Are you a book sniffer?

[hayisa]

Yes, why not?

[Samuel Mamo]

I also love the smell, especially older ones have got the finest. But your talent is extra ordinarily unbelievable.

[Helen Akoth]

Yes. I loved the smell of new books when I was in grade and high school.

[Leonie Vermaak]

This used to be a huge secret of mine. The only person who knew I sniffed books (god that sounds so awful!) was my best friend, who thought I was wierd anyway. But recently I have discovered a LOT of readers sniff books out there!

So do you sniff your books?

I can always tell a good book by how it smells. I KNOW that sounds wierd! I KNOW! But it is so true! I swear, if you sent me to a bookstore (new or used, doesn't matter) and gave me two AWESOME books I really wanted but told me I could only have one, I would sniff them to figure out which one I wanted. After I cried and whined and begged to have both of course! But by sniffing the pages, I would be able to tell which would be better, even if I can't tell from the blurbs.

And there is a technique to it! Sure, you can just lean over and get a whiff. Most of the time that is not enough though! You need to faaaaaannnnnn the pages out to really get a good whiff of it's real smell.

I promise you, every book smells different. I have opened boxes of books I had stored away in a closet for years, and the books still retain their individual smells. Strong environmental odors CAN affect their individual smells over a long time though. There is one book from my childhood where I love the smell so much I keep it in a ziplock bag so nothing affects it's smell. No lie, I swear it! As a matter of fact I will go take a whiff of it right now....be right back....

Ahhh....the smell of childhood.... This is the one thing I miss using my e-reader.

Anyway! Tell me about how you sniff your books, if you do!

I had good laugh now.....yes I do sniff books too, I just adore the aroma too much.... lol but you truly gave me challenge now as it's the first time I hear you can choose a book by its smell I have to try this today....Im going to take the books I know is excellent sniff them and then take books I didn't like that much and see if there is a difference, I'm intrigued now, hahahaha.

[Leonie Vermaak]

Hi everybody. My name is rssllue, and I am a book sniff-aholic.

Bwhahahaha... what will our abbreviation be ...we can't make it AA.....what about BSAA (Book Sniffing-Aholic Anonymous)??

[Matlhodi Nozwayo]

Definitely Yes!!! I also love weird smells like the smell of petrol, fresh rain, and so forth. Haha, I know I am not the only one.

[stylesreview]

Not intentionally, but I do notice the smell of the book I'm reading. I often don't pay much attention to it anyway, unless it's too strong. In that case, I'll probably read it where there's a lot of air flowing to minimize the effect on me.

[Aeesha Bashir]

Absolutely, especially old books

[ZhanLu]

Oh my god. I loved scrolling through this forum. Book sniffing? Now, that's weird. In a good way, ofcourse. XD

[ZhanLu]

I never knew book sniffing was a thing, but I mean, I would sniff the pages of the book too. But, finding good books through sniffing... now, I wouldn't know about that hahaha ><

[Christabel Egbeama]

Omg, yes! This question made me laugh. I sniff my books all the time. Whether new books or old books. I just love how they smell.

[Kayla Archer]

You know when you walk into a bookstore and just smell paper and ink? Yes…book sniffers are the best.

[Riya Sarkar]

Yes, definitely! There's nothing like the smell of a book!

[Arianne Joy Melendres]

Yes ! I love the smell of new books

[Marie Chalupová]

The smell of book both new and old is the best smell there is. I definitely like to take a whiff now and then. Also going to bookstore or library is a sniff fest.

I would like to have your sniffing out good book ability. Did you try to monetise it?