I LOVE THE SMELL OF BOOKS FOR THEIR HEAVENLY AROMA

Why do books have a peculiar smell ?

MY BOOK HAS THIS DIVINE AROMA

some books have a faint vanilla like smell.some smell woody,why so?Ever wondered?

Well I  did a bit of searching around.

The reasons are many, and  a bit technical.

To keep  things simple, I can tell you that the aroma of books is due to compounds which constitute crushed wood .They exude  vanillin, which smells like vanilla.

VANILLIN COMES FROM THE  WOOD IN THE TREES  

Then there is something called benzaldehyde, which gives a  fruity, almond-like odor. 

 On the other hand terpene compounds impart a  faintly, wooden  odour to  books.

If you have alcohols of aliphatic variety you get mushroomy  

BOOKS  OLD  TREASURES UNTOLD 

smells .

“In a good book room you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”                    - Mark Twain

A mixture of all these gives a typical "old book" odour.

There you are!