Anybody notice their sense of smell has increased since they quit smoking?

[john999000]

I have noticed I can smell things that I use to not be able to. Lately I have been walking around sniffing the air and noticing scents I wasn't able to detect when I smoked. I was in the mountains a few weeks ago and could smell all the different flowers and trees. My girlfriend kept asking me what I was doing because I looked like a dog with all the sniffing I was doing.

 

[Newbz]

I was pretty sensitive to smells when I smoked. I knew I stank and I could smell other smokers too. After I started vaping, my sense of smell went into overdrive. Good or bad, I could smell anything. I'm starting to get used to it now, but I can still tell if it's going to rain by the scent of the air or if some random stranger used ivory soap that morning.

 

[lithiumdaze]

my schnaze has defenitley gotten more sensitive. ive been vaping for 4 years and quit my analog habit for3 and i cant stand to be around smokers too long. I also have realized that some of my co-workers really STINK!!! keep on vaping!!!

 

[tat2d4life]

I had a good sense of smell when I was smoking.. It has only gotten more sensitive and it drives me nuts sometimes...

 

[Mindfield]

Yep, that's one of the benefits of quitting or switching to vaping. Your senses of taste and smell will perk up -- and pretty quickly, too. Mine returned like gangbusters inside a week. It really hit home for me though one week after I switched to my first E-cig. I was walking through the far end of a parking lot toward a supermarket and smelled cigarette smoke. There was nobody in my vicinity, but about 100 feet away were a couple of people at the other end of the parking lot. It took a moment, but I saw one guy take a drag -- that was the source of the smoke smell. From a good 100 feet away. I could never have smelled that as a smoker. Of course the one smell you're going to be most sensitive to is cigarette smoke, but still, that was pretty amazing to me at the time.

I also noticed more recently that I can't put tabasco on my pizza anymore like I used to love to do. It's too damn hot now! I have to work on my tolerance to spicy foods again.

 

[Missinglink]

I also noticed more recently that I can't put tabasco on my pizza anymore like I used to love to do. It's too damn hot now! I have to work on my tolerance to spicy foods again.

Noooooo! I don't want to hear that! I love spicy foods, and am looking forward to my sense of taste and smell coming back.
/crossing fingers and toes that I don't have to take the spice level down a notch.

 

[jj2]

Good or bad that is one of the things that improve!!!

 

[untitledblue]

It's sad but smelling smoke gives me a headache and makes me gag. The last person I want to be is one of those crazy anti-smokers.

 

[Mindfield]

Noooooo! I don't want to hear that! I love spicy foods, and am looking forward to my sense of taste and smell coming back.
/crossing fingers and toes that I don't have to take the spice level down a notch.

I hear ya. I love spicy foods. There's a certain part of my body that isn't my mouth which makes me curse every Scoville unit about a day later, mind you (which may also be related to my quitting smoking, as this is a recent development, too), but I still love the hot sauce. I can still smother my chicken sandwiches with Frank's mind you (the bread helps absorb the capsaicin oil) but when it's dabbed on the outside of something like wings or pizza, I feel like I just ate a raw Scotch bonnet. But the way I look at it is, it just gives me a reason to eat more of it so I can build my tolerance back up.

 

[Michael Curry]

I noticed the sense of smell thing the day after I started vaping. I walked out the front door and just stopped. I could see that the grass was freshly cut - but now I don't have to look at it to know that.

Oh, and I have also determined that the dog needs more frequent bathing.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

My sense of taste and smell have become increasingly more acute since I started vaping. Like Mindfield, I love spicy food, but things that didn't taste so spicy before are now super spicy. I used to put tons of sugar in my tea and coffee and now I that same amount is way too sweet for me.

I can smell food cooking from the various restaurants around where I work and identify those smells. It's wonderful and horrible at the same time because I constantly hungry when I'm at work.

 

[izabella]

I used to put tons of sugar in my tea and coffee and now I that same amount is way too sweet for me.

That happened to me last week! I suddenly realized my coffee was far too sweet, and I had put in the usual amount.

Sometimes I find myself sniffing the air wondering what that smell is...and realize I'm near one of the scented votive candles I have strewn throughout the house. I usually wouldn't be able to smell them unless they were lit, or I had one right up to my nose.

 

[Higbe33]

Smell and taste seem to run together. I use much less salt then I used to. I've noticed hot pig skins burn a little more, but still like them. I rather like the changes myself. Except maybe when the little black dog toots. I used to laugh and make him get off the sofa. Now it's not so funny and I get off the sofa. ;-)

Hig

 

[Beans]

Same for me. I was in the moutains yesterday picking huckleberries and I felt like a damn dog sniffing the air lol My nose found all kinds of hidden treats.

 

[vsinner]

It has indeed, loving my new found sense of smell but I'm at that point where I need to redefine all my favorite foods because they just don't taste the same anymore. I've even given up on beer and switched to wines lately cause my favorite brew was just too different.

I thought I had a strong nose while smoking, wouldn't have believed how much more acute it's become

 

[cookiebun]

I like that I can smell the shampoo I washed my hair with 12 hours after I showered. My hair used to always reek of smoke.
When I first started vaping I could smell my smoking co-workers at about 100 paces. I don't notice that as much now.

 

[juicycrystal]

my sense of smell has increased dramatically. i thought my kids got into perfume or air freshener yesterday, and it turns out it was just the No More Tangles. LOL..!!

 

[purplefowler]

I like that I can smell the shampoo I washed my hair with 12 hours after I showered. My hair used to always reek of smoke.

I was sitting at home the other night when I suddenly got a really nice sweet smell. I searched all round the house and couldn't work out where the smell was coming from but it seemed to be following me around. It was only after about half an hour when I suddenly realised it was my shampoo . It is lush !

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Smell and taste seem to run together. I use much less salt then I used to. I've noticed hot pig skins burn a little more, but still like them. I rather like the changes myself. Except maybe when the little black dog toots. I used to laugh and make him get off the sofa. Now it's not so funny and I get off the sofa. ;-)

Hig

Taste and smell are directly connect, so you've made an excellent observation there. If you think about it, when you have a runny or stuffy nose from a cold or allergies you can't taste things as well. Some medications can also play havoc with your sense of smell such as nasal sprays.

 

[Mindfield]

Smell and taste seem to run together. I use much less salt then I used to. I've noticed hot pig skins burn a little more, but still like them. I rather like the changes myself. Except maybe when the little black dog toots. I used to laugh and make him get off the sofa. Now it's not so funny and I get off the sofa. ;-)

Hig

Ah yes, salt. I forgot about that. I've also cut down on putting salt on everything. I now only put it on or in some things, and then more sparingly than I used to.