I was walking by a chain bookstore in the local mall where I just relocated and I got hit with a ‘bookstore smell’ when I walked by it and it was just such a wonderful smell to me. It’s definitely a book smell, but not the same smell as you would smell in a used bookstore or a library. It’s the smell you only smell with new books.
Since it was just a quick hit as I walked by rather than me being distracted by the actual books, I realized how much I loved that smell, but I had never thought about it before. If I could make my home smell like that all the time, I absolutely would.
Now I’m only wondering if I love the smell because I love bookstores or if I love the smell independently of bookstores.
I’m actually the opposite. I love the smell of used bookstores/libraries and old books in general. That said, every bookstore I’ve been to that sells new books also has a coffee shop, so all I smell there is coffee and baked goods.
