Residual smell from PG

[jedrojam]

Has anyone noticed a strong residual smell from the exhaled PG vapor?

This question is more for the folks who vape in enclosed places, such as a bathroom with no vent fan, car with windows rolled up, etc. Are you experiencing a long term, lingering odor from the vapor?

I've noticed a strange smell in a couple of places that wasn't there prior to my use of e-cigs. I don't know how else to describe it other than an "industrial" smell similar to oil, paint fumes, etc. I don't think it is my sense of smell returning, but figured I'd ask the fine members of this forum for their observations.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[ccure]

Jeff,

I have not notice any smell at all. I do vape all day long in my office, bathroom, car (but it smell like analogs, I have not been able to take out that smell from it) and I can not smell any "industrial" as you said.

Are you making your own juice?

 

[jedrojam]

Not making my own juice. Using a well-respected vendor brand. Maybe it's just the smell of the primer burning off of the atomizers. I've just now hit one week of use.

I've gone so far as to exhale vapor and then try to stand in the cloud and smell it. But I don't smell anything at that point. It's weird.

 

[jedrojam]

Oh and before I forget to say it......

Vaping Rocks!!!

 

[amarkel]

I have been smoking at my desk for a month now and the only time I noticed (and other people) a smell was with one flavor of liquid. It was not a bad smell (some people liked it), but it was noticeable. I can smell some high nicotine juices if they leaked, it is like that smell of a nicotine patch when it is first opened, but, when vaped, no smell.

 

[Danridge]

I and other people around me have noticed a lingering smell when I vape anything with chocolate flavor in it.

 

[Majestic]

When I been vaping indoors the folks around me say the room has an aroma like the juice I am using. When I'm traveling and staying in hotels, I vape sweet flavored juices in the room since tobacco flavored juices leave a lingering aroma which might get mistaken as analogs. I don't need a hassle with management over an analog room cleaning charge.

 

[drichardson]

I haven't noticed any lingering aroma from any tobacco flavored juice I've tried (though I'll admit I've only tried two!)

The nasty flavor that came in the cartridges with my dura-c DID have a slight "berry" smell, but it didn't linger. It left my fingers smelling like berries -- but only because I got a bit of juice on them.

 

[LaceyUnderall]

I have noticed that VG seems to carry the aroma more so than PG and I would have to say that the tobacco flavors, I haven't really sensed, but the "flavors" I do. Now, can I say for certain that the smell is in the room and not actually in my nose, I do not know... as I do notice that some flavors use the senses of taste and smell, while others seem to only activate the tastebuds.

Next time you vape, take a moment to see if your sense of smell is being activated (that short little span where it the vapor is hanging in your upper throat/back of your nostril cavity). If you can get your hands on a flavor, try that in comparison.

Some of the "flavors" are quite aromatic.

For those who are menthol smokers, I feel the VG is a way better carrier for that cooling mint sensation. (Wasn't a menthol smoker... but menthol and coffee in the morning is alright by me)

 

[Treece]

I and other people around me have noticed a lingering smell when I vape anything with chocolate flavor in it.

Oh. How horrible.

Funny thing. I don't eat much chocolate, but I LOVE vaping it. Go figure. (And I'm not a kid by a long shot. A really, really long shot. )

 

[taz3cat]

My doctor thinks it smells good. I don't vape in her waiting room but, vape in the xam room and she always commets on my vaping. I thinks she is glad that I am still vaping.

 

[Mary Kay]

My husband says he can smell RY4 on my clothes. He says I smell like I just smoked a pipe. He on the other hand smells of analogs!