I recently bought a cookbook at a sale. I bought Rose Levy Beranbaum's Rose's Christmas Cookies at a yard sale for $2. It has an almost unbearable perfume odor, like somebody spilled a bottle of perfume on it. (Now we know why it was only $2.) It seems like a nice book, but it's all I can do to even flip through the pages, the smell is that bad. I didn't really notice that it was so bad when I bought it, probably because the sale was outside.
What can I do to try to eliminate the odor? Put the book outside? Just throw it away? To me, throwing a cookbook in the trash is almost blasphemous; I just can't bring myself to do it. Besides, it's a cookie book and DH is the original Cookie Monster. I'm always looking for new cookies to make for him.
I don't think simply sticking a sheet of fabric softener is going to work (that's what I did when a friend gave me some cookbooks that smelled of cigarette smoke and it worked). This smell is strong. Right now, the book is outside on the front porch.
Any ideas? Please?
What can I do to try to eliminate the odor? Put the book outside? Just throw it away? To me, throwing a cookbook in the trash is almost blasphemous; I just can't bring myself to do it. Besides, it's a cookie book and DH is the original Cookie Monster. I'm always looking for new cookies to make for him.
I don't think simply sticking a sheet of fabric softener is going to work (that's what I did when a friend gave me some cookbooks that smelled of cigarette smoke and it worked). This smell is strong. Right now, the book is outside on the front porch.
Any ideas? Please?