm pretty sure Ray Bradbury mentioned the smell of books in Fahrenheit 451, and he or another author once likened old books to nutmeg.
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