On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<sur...@hserus.net>wrote:

> On 19-Jun-2013, at 10:44, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting. We've had conceptually similar discussions in the past [1],
> > too.
>
> >    A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of
> > vanilla over an underlying mustiness, this unmistakable smell is as much
> > a part of the book as its contents.
> >
>
> Much the same jargon could be used to describe the bouquet of a wine, or a
> coffee, or a cigar ..
>

Someone should combine wine tasting with "smelling of old books" , to
determine which wine goes best with a Don Quixote publication from 1922 ...

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