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June 18, 2013 11:59 am PDT
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The chemical composition of "old booksmell"
It starts with lignin — a compound that makes up the cell walls of plants. Turns out, it's also closely related (chemical-structure-wise) to vanillin, the stuff that makes vanilla smell so vanilla-y.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/T3PIFN4RYAg/story01.htm
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