The Aroma of the Shop

[MortarMessiah]

Thought I'd take the time to share my appreciation for the aroma of the tobacco shop. You step Inside and this glorious aroma engulfs your nostrils. It's a smell of comfort and warmth. Hints of Coffee & Chacolate. It's the best aroma in the world. It would be my dream to own a tobacco shop, so I could bask in this aroma all day. It would be an absolute dream.

 

[Briarcutter]

Yes! And just think what it would be like working at Gawith Hoggarth. I'd really like to be in the snuff mill!

 

[MortarMessiah]

Yes! And just think what it would be like working at Gawith Hoggarth. I'd really like to be in the snuff mill!

Nice!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Sounds fun! I get that just walking into a spare bedroom that has several bags of tobacco needing opened and jarred, etc. ---- all the benefits, none of the risks!

 

[dd57chevy]

There aren't any actual tobacconists in my area . Our's are smoke & beer shops .

More of a convenience store atmosphere .

 

[MortarMessiah]

Well the shops near me are mainly Cigar oriented, but also sell pipe tobacco. I tell the guy in their he's the luckiest alive. He says yep living the dream. And I bet he is man.

 

[BingBong]

I very much miss the aroma of a tobacconist's, they barely exist here now.

I had a summer job after leaving school and before starting a career, doing the early morning shift in a newsagents, making up the bags for the paper delivery kids and serving the early customers their papers, cigs, tobacco - the place was small and the scent of tobacco was luscious.

Newspapers used to come in "quires", batches of 24 or 26 depending on the title. Never did find where that name came from or what determined the number (I think it was the Telegraph had 26) - it's lost lore, Internet searches have been fruitless.

 

[OzPiper]

Enjoy and treasure your B&Ms while they are still around.
There is not a single pipe shop in Sydney, Oz

Cigar shops, yes.
The so-called tobacconists are little more than cigarette vendors and vap-joints

 

[68748Joe]

About all I see when I go into Omaha or Lincoln, especially Lincoln, is Vape and CBD shops. Along with dispensaries.

 

[PaulRVA]

I’m with you ! From the moment I entered my first Brick & Mortar I always felt like Homer Simpson in the Land of Chocolate

 

[Nomadic]

Brings back fond memories of walking into Wally Frank's in Roosevelt Field, Long Island NY.

 

[Choatecav]

There aren't any actual tobacconists in my area . Our's are smoke & beer shops .

More of a convenience store atmosphere .

This is the problem I have around here, as well. Of course, I can go to Nashville, forty miles away and enjoy the smells and aromas, but that's a bit of a drive. Since I have retired, I don't go into the city very often.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I have a pretty decent B&M but it just smells like cigars. You can smoke in it but I only ever really see cigar smokers. They have a nice selection of pipe tobacco though.

 

[InWithBothFeet]

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.

 

[warren]

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

 

[Chasing Embers]

Many B&Ms are just fading into cigar only shops. No smell unless you go into their walk in humidors.

 

[Chasing Embers]

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

Mine would be tobacco barns and hay fields.

 

[Pipe & a walk]

Thought I'd take the time to share my appreciation for the aroma of the tobacco shop. You step Inside and this glorious aroma engulfs your nostrils. It's a smell of comfort and warmth. Hints of Coffee & Chocolate. It's the best aroma in the world. It would be my dream to own a tobacco shop, so I could bask in this aroma all day. It would be an absolute dream.

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.

 

[WirelessSmoke]

It is a wonderful smell indeed. I've only been to one proper shop, and it definitely has the good smells. Take it in as much as you can, these shops are becoming more rare as time passes.

 

[Barry H]

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Newspapers used to come in "quires", batches of 24 or 26 depending on the title. Never did find where that name came from or what determined the number (I think it was the Telegraph had 26) - it's lost lore, Internet searches have been fruitless.

ISTR that a quire is 1/20th of a ream - so 25 sheets for a 500 sheet ream. I think ream sizes vary depending on the type of paper or its use.