Holy Crap! I can smell flowers!

[grim_piper]

I was sitting out back on a nice spring day, next to a weeping cherry tree that had just started to bloom. I breeze came along and I could actually smell the blossoms at a distance. I went out for a walk after dinner, that night, and when I came back a light wind carried the scent of a patch of grape hyacinths. I knelt and smelled them and almost fell over from how strong the smell was. Had you asked me last year(or any of the last 25 years) I'd have sworn that neither of those flowers had much of any smell. I'm looking forward to the rest of spring even more, now.

 

[Lab]

i remember bringing home roses and hearing how nice they smelt.. my reply was they dont smell like anything..

 

[The Revelator]

I remember about a week ago, keep in mind it's been over a month since I've had an analog, I went to eat at Olive Garden with my girlfriend, and the food tasted SPECTACULAR from what I remember. My taste buds and nostrils are so much happier since I got my eCigs

 

[Israfil]

I've always had a very good sense of smell...(to the point of occasionally weirding out one of my female friends) but I know what ya mean. Once I quit the analogs it was really awesome. Never had spectacular food from olive garden though...We Italians are picky about our pasta.

 

[keyzygirl]

When I open my windows I can smell the beach.Sometimes too much!

 

[Hammond Egger]

I can now smell the Bradford pear tree in my front yard...that's not a good thing.

 

[silverslayer]

I've been vaping for about a month. I can now smell a smoker from the other side of the walmart parking lot.

 

[mini_art]

The smell of flowers is amazing now! However driving down the road on garbage day isnt

 

[Skyler]

I know, isn't this great? I don't have to lean into things and take ten sniffs to figure out whether it smells good or not.

And flowers, I love flowers. We have more blooming flowers in both our front and backyard then the entire street. I can open up my front door and smell the flowers in the pot instantly. It's a great feeling to get back your sense of smell.

 

[grim_piper]

Yeah, smelling everything has its drawbacks, but I'm trying to concentrate on the pluses.

 

[k.rad]

smelling everything has its drawbacks.

It definitely does. I do a fair bit of cycling and got stuck behind a garbage truck on the way up a pretty large hill the other day. That was disgusting -- working fairly hard to climb the hill and needing more oxygen, only to be sucking in vile garbage aromas.

The positives certainly outweigh the negatives though. I'm absolutely loving my newfound senses of smell and taste.

 

[maureengill]

Sitting in traffic the other day with my sunroof and drivers side window open....I smelled an analog...then i noticed the guy in the car in front of me was smoking...and I still smoke one or so a day and a pack over the weekend, but my sense of smell is way better now.

Maureen

 

[Israfil]

Smelling my city.....yah not so great. But during spring (with benadryl applied liberally) the flowers are quite lovely.

 

[Thulium]

What I find hilarious is that the gum and cologne I used to think was an effective "cover" for the stink of smoke on your clothes and breath apparently only fools other smokers--who obviously wouldn't care anyway! Since I started vaping, however, I can pick out the smokers in a crowd.

 

[Blaze]

What I find hilarious is that the gum and cologne I used to think was an effective "cover" for the stink of smoke on your clothes and breath apparently only fools other smokers--who obviously wouldn't care anyway! Since I started vaping, however, I can pick out the smokers in a crowd.

Amazing and disgusting at the same time isn't it? It disgusts me to think that's what I smelled like LOL.

For the first time in years my sinuses are clearing up, the "infections" as the doc called them are going away. Not waking up in the middle of the night gagging and coughing anymore. Nose bleeds are subsiding rapidly. And I can actually take a deep breath and not cough. This is only after 8 days analog free...I can't wait to see the months ahead

The flowers are in full bloom in my area, and yesterday was first time I REALLY noticed them. It really was a defining moment for me...with PV in hand, I've no intentions of ever looking back

 

[catlvr]

Lol Thulium!! Same here. I used to carry a bottle of Fabreeze (sp?) with me everywhere also. I don't want to believe I ever smelled that bad but I guess I did. And yes, this year my backyard garden and front porch flowers are smelling extra special.

 

[Happy Domino38]

When I open my windows I can smell the beach.Sometimes too much!

keyzgirl, just so you're aware...I hate you.

 

[karmatized]

i feel ya, what got me was walking down the bread isle in the supermarket, the smell of raisin bread almost knocked me on my .... I quite literally ran to it and started sniffing the packages. No one was around. lols it was like being assaulted by heaven

 

[Rosa]

i feel ya, what got me was walking down the bread isle in the supermarket, the smell of raisin bread almost knocked me on my .... I quite literally ran to it and started sniffing the packages. No one was around. lols it was like being assaulted by heaven

ROFL!!

 

[mini_art]

Very odd, I pulled some old clothes out the other day thinking they were going to stink and they didnt. So I asked hubby if I smelled when I was smoking LOL> He said that I really didnt( and believe me he would have said so !) this is odd. the only thing I can think of is that I used a cig holder with a filter in it for years. It took most of the tar out.
I also didnt cough up a whole lot of stuff as most say they do.
I am wondering if that cig holder was a lot better idea then I realized.
Vaping is much much much better though!! I feel so much better!