What do you think of the habit of smelling old (or new) books?

Old books smell better. I can't remember where, but I read something about the chemical reaction in the brain because of the smell of books. It had something to do with Vanilin and something else.. Maybe vetiver but I don't think that was it. New books are okay but the smell of old books open up a whole new world.

Personally, I think old books smell better!

I love smelling new books. Have had this habit from the time I was a kid

Some old books do smell very musty. I don't like the smell of them.

@WiseGhots I have never smelled a book. I read the back cover to see what it is about and then go into it and read it and leaving the smelling to someone else.

I smell my books, new or old, i can't explain it but I love the smell.

Do you mean smelling the books? I must say that this is a very weird behavior. Books are for reading rather than smelling. What's the point to smell it? I don't really think it is very nice.

I absolutely adore the smell of old books. It is much better than used books. I ordered a used book once and even though the book was in good condition it had a very strange perfumy scent to it.

I don't want to smell anything!

I love the smell of books new and old. I think I just like the smell of paper because I also enjoy the smell of notebooks as well haha

I like to smell new books.

I think a person who smells old books has alot of time on their hands.