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rainintothesea · 06-06-2011, 11:15 PM

I can tell some types of paper in old books apart by smell... there's a kind of Holland paper that smells like cocoa as it ages and decomposes, for instance.

That's a leftover skill from my best job ever: assistant to a rare book dealer.

06-06-2011, 11:15 PM	#130
rainintothesea Member How Do You Identify?: - Preferred Pronoun?: - Relationship Status: - Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: - Posts: 533 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,135 Thanked 801 Times in 314 Posts Rep Power: 4143698	I can tell some types of paper in old books apart by smell... there's a kind of Holland paper that smells like cocoa as it ages and decomposes, for instance. That's a leftover skill from my best job ever: assistant to a rare book dealer.