Can they REALLY not smell it?

[erictho]

it definitely depends on the flavor and the quality of the juice, i think.
my first 5 bottles of 30 ml liquid were super cheap, and kinda crappy in comparison to the liquid i'm buying now. when i was vaping with the cheaper stuff, curious bystanders asked me to blow vapor into their face so they could find out if it emitted a smell along with vapor (silly hippies). the flavors they could smell were strawberry banana, pineapple, and chocolate. the lilac and double mint didn't really smell like anything to anyone. vaping outside of a bar, most of the drunk smokers would usually make a comment about the chocolate vapor, how it smelled tasty, and asked to try.
now that i smoke a better quality liquid it's easier for those standing in the way of my vapor to guess at a flavor. most often i just hear that it just smells sweet, and a smell is only really detected if they're in the way of my vapor (either intentionally or by accident). but the smell isn't overall lingering like cigarette smoke, and i've been able to vape in the break room at work while i'm alone without anyone noticing. i've had people walk in on me while i'm using it, but we've both just pretended i wasn't vaping in the break room. i'm totally not allowed to vape indoors, it's kind of an unspoken rule. my store manager doesn't see vaping as any different than smoking, and i work in an organic grocery store. my coworkers are pretty mindful of potential toxins, and i know that i would be stepping on toes by helping myself to a vape in a common area. however, they realize there isn't any smoke so if i'm not vaping inside all the time even if by myself and they catch me vaping they just won't say anything. also, if it does get ridiculously cold out here (we've seen a couple of -30 days, but not as many as we "should" for this time of year), i've tipped them off i may vape in the bathroom and they've given me the go ahead at my own risk should any higher ups figure out what i'm doing. but i don't think any lingering odors will be the thing that breaks me there. every once in a while at home i detect lingering odors if i'm producing a lot of vapor, but i use mostly fruity flavors so it could potentially be perceived as something other than my vapor production.

 

[byggd]

Yes people can smell it but it doesn't linger like cig smoke.

 

[hangwire]

I work in a small clothing store and have 1 coworker. She doesn't care if I vape inside, and the owner is rarely here anymore, so I do as long as there are no customers in the sore. When I first started here I hadn't switched to vaping. I would go out back behind the store to smoke, well away from the closed back door, and a couple of times the owner commented that it smelled like someone was smoking in the store when I came back in. She's come in a few times and hasn't mentioned any smells since I switched to vaping.

I buy 100% VG juice, and I can smell it as soon as I open the bottle, as does my coworker. She can sometimes smell the vapor, but says its very faint and smells good. Usually I'm vaping root beer float or blackberry vanilla, and occasionally a coffee flavor. The only one she every comments on is the blackberry vanilla. But she loves it when I open my bottle of coffee. She also asks to smell every new bottle I get, and gets almost as excited as I do when new flavors arrive. Like others have mentioned, when I first started and was buying cheap, lower quality juices, she never mentioned being able to smell it. It was only after I found a better quality supplier that she has mentioned smelling the vapor.

No customers have ever commented on a smell on any of the clothes or when they come in (the counter is near the front door, and thats where I hang out, so I would imagine if there was a lingering odor, it would be near the door and someone would have mentioned it--they complain about everything else!)

My room at home does have a slight lingering smell, but it smells like root beer and blackberries, so it doesn't bother me. No one else in the house complains about that either, and a quick blast of febreeze into the air clears that out. But in all honesty, I pretty much go nuts at home. I'll sit there all night and not realize how much I've been vaping until my carto is empty.

 

[cactusgirl]

My kids can smell it when I vape in the car (or when they come into my room when I've been vaping) and are sure to let me know which ones they dislike (any coffee/tobacco) and which ones they love (watermelon, strawberry lemonade, honeysuckle).

 

[1eca]

I've only ever noticed a slight smell that dissipates really quickly. I've vaped on public transit and no-one seemed to notice.

 

[trailwalker]

when my wife was in the hospital i was vaping in the room and the nurses would come in and say it smelled like christmass LOL i was vapeing peppermint, marshmallow and apple cinnamon
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