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Let's explore the chemistry behind one of the most beloved fragrances in the world: old book smell (with a historical twist! ) 📕
Let's explore the chemistry behind one of the most beloved fragrances in the world: old book smell (with a historical twist! ) 📕
The smell of decaying matter can rarely be described as a pleasant one. However few fragrances are as intoxicatingly comforting as that of an old book's smell.
The field studying the compounds produced in the degradation of a material is aptly called material degradomics (1)
The field studying the compounds produced in the degradation of a material is aptly called material degradomics (1)
A lot of ingredients make up a book's smell, and can tell us much about its history: from the materials forming its cover to the ink in which it was printed, the way it was made to the place it was stored, whether tea was spilled onto its pages or a pipe smoked nearby, etc (2)
