Are you a book sniffer?

[Betelhem Demsie]

It's different! If that's true, you have a great skill!

[Le-nic Pretorius]

Haha! I am happy to know that I am not the only one sniffing books. I mostly own second-hand books, and yes I have sniffed all of them. I just love the smell of old books!

[Jay Peter]

OMG i have been teased most of my life for sniffing and smelling books! I noticed that my 2.5 year old son does it as well and i find it quite endearing. There is something about the smell of the pages of a book, new or old.

[Henry Patrovic]

I don't do it, but I have a friend who does it. Never knew that there were so many people out there who did it as well.

[Hannah Oakey]

Who doesn't love to sniff a book? Whether it's a brand new book or a very old book I love to smell it. Books have such a great smell which I why I could never own a Kindle or e-reader. I love not just the smell of a book but the feel of it too. I love to run my hand along the cover and spine, and nothing beats it when you gently break the spine (not too much just a little so as not to ruin it). Does that make me sound crazy?

[Scott Fling]

Yes, I am! I love the smell of old books as well as new. But I especially love the smell of old ones. There's something in the ink and the way the paper is made that when they age it gives off this amazing aroma.

[Ma Leonarda Castañares]

Yes please. It gives me comfort.

[Donna Walker]

I just spat out my coffee! Guilty as charged! I love sniffing books. I read a lot on Kindle now for convenience, but nothing beats the smell and feel of a good book. 

[Favour Alade Boluwatife]

I love the smell of books, especially new books

[Carlos Mata Saenz]

I have never being able to evaluate how good was a good by the smell but yes, I like the smell of a new book (as far as it isn't a plastic one) and I always smell them when I get a new one (now less often and I get them online and it wouldn't make much sense!)

[AlexGrav]

This just made me lol, for real, but I know it's a real thing. Old books have a great smell, but I had no idea that you could tell individual books apart or judge their quality from it.
Can you smell other things as well? Fear? Time?

[Paul Link]

Absolutely. My uncle recently gave us (my family, but I suspect it was mostly for me) that is from the late 1890s. It is wonderful,old books are best, I think, but any book will do.

[Tommy Mayengbam]

Are you even a book lover if you aren't a book sniffer?

[Chockanathan G]

I won't hesitate to disclose it. Yes, I am!

[Moddesser Elahi]

There is something about the smell of books: I can't describe. But now I am feeling nostalgic about that library in my school. God bless!