01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL
- Color
- Muted paper beige
- Texture
- Pages and wood
- Temperature
- Mild
- Sound
- Low room hush
SmellBook editorialCULTURALRevision 2
Library
Also known as Reading Room
A quiet indoor environment combining paper, shelving, fabric, dust and building materials.
ATLAS POSITION028 / 200
MILESTONEIconic 100
PRIMARY CATEGORYPlaces
PUBLIC TYPEPlace / Environment
PROFILE STATUScomplete
CULTURAL3associations / context
EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure
VERIFIED1published source-backed claims
Source registry ↗02FEELS LIKECULTURAL
focusnostalgiacalm
Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.
03CONTEXTCULTURAL
public libraryarchive roomreading room
04NEARBYEXPERIMENTAL
Early editorial relationships, not a live graph ranking.
05SCIENCE & SOURCESEXPERIMENTAL
VERIFIEDCLM-OLDBOOK-001 ↗
Research on historic paper has measured volatile organic compounds released during material degradation and linked those emissions to the characteristic smell of old books.
Supports the role of paper degradation volatiles; individual books and libraries can differ by materials, storage and environment.
VERIFIEDPRIMARY
Material Degradomics: On the Smell of Old Books
Matija Strlič et al.
DOI 10.1021/ac9016049WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS
One profile can belong to many routes.
These links are editorial navigation across the public atlas—not live graph scores.
Library expands Old Book into a wider environment shaped by architecture, collections and indoor air.
EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 2
Added VERIFIED old-book-related evidence provenance and public alias.
Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22EVIDENCE MATTERS
A profile can contain different kinds of knowledge.
SmellBook separates cultural association, community perception, verified evidence, prediction and experimental relationships rather than presenting them as the same thing. Read the evidence guide ↗ See evidence coverage ↗