I want to write this post as a little discussion about the magic that flavor and scent have in vaping, and how it personally effects me and my experience.
On this forum, people have misunderstood me for a flavor perfectionist or someone who wouldn't be satisfied until I taste 14 layers to my juices. This is far, far from true. I have not once tasted any flavor (on a properly working device) that I have not liked - I've tried probably about 60 flavors in this journey so far, and when the vapor and flavors are vaporizing as intended by the maker of the juice and the maker of the atty (a very clear difference from a bad atty), I have not tasted one that put me off. Each of them, from off-brands, to on-brands, to tobaccos, to fruits, to oddities, to deserts, to NET's, to herbal flavors, when I've tested the juices on properly functioning atomizers (which, I refuse to write off a juice until I accomplish this factor, and I always have accomplished it or managed to experience it), I have enjoyed each and every juice I have ever tasted. And trust me, I've had some cheap brands. You can't get any cheaper than free, locally made DIY juice named after your own hometown that doesn't have even half a million people in it.
For me, and flavor, my sense of taste and smell is so emotional, so accurate, and so chemically connected to my brain that every juice I've ever had unlocks a memory, unlocks an emotion, unlocks a preference, or even unlocks a gag reflex (concerning the tasty of dry or burnt atties, which remind me of various combusted materials on construction sites.) The first and foremost requirement, for me, is an entirely clean tasting vapor. I simply can't make do without it. The absolute most I've ever been able to "adjust" to a slight taste that the atty puts off is that slight cardboard taste with some polyfil atties, which reminds me of the taste of dry skin, and that actually has a positive emotional factor to me, but things like dry silica, or burnt rubber, or anything like that, I can't tolerate it, too bad of tastes. Can't tolerate even tinges of it.
But when it comes to juice, even the most simplest of juice seems to trigger such impacting memories for me, and seems to give me such enjoyment. When it comes out of a clean, functioning atty. I've gotten such deep and rich flavors out of just regular CE4's, the completely disposable kind, that in my opinion would make even the most advanced of dripper or modder stop and go "Wow, this is actually pretty good." - that experience has been rare on such devices, but I have achieved it or experienced it. And that full, deep flavor experience, not the silica-contaminanted tastes or the wispy, extremely light and weak, cotton-candy like flavors, is what pulls me back into vaping and keeps me on the path.
For me, and simply tasting a full, deep flavor (not nessicarily complex, authentic, or gourmet, but simply full and deep), is what keeps me in my chair, having adventures in my head that give me chemical and emotional enjoyment that nicotine does not. I could buy something as, well, bland and nasty as Halo's tobacco flavors, and as long as the atty is running right, I can sit there and enjoy it. My brain will find the positives. I've tested quite a few of Halo's tobaccos and while they're probably the "worst" of the juices I've ever had, they're not bad when you get them on a good atty. They really do evoke tinges of various cigarettes out there, and even that in itself is enough for me to appreciate the goal and experience. I, by far, do not need a complex, layered, gourmet flavor to my juice - I simply need the atty to vaporize the flavorings equilaterally and at the right temperature for the juice, which, a deep flavor is the technical sign that it's doing this correctly and as intended.
And really, with people fighting to keep to vaping, I think this is a factor that people often overlook. There's so many people chasing throat hit and nicotine that they may overlook the emotion positives of really searching out the flavor in vapor, and ensuring they get a flavor hit as opposed to simply a throat hit. The emotional positives of taste and smell are so important in a positive emotional experience, and in the end, addiction needs to be replaced with positive emotional experiences to totally fade away.
But really, finding simply an atty that either tastes clean or delivers a pretty deep flavored vape is been my absolute curse in the vaping world, I simply can't find it consistantly. At the very best, I'll buy 10 coils and one of them will give the effect needed for proper flavor - the others will give a sugary, cotton-candy version of the juice, or taste dry, or taste mechanical, or acidic. I just can't deal with that in my vape, and hey, maybe that makes me either picky or just very experienced to what a truly working atomizer is supposed to vape like. But that's been the curse. I don't hate on juices, I hate on the device. I'm sure there'll come a day where I buy a faulty juice or taste some Chinese mess, but luckily, I've tested out my juices to the point that I actually have a lot of trust that US juice makers know what they're doing and that bad flavors can be down to the atty involved.
