The Aroma of the Shop

[Zamora]

I love the smell of a legit tobacconist, my Tupperdor has that smell but it's not the same because it doesn't surround you like it does at a shop

 

[Choatecav]

Horse stables and saddle makers shops are evocative for me in much the manner.

Boy, you nailed this one, Warren.

One of my daily chores is mucking out stalls and while most cannot get their head around that being an appealing aroma, (and sometimes it can be foul) it has an appeal that grows on you. Especially when you first walk into the barn.

And what smells better than cured leather.......?

 

[MortarMessiah]

Boy, you nailed this one, Warren.

One of my daily chores is mucking out stalls and while most cannot get their head around that being an appealing aroma, (and sometimes it can be foul) it has an appeal that grows on you. Especially when you first walk into the barn.

And what smells better than cured leather.......?

Oh yeah!! That's a good one as well, leather shops!. It's not as good as the Tobacco shop but it's definitely up there for sure.

 

[MortarMessiah]

I love the smell of a legit tobacconist, my Tupperdor has that smell but it's not the same because it doesn't surround you like it does at a shop

Yeah it's gotta be legit, with lots of tobacco, or it just ends up smelling like stale smoke like a bowling alley or VFW. Gotta be lots of tobacco.

 

[Brad H]

No local pipe shops for me either.
Nearest is an hour away and it’s more like a cigar bar. Not the same.

 

[pappymac]

Horse stables and saddle makers shops are evocative for me in much the manner.

There is an operating Tandy Leather store 35 miles from me. It always smells good.

The B&M where we hold our pipe club meetings mostly smells of cigar smoke in the smoking areas but even that can have its good points.

 

[MCJ]

Ah, the smells of an old time tobacco shop, a specialty coffee shop, and a waft of freshly fired gunpowder on a crisp autumn day -- three things that can't be beat...

 

[chrono]

As a kid I loved walking by and into The Tinder Box at the mall. The aromas were incredible and always drew me in. Barely got to shop at them before they went away after I picked up cigars and pipes as an adult.

 

[BingBong]

Ah, the smells of an old time tobacco shop, a specialty coffee shop, and a waft of freshly fired gunpowder on a crisp autumn day -- three things that can't be beat...

Oh yes, 60 years ago, Oxted Station Road East, there was a coffee shop that would freshly roast beans and the aroma would waft right up the street. It was a signature. Another was Staines Linoleum factory, as soon as you got within half a mile of the town, the smell of linseed oil would hit your nostrils.

These things no longer exist, places have lost their scents and we're all poorer for it.

 

[MortarMessiah]

I have the same euphoric experience.

I remember that feeling walking into a cigar/pipe store with my brother as a kid. My brother was there to buy cigarettes but my 6 y/o self loved the open the jars of pipe tobacco and stick my head inside. Those old guys who worked there didn't seem to care as i went though the entire collection of jars, opening and smelling each one.

Years later I bought my first pipe at that same little tobacco shop in the mall.

I have a similar euphoric experience with fresh ground coffee.

Our sense of smell can invoke strong emotions that cannot be translated into words.

Oh yeah Coffee too for sure!

 

[InWithBothFeet]

Horse stables and saddle makers shops are evocative for me in much the manner.

Smell is a funny thing. When I was in Japan, I went to an island that had a lot of biking/walking paths around some cattle fields and the smell of fresh cow patties brought back memories of my grandfather's place out in the country. He didn't do cattle, but the neighbor did and that smell was common when walking the woods there.

 

[MortarMessiah]

Smell is a funny thing. When I was in Japan, I went to an island that had a lot of biking/walking paths around some cattle fields and the smell of fresh cow patties brought back memories of my grandfather's place out in the country. He didn't do cattle, but the neighbor did and that smell was common when walking the woods there.

I've heard that smell is the most powerful sense when triggering memory.

 

[Douglas]

I absolutely love that aroma too! I may work at my local B&M when I retire. They’ve already said no problem. That’s at least a couple years down the road so I’m contemplating maybe one night a week now for the fun of It. Paid in tobacco maybe!

 

[MortarMessiah]

I absolutely love that aroma too! I may work at my local B&M when I retire. They’ve already said no problem. That’s at least a couple years down the road so I’m contemplating maybe one night a week now for the fun of It. Paid in tobacco maybe!

Heck yeah dude! That's the dream man. Lol getting paid In tobacco would be hilarious

 

[BooksBassBriars]

I can still call to mind the shop aroma of my local B&M in St. Louis. I lived there for grad school from 2006-2010. It was a treat just stepping through the door. As I'm returning to the hobby, I'm noticing that it's really about room note even more than taste for me. I cracked a tin of Rattray's Red Rapparee this morning and simply enjoyed smelling the pipe burning. I sipped just to keep it lit more than to taste anything. What a pleasure.

 

[MortarMessiah]

I can still call to mind the shop aroma of my local B&M in St. Louis. It was a treat just stepping through the door. As I'm returning to the hobby, I'm noticing that it's really about room note even more than taste for me. I cracked a tin of Rattray's Red Rapparee this morning and simply enjoyed smelling the pipe burning. I sipped just to keep it lit more than to taste anything. What a pleasure.

Go Blues!!

 

[krizzose]

As a kid I loved walking by and into The Tinder Box at the mall. The aromas were incredible and always drew me in. Barely got to shop at them before they went away after I picked up cigars and pipes as an adult.

Me too. Those old coots were always happy to sell my adolescent self a box of Player’s Navy Cut cigarettes.

 

[Choatecav]

Those old coots were always happy to sell my adolescent self a box of Player’s Navy Cut cigarettes.

"Those old coots"

Ha, ha, ha........

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I used to love going into the tinderbox at the macon mall (ga) when I was a kid. It was a booming place during the heyday of big malls back in the early 80s.

I used to go to Macon mall back then, the one down in Albany too

 

[First Sealord]

There's nothing like it for sure. One of life's simple pleasures!