Is it just me or does anyone have this problem? Its hard for me to find a flavor that i really enjoy. Most flavors that i taste at brick and morter locations in socal ( about 4 locations all very local to me ) are very muted and i can barely tell the difference between them. Sometimes one or 2 stick out from the many many flavor options i try there. I usually try just about all of them!
What you are experiencing is VERY common with new vapors.
Years of smoking have damaged your taste buds. They will heal, but it may take 1-6 months, everyone is different.
There are a few tricks to try though:
When you exhale your vapor, exhale some through your nose. Our sense of smell works closely with our sense of taste. I can demonstrate that fact by having you recall how food tastes bland when you have a bad head cold. Our nose normally picks up on molecules in the air released by food. When your nose is stopped up, it can't function to smell and therefore food tastes muted. The same is true with vaping, allow your nose assist your tonue.
Try some of the stronger flavors such as cinnamon, the mints, and menthol. Be careful what juice carrying device that you put cinnamon in, because it can react chemically with the clear plastic in clearomizers and cartotanks that use polycarbonate (cracking or melting it).
Vaping can cause dry mouth and dehydration, so drink plenty of water.