Cant Stop Smelling My Jars

[rdoss16]

anyone else have this problem? my tobacco jars/pipe holders are situated near my work desk. i work from home and im on conference calls most of the day. i find myself opening jars, taking a huge sniff, and closing them back up over and over again throughout the day. im sure this will effect how they age eventually but i just cant help it. they all smell so good

 

[lawdawg]

When I start to think about my various jarred baccy, and then go to my "cellar" cabinet to get my jars and tins out, I usually end up smoking a pipe puf

 

[orthodoxpiper]

I can only smoke once a week, and I when I do smoke I usually want to pop a tin on a new blend (I've got quite a backlog...), so everything in the jars is aging. I would love to pop them open for a smell, but I don't want to disrupt this aging process. Drives me crazy! Sometimes I sniff the lid of the unopened jars/tins to see if I can get a whiff lol

 

[warren]

Blend smell tells me absolutely nothing. I gotta put a match to it to enjoy it.

 

[mso489]

The words aroma therapy come to mind. I agree with warren it isn't so akin to smoking, but I certainly enjoy it too. The sense of smell (olfactory) is powerful and evocative. I enjoy a hit from an unlit cold briar or cob too, the mixture of bowls enjoyed over time. Yesterday, I popped the top of a small jar of 1-Q I haven't smoked in a year; I think it was a better whiff than it was a smoke last time I had it. I'd forgotten the caramel or whatever it is.

 

[cigrmaster]

The only time I open a jar is to smoke it. I never open it to smell it.

 

[logs]

Well, you could Just have one sacrificial jar on your desk and hide all the rest.

Or.. just give up on aging. That's fine too. The idea that everything must be perfectly cellared for ten years before it's worth smoking is a fairly recent phenomenon. We've all gone a little crazy on the idea if you ask me.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I knew a guy who had this same problem, but it was with glue. He eventually moved on to gasoline, and then deodorant. Last I heard, he was killed trying to sniff a gangster's armpit in an elevator. puf

 

[peregrinus]

Might be an opportunity here for an entrepreneur to create some tobacco scented air fresheners.
Maybe instead of the tree shape ones you hang on the rearview mirror, a tobacco leaf shape.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Might be an opportunity here for an entrepreneur to create some tobacco scented air fresheners.

They've had those for years now. Hanging ones, sprays, and candles. There's even tobacco infused colognes, mustache waxes, and ice cream.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

anyone else have this problem? my tobacco jars/pipe holders are situated near my work desk. i work from home and im on conference calls most of the day. i find myself opening jars, taking a huge sniff, and closing them back up over and over again throughout the day. im sure this will effect how they age eventually but i just cant help it. they all smell so good

Yeah.... Im in the exact same situation, work from home, shelf with Tobak on it across from my desk, I'm looking at it all the time and some days I just have to go over for a sniff

 

[jpmcwjr]

I've not had that "problem". Though I certainly enjoy a whiff of those jars or tins I open to grab a bowlful.

 

[dino]

I, too, am a sniffer. As I don't usually smoke in the house, and I have quite a few open tins, I'll pop one open for a sniff, while working at my desk. Usually it's one of the English blends, as I love the smell of Virginia mixed with Latakia. Mmmm.

 

[kylef]

I must plead guilty to this as well!

 

[SpookedPiper]

I agree that the smell can be intoxicating and can satisfy if it's not quite time for a pipe yet. I can smell my cellar drawer/cabinet when I walk into the room, I hope that it's not a bad thing!

I also let my non-pipers smell different tobbacs to see what they sense is different between them. They always choose the 1Q over the Balkan sobranie as far as smell goes.

 

[curl]

When people ask what do you have there, when I start to prepare a bowl in public, I tell them it’s potpourri. We laugh and when they stick their nose in my pouch or little Tupperware container, they say that smells good.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The smell I get hit with when I open the flu kiln full of red cured Virginias... mmm.

 

[didimauw]

I have a terrible sense of smell. It's a blessing and a curse.

 

[stogie37]

Sometimes I open a tin or jar and take a deep huff immediately before turning in - I swear it’s a great “pleasant dream” starter.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have a terrible sense of smell. It's a blessing and a curse.

That is not what he means when the doctor tells you that you smell terrible. puf