For some reason I like the smell of new paper products, like Post-It notes. It's a smell that inspires a feeling of well-being -- of crisp, clean corners and new beginnings. Miracles and dreams waiting to come true.

I would like to have a can of paper smell spray to spray around my cubicle during the day. To overpower the smell of co-workers, coffee, and failure. A nice, neutral smell. A smell of productivity and success.


-- DeathNinja, Aug 29 2003

The smell of success?
-- bristolz, Aug 29 2003


What an odd smell to like. Give me a permanent marker or Vicks Vapo-Rub any day. Croissant for the composition, though, Death.
-- lintkeeper2, Aug 29 2003


post-it notes mmmmm. you are the only person I know who has observed that scent without it being stuck right under their nose. lasts about 5 seconds.
-- po, Aug 30 2003


I usually hate artifical smelly things. The ymake me yak (like those little dangly tree thingies for cars, yeeuch) but I also am a new paper sniffer. New books especially. mmmm! Unsullied, virgin, crisp, shiny, pre-dogeared, pre-notes-in-margin, pre-bits-torn-off-for-shopping-list smell. Yes.
-- squeak, Sep 01 2003


Careful peddling that stuff, "Paper" is slang for a dosage unit of Heroin.
-- thumbwax, Sep 01 2003


Mmmm, yes, it is indeed the smell of productivity and success... New pads, it’s a motivational fragrance. (+)
-- Shz, Sep 01 2003


What I really would like is if scented candles came in "pencil."
-- LoriZ, May 12 2011



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