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Re:Why old books smell so good by inopinatus on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:25PM (#37192208)
There was an attempt to standardise scented content back in the '80s, but it didn't stick. The root cause of market failure was consumers deterred by a format war between the compressed odour format, Nosepeg, and the higher fidelity (but patent-encumbered) WIF
Re:Why old books smell so good by dmoy on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:28PM (#37192239)
But the real failure was the always-bad-smelling PNGent. Not sure why they thought that would have worked at all.
Re:Why old books smell so good by peterleiser on Saturday August 19, 2023 @11:46PM (#37195927)
Bitmac-and-cheese smelled delicious.