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Offline mikasaur

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The Aroma of Books
« on: May 25, 2016, 04:08:42 PM »
I thought this was an interesting find. Fun to find out where all of the various smells of old and new books come from.

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Re: The Aroma of Books
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2016, 07:13:33 PM »
This is one reason I don't want physical books to go away.
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Re: The Aroma of Books
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2016, 11:41:57 AM »
Nice to see benzaldehyde come up, as far as claimed odours of nuts or fruits go, it's the most convincing example I know.

I have a liter bottle of it in my lab, and just opening it fills the room with the smell of marzipan.
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When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. (Albert Einstein)

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Re: The Aroma of Books
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2016, 08:19:30 PM »
Or cyanide, depending on your point of view.
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Re: The Aroma of Books
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2016, 10:50:15 AM »
Fair point, but I quite deliberately don't leave cyanide lying around...
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When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. (Albert Einstein)
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