I have not yet given into the e-book craze. I love books and the culture of bookstores too much. I'm especially fond of used books. As long as no one has underlined too many things or (even worse) highlighted passages, there's an added dimension to the random notations, the yellowed pages, and . . . the smell. The smell of used books is practically an aphrodisiac to me.
Smell of Books is banking on the fact that those who have moved on to the Kindle may be feeling nostalgic for all those musty smells. They've created a line of sprays that include scents like New Book Smell, Scent of Sensibility (smells like a Jane Austen book!), Eau You Have Cats, and Crunchy Bacon Scent (what?!). These aren't the first ones; niche perfumer Christopher Brosius actually has an amazing fragrance called In the Library.
So are these sprays cool or crazy?
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books i can handle. eau, you smell like cats is repulsive and classic musty is only further reinforcement that these are a joke
1and while i don't want my house smelling like crunch bacon, i am sure some crazy bacon fans would love this!
2...bacon scented books?
3I voted cool, only because I'm a book geek and also like the smell of books.
4I'd like to know what they actually smell like, but I love the scent of books, new or used.
5i love the smell of books, ESPECIALLY new books, but I don't know that I want my room to smell like one?!!
Also...what does bacon have to do with books?
6"Classic musty?" Gross, I don;t like the smell of old books.
7Does Tres not understand jokes? Like, I'm genuinely concerned that she doesn't know what satire is...
8ditoo, chatondeneige
9Chatondeneige -- I take it you would respond cool?
10I think you can know something is a gag gift (which isn't the same as satire!) and still ask if it's cool or crazy.
11AWESOME! I would love it if my home smelled like a library. Also would be nifty if included was a little baggy with little paper shavings to sprinkle around whenever you download a new e-book and miss the book-dandruff that comes with a new book.
A nice accent would be a tea and madeleine fragrance!
12I think my boyfriend would enjoy the crunchy bacon scent, but then I'd be cooking bacon daily because it'd make him hungry.
13I love the smell of a dusty leather bound book, but I wouldn't want it in a spray.
I will inhale freshly mowed lawn and say I love the smell, but I won't buy the scented candles that smell exactly the same, either.
14efsarbaby, it's not a gag gift! It isn't even sold!
And she compares it to actual
products.
15MSucre, what on earth would give you that impression?
16Cool. It would make a hilarious gag gift for an avid reader.
17I thought people tried to stay AWAY from their libraries and bookshelves smelling like must OR cats....???
I can understand "new book", I actually want that one, or the lavender-y looking one - but BACON? WTF?!
I agree with ally, this would make an awesome gag gift - just hope the
18"eau, you have cats" scent doesn't ACTUALLY smell like cats!
new book smells good
19OMG, y'all. It's not real!
20why not make perfume that smells like paper that goe out of a photocopier?
i like that one much better ..LOL
21ridiculous
Why spend money on this when you can buy the real boo L)
22omg, I HATE when ppl highlight in books!
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