How do I increase aroma (or smell)?

[cadcoke5]

I added the word smell to the topic, because if you search for "aroma" you get mostly the vendor by that name.

I am actually one of those non-smokers who have taking to vaping. I always enjoyed the smell of a cigar, but never smoked one. Then, when I investigated using an E-cig for a puppet dragon I wanted have breath fire, I tried some cigar flavored juice (0 nicotine). I enjoyed it, but found that the flavor is MUCH weaker than I would like. I imagine it is because there is almost no aroma.

I figured that perhaps adding some alcohol (some 95% PGA, Pure Grain Alcohol) in hopes it would increase the aroma. So, I read up on how to make your own air freshener. Many of the spray versions use PGA, so I really expected this to make a difference. But, that was a failure.

What causes "flavors" to become more of a "scent"?

Joe Dunfee

 

[t8kiteasy]

Usually depends on the flavor/flavors being mixed.Certain flavors when mixed together can become very pungeant,and well,stink.You could have tried increassing the percent of the flavor in the mix.Or are you just looking for aroma out of the mixture?? Aroma and flavor are two totally different things.

 

[cadcoke5]

Aroma and flavor are two totally different things.

A long time ago I recall reading that aroma and flavor were very closely linked. I recall that the tongue could only sense sweet,sour,salty, and bitter (though some have proposed a new 5th one called "savory"). I know the nose can sense a great many more molecules. How the nose and tongue work together, that part I am unclear about.

Since I have never smoked, perhaps someone can comment about how something like a cigar smells, vs. what the experience (taste and smell) when actually smoking a cigar. Of course, we all have in common the experience of eating an orange, and tasting one. I tend to think of them as being one and the same, with the aroma simply being milder.

I have come up with a new theory about my original question. Perhaps what makes an actual burning cigar smell vs. the vapor from an E-cig with cigar juice might be particle size. I've read that smoke is a finer particle.

Joe Dunfee

 

[cadcoke5]

New experiment; I took some of the liquid from a heated type of air freshener and put a few drops on the coils of an atomizer. Definitely stronger than putting a normal solution of e-cig juice, but far from being as strong as a spray air freshener. I also experimented with a bit of water mixed with it and with a bit of 95% alcohol. None of them made a significant difference.

Joe Dunfee