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The smell of old books and historic libraries has been identified as of cultural significance, with several projects documenting the scent of particular collections and spaces such as the Morgan Library & Museum, [17] the Wren Library at St Paul's Cathedral [18] and books from the Bodleian library. [19]
The term receives its name from Mariko Aoki, an otherwise little-known Japanese woman who contributed an essay in 1985 to the magazine Hon no Zasshi ("Book Magazine"). [ 2 ] : 55 In that essay, she related how she came to the realization that, for some years, walking around a bookstore inevitably made her want to go to the restroom.
1.1 Smell from old books. 9 comments. 1.2 Is there any map generator that generate maps from ground up, with doing tectonics plates style stuff and etc ...
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders [das paʁˈfœ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈʔaɪnəs ˈmœʁdɐs] ⓘ) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind.
The book follows two interweaving storylines, one in Ancient Eurasia and one in the present day. The story connects dueling perfumers in Seattle, Paris and New Orleans to a bottle of incomparable perfume created by two unlikely but defiant lovers of the past who seek immortality. Orchestrated by a mysterious Irish philosopher, the past and the ...
Marilyn Monroe is iconic for her blonde curls, red lips, and perfect beauty mark, but the star was shockingly unrecognizable at the time of her death. According to the two morticians, who prepared ...
Foxing is an age-related process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps, old paper money and certificates. The name may be a variant form of the English West country dialect term foust and Scots foze, to become moldy. [1]