The story
From biblio- (“book”) + -osmia (“smell”). Coined on 24 February 2014 by English lecturer and author Oliver Tearle in a now-deleted tweet, originally as “the act of smelling books”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bibliosmia
Today it means: The pleasant smell and aroma of a new (or any) book, caused by the gradual chemical breakdown of the compounds used within the paper. Full definition →