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Originally Posted by rkomar
I don't get the confusion here. People associate smells with feelings based on past events. If you noticed the smell of books while greatly enjoying reading in the past, then smelling that odor again will put you into a similar mood. It is not the odor itself that matters, but the emotions it triggers. I'm more mystified at those who don't experience this reaction than those that do.
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I do experience it with the smells I find pleasant (fresh baking, recently mowed grass, greenery after rain, chocolate and so on). I've never found the smell of books (new or old) pleasant, in fact I actively dislike it, even though I've been a voracious reader since early childhood and always greatly enjoyed reading. But for some reason I don't associate this enjoyment with either the feel or smell of paper books - only with the content itself.