不仅如此,这种气味还跟记忆紧密相连。就像防晒霜或者刚修剪的草坪的气味可以突然唤起童年夏日的记忆一样,旧书卷的气味同样会让爱书的我们联想到阅读一本经典好书或者泡图书馆或二手书店的经历。
There's also the nostalgia element. The paper used for books today contains much less lignin than that of old volumes. That reissue of Hemingway is never going to smell as nice as a first edition, no matter how long it stays on your shelf. A book that smells like a book is a relic of how we used to spend time. Decades from now, will it be possible to bottle the scent of "Nights Alone on the Couch With Netflix"?
此外还有怀旧的因素。现在的书籍用纸比过去含的木质素少得多。重订版的海明威选集闻起来肯定没有第一版的气味那么好,无论它们在你的书架上吃了多久的灰。书要闻起来像书,这是人们追忆过去的情怀。也许几十年后,市场上会出现“独自坐在沙发上看奈飞视频网站的夜晚”味的香水。
Vocabulary
indie: 独立的
sandalwood: 檀香
apothecary: 药剂师;药房,药店
olfactory: 嗅觉的;味道的
lignin: 木质素
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