{"id":33131,"date":"2014-10-20T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=33131"},"modified":"2014-10-17T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:56:42","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-books-smell-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-books-smell-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Why do old books smell so great?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/25415_DogBookend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33134 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/25415_DogBookend-548x548.jpg\" alt=\"Daschund Bookends | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/25415_DogBookend-548x548.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/25415_DogBookend-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/25415_DogBookend-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That unmistakable aroma you get when you open a well-loved tome is a result of chemistry. As a book ages, the glue, paper, and ink begin to break down and release volatile compounds. A study in 2009 found that the chemical makeup of a book\u2019s aroma consisted of hundreds of these compounds, giving it an organic mustiness with grassy notes. One main compound is lignin, which is present in all wood-based paper. Lignin is closely related to vanillin, which is what lends that faint, comforting smell of vanilla. No wonder curling up with an old book and a cup of tea sounds so inviting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/dachshund-bookends?source=blog\">Dachshund Bookends, $48\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have chemistry to thank for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":33188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}