What It "Smells" Like

[Pipelady20]

I'm enjoying my pipe smokimg hobby, I'm pretty new at this. I'm perplexed at how delicious the "tin note" can be with tobacco when i take that big sniff, only to burn it and it smells like pure cigarettes. The whole room.

One reason I like FMC is that when I smell the tin note, and while I'm smoking, and done smoking, there's that delicious consistent odor. I even like to wrap myself in my flannel shirt when done because it smells *so good*.

Carter Hall, I'm undecided. I took my first smoke of it yesterday evening. It smells wonderful even though it's classified as a non-aromatic, but I don't remember if I smelled like cigarettes last night as I had been smoking earlier.

I just got done smoking SWRA. Tin note and room note smelled pretty good. But now I just smell like cigarettes. Which means if I had smoked inside today my home would probably smell the same way.

What good are aromatics if everything smells *completely opposite* of the tin note? (This statement is facetious, I know we're smoking tobacco; I'm new.)

Anyone know of any good ones that may be consistent in odors?

 

[logs]

Welcome to the pipe smoker's lament. There are blends that have a great tin note, blends that have a great room note, and blends that taste good. Pick two of the three and your search becomes easier.

 

[scloyd]

Try Molto Dolce (Creme Brulee in bulk).

 

[Pipelady20]

Welcome to the pipe smoker's lament. There are blends that have a great tin note, blends that have a great room note, and blends that taste good. Pick two of the three and your search becomes easier.

Good advice. I'm not hung up on how it tastes. I'm more into odors and volume of smoke.

 

[Akousticplyr]

Country Squire's Old Toby is pretty consistent.

 

[Pipelady20]

Try Molto Dolce (Creme Brulee in bulk).

I actually have Molto Dolce. I'll have to pick it up again. Somehow I wasn't that impressed, sort of bland.

 

[Pipelady20]

Country Squire's Old Toby is pretty consistent.

I've hear of this one, and heard great and not so great things. I'll have to put it on my list.

 

[didimauw]

I can only suggest one aromatic. As it's the only aromatic I've ever really smoked. And I have a terrible sense of smell, but my wife told me she likes the smell.

Scotty's Butternut Burley.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

No matter what you smoke inside, after it has settled for a bit, it's still going to smell like burnt tobacco. An aromatic will offer no better results than if you try to cover it up with some kind of aerosol spray.

 

[rushx9]

????Lalalalakeland! The infamous florals smell more like incense than perfume or soap to me. In many cases the room note isn't just inoffensive, it's downright fantastic. They aren't for everyone, but definitely worth trying and making up your own mind about. There are advocates and detractors of every genre, and this is just another in the wide world of full flavored pipe tobacco.

 

[rushx9]

Samuel Gawith Firedance Flake is my all-time favorite aromatic. Not floral, but blackberry brandy and vanilla. Every time I smoke it I'm told it "smells like Christmas" or an "expensive scented candle". Even just a pinch of a flake improves the room note of other blends. My favorite home blend is Balkan Supreme mixed with around 1/3rd Firedance. It tastes like a more aromatic Esoterica Pembroke. KBV describes Pembroke as the time Frog Morton vacationed in France and cellared a bunch of Cognac (or something to that extent) and I feel like the Supreme/Firedance combo is even closer to that imaginary Froggy scenario.

 

[jaytex1969]

Keep other, more offensive smells around so that you can better appreciate the tobacco room note... nana



It sounds like you really appreciate the characteristics of latakia. There are tons of English variants and other latakia blends to experiment with.

Try some Black Frigate! ?‍

 

[karam]

No matter what you smoke inside, after it has settled for a bit, it's still going to smell like burnt tobacco. An aromatic will offer no better results than if you try to cover it up with some kind of aerosol spray.

That's really it, and part of the reason for only smoking outside.

 

[mso489]

I'm lucky not to have had a long term cigarette habit. If you have, you may always associate Virginia leaf with those. Even with SWRA, it is probably the Virginia condiment that is smelling like cigarettes. Find the blends that don't have that association for you, and stick with those for a while. Eventually, you may be able to smoke some blends that have more Virginia without tasting nails. Smell and taste are senses that pique a lot of memories, so you just have to work around that.

 

[mso489]

Some Cavendish based blends may not have much cigarette smell. Cavendish is a process not a tobacco leaf, so it is often made of either Virgnia or burley. It gives good smoke volume, and usually carries a good deal of the non-tobacco flavorings in the room note. Lane Vanilla Black Cavendish or Lane BCA with vanilla and fruit flavors, both in bulk by the ounce, might be good one ounce samples to try.

 

[BROBS]

I'm enjoying my pipe smokimg hobby, I'm pretty new at this. I'm perplexed at how delicious the "tin note" can be with tobacco when i take that big sniff, only to burn it and it smells like pure cigarettes. The whole room.

One reason I like FMC is that when I smell the tin note, and while I'm smoking, and done smoking, there's that delicious consistent odor. I even like to wrap myself in my flannel shirt when done because it smells *so good*.

Carter Hall, I'm undecided. I took my first smoke of it yesterday evening. It smells wonderful even though it's classified as a non-aromatic, but I don't remember if I smelled like cigarettes last night as I had been smoking earlier.

I just got done smoking SWRA. Tin note and room note smelled pretty good. But now I just smell like cigarettes. Which means if I had smoked inside today my home would probably smell the same way.

What good are aromatics if everything smells *completely opposite* of the tin note? (This statement is facetious, I know we're smoking tobacco; I'm new.)

Anyone know of any good ones that may be consistent in odors?

Try Mac Baren Vanilla Flake. If you can’t taste that you can’t taste. ?

 

[ray47]

I like MacBaren's Vanilla Cream Flake or the Loose Cut so much that I've ditched all my aromatics for that blend. I get all 3 categories that I judge an aromatic by. Tin or Bulk note / Room Note / Taste.

 

[Pipelady20]

I'm lucky not to have had a long term cigarette habit. If you have, you may always associate Virginia leaf with those. Even with SWRA, it is probably the Virginia condiment that is smelling like cigarettes. Find the blends that don't have that association for you, and stick with those for a while. Eventually, you may be able to smoke some blends that have more Virginia without tasting nails. Smell and taste are senses that pique a lot of memories, so you just have to work around that.

I had no idea. This is very insightful and explains a lot. I've only had a few cigarettes, but I've been around smokers who are friends. I dont like cigars but would take cigarettes before cigars. If it's the VAs then this will help me in my search, thank you.

 

[Pipelady20]

Some Cavendish based blends may not have much cigarette smell. Cavendish is a process not a tobacco leaf, so it is often made of either Virgnia or burley. It gives good smoke volume, and usually carries a good deal of the non-tobacco flavorings in the room note. Lane Vanilla Black Cavendish or Lane BCA with vanilla and fruit flavors, both in bulk by the ounce, might be good one ounce samples to try.

Ah, I'll have to check those out.

 

[Pipelady20]

Try Mac Baren Vanilla Flake. If you can’t taste that you can’t taste. ?

Oh ok. It's rich in flavor?