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Doc Creed

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I love the smell of old books; books with odors like unearthed potatoes or rainsoaked pavement. Others absorb the essence of places where they've been stored, like a dank basement that smells of dirt, motor oil and weedkiller or a sun-starved cedar chest that's spiked with moth balls. Sometimes a book can retain a distinct but elusive smell that reminds you of a person's house. I recall faded orange Zane Grey hardbacks that smelled like old leather bowling shoes and worn paperbacks from the '60s that hold an aroma of a smoky hotel lounge. Each smell a separate memory and not unpleasant. Cigarettes, whiskey, suntan oil...I often pause and wonder how many readers held this book before I did.
Yeah, I'm a book sniffer.
 
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Doc Creed said:
I love the smell of old books; books with odors like unearthed potatoes or rainsoaked pavement. Others absorb the essence of places where they've been stored, like a dank basement that smells of dirt, motor oil and weedkiller or a sun-starved cedar chest that's spiked with moth balls. Sometimes a book can retain a distinct but elusive smell that reminds you of a person's house. I recall faded orange Zane Grey hardbacks that smelled like old leather bowling shoes and worn paperbacks from the '60s that hold an aroma of a smoky hotel lounge. Each smell a separate memory and not unpleasant. Cigarettes, whiskey, suntan oil...I often pause and wonder how many readers held this book before I did.
Yeah, I'm a book sniffer.
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I read this around- I don't know- 4:30 am? And still now at 10 I'm thinking of it. It got inside my head and I felt like I was there right with ya Doc sniffing away. That's a powerful description you've given us. Love it!
 
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Doc Creed said:
I love the smell of old books; books with odors like unearthed potatoes or rainsoaked pavement. Others absorb the essence of places where they've been stored, like a dank basement that smells of dirt, motor oil and weedkiller or a sun-starved cedar chest that's spiked with moth balls. Sometimes a book can retain a distinct but elusive smell that reminds you of a person's house. I recall faded orange Zane Grey hardbacks that smelled like old leather bowling shoes and worn paperbacks from the '60s that hold an aroma of a smoky hotel lounge. Each smell a separate memory and not unpleasant. Cigarettes, whiskey, suntan oil...I often pause and wonder how many readers held this book before I did.
Yeah, I'm a book sniffer.
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Beautiful.
Your novel will be titled The Book Sniffer. :)
 
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GNTLGNT said:
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Bit Bit of Disneyland trivia: The scent of vanilla is sent out of the vents in front of the Candy Store on Main Street to encourage Guest's entering the shop and making a purchase. Watching candy being made in the front window helps, also. I know it makes it hard for me to walk by...
 
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