The nics i've tried, and different batches(5 different nic-sources, alchem, chemnovatic, nicobrand, J&G biotech, and undisclosed US imported source, and individual batches of some of those), vary between a nutty, or leathery or damp-tobacco-y, or slight ash-tray aroma, with or without nose-sting additionally... Oh, sometimes there comes a fish smell after some time, but that's normal btw, as several nic msds sheets state the smell of the pure nic is slight fish, lol... Btw, I had a completely clear nic from china where I couldn't smell anything, and no sting, but the flavor itself was of slight black pepper...
The nicselect I get, which is diluted by alchem's pharma-subcontractor, titrated and COA made, and just rebottled by individual vendor, is having a smell that's void of nuttyness, tobacco, leather or alike, but it have it's own special kinda smell, which i'm guessing is in all(nicsmell?) but is owerpowered by other stuff. The impurities is so low(under detection limit) that I don't think it's extraction material... The smell, I really cant explain but is how i know it's a nicselect bottle to me... Sometimes I think of glue or something.... No, damn I cant label it... Note very faint and not unpleasant... When vaped unflavored it's very clean to me, much more than my current chemnovatic, but i'm guessing it's a "bad" batch... The chemnovatic where that dark leathery often noted...
Sorry for polluting thread, I just got cought up in sketchness quote about differentiating smell, and since it is nicselect you are discussing I hope you don't mind
