She Smelled of New Book

In our digitalized age, where there is constant postulation on the death of print, it is reassuring to know that should the medium be lost, the scent of a new book never will be — not now that you can wear the scent as a perfume.

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Aimee Burnett lives in Toronto where there is more brick than stucco, and more plains than hills. She is a design/editorial intern at McSweeney’s and The Rumpus whilst summering in SF.

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