I see a lot of people on this forum who will say "Yeah, I've tried this juice on 10 different atomizers and it tastes like a sock or body odor or .... or something on each one." Trust me, I have too, and even juices that I could have swore were faulty ended up being heaven on a proper atty. If you have a juice that you've written off, it really could be a faulty juice, but I actually would advise that it's probably more that your particular set of atties or builds just handle your other juices better, that there are details in your atty or build that still restrict an enjoyment for the particular bad juice. Juices can plain taste like a wet sock or someone's rear end when the atomizer is not vaporizing it entirely correctly. Save your juices and search out to see what can make them shine, at least for your wallet's worth!
On this forum, people have misunderstood me for a flavor perfectionist or someone who wouldn't be satisfied until I taste 14 layers to my juices. This is far, far from true. I have not once tasted any flavor (on a properly working device) that I have not liked - I've tried probably about 60 flavors in this journey so far, and when the vapor and flavors are vaporizing as intended by the maker of the juice and the maker of the atty (a very clear difference from a bad atty), I have not tasted one that put me off. Each of them, from off-brands, to on-brands, to tobaccos, to fruits, to oddities, to deserts, to NET's, to herbal flavors, when I've tested the juices on properly functioning atomizers (which, I refuse to write off a juice until I accomplish this factor, and I always have accomplished it or managed to experience it), I have enjoyed each and every juice I have ever tasted. And trust me, I've had some cheap brands. You can't get any cheaper than free, locally made DIY juice named after your own hometown that doesn't have even half a million people in it.
For me, and flavor, my sense of taste and smell is so emotional, so accurate, and so chemically connected to my brain that every juice I've ever had unlocks a memory, unlocks an emotion, unlocks a preference, or even unlocks a gag reflex (concerning the tasty of dry or burnt atties, which remind me of various combusted materials on construction sites.) The first and foremost requirement, for me, is an entirely clean tasting vapor. I simply can't make do without it. The absolute most I've ever been able to "adjust" to a slight taste that the atty puts off is that slight cardboard taste with some polyfil atties, which reminds me of the taste of dry skin, and that actually has a positive emotional factor to me, but things like dry silica, or burnt rubber, or anything like that, I can't tolerate it, too bad of tastes. Can't tolerate even tinges of it.
But when it comes to juice, even the most simplest of juice seems to trigger such impacting memories for me, and seems to give me such enjoyment. When it comes out of a clean, functioning atty. I've gotten such deep and rich flavors out of just regular CE4's, the completely disposable kind, that in my opinion would make even the most advanced of dripper or modder stop and go "Wow, this is actually pretty good." - that experience has been rare on such devices, but I have achieved it or experienced it. And that full, deep flavor experience, not the silica-contaminanted tastes or the wispy, extremely light and weak, cotton-candy like flavors, is what pulls me back into vaping and keeps me on the path.
For me, and simply tasting a full, deep flavor (not nessicarily complex, authentic, or gourmet, but simply full and deep), is what keeps me in my chair, having adventures in my head that give me chemical and emotional enjoyment that nicotine does not. I could buy something as, well, bland and nasty as Halo's tobacco flavors, and as long as the atty is running right, I can sit there and enjoy it. My brain will find the positives. I've tested quite a few of Halo's tobaccos and while they're probably the "worst" of the juices I've ever had, they're not bad when you get them on a good atty. They really do evoke tinges of various cigarettes out there, and even that in itself is enough for me to appreciate the goal and experience. I, by far, do not need a complex, layered, gourmet flavor to my juice - I simply need the atty to vaporize the flavorings equilaterally and at the right temperature for the juice, which, a deep flavor is the technical sign that it's doing this correctly and as intended.
And really, with people fighting to keep to vaping, I think this is a factor that people often overlook. There's so many people chasing throat hit and nicotine that they may overlook the emotion positives of really searching out the flavor in vapor, and ensuring they get a flavor hit as opposed to simply a throat hit. The emotional positives of taste and smell are so important in a positive emotional experience, and in the end, addiction needs to be replaced with positive emotional experiences to totally fade away.
But really, finding simply an atty that either tastes clean or delivers a pretty deep flavored vape is been my absolute curse in the vaping world, I simply can't find it consistantly. At the very best, I'll buy 10 coils and one of them will give the effect needed for proper flavor - the others will give a sugary, cotton-candy version of the juice, or taste dry, or taste mechanical, or acidic. I just can't deal with that in my vape, and hey, maybe that makes me either picky or just very experienced to what a truly working atomizer is supposed to vape like. But that's been the curse. I don't hate on juices, I hate on the device. I'm sure there'll come a day where I buy a faulty juice or taste some Chinese mess, but luckily, I've tested out my juices to the point that I actually have a lot of trust that US juice makers know what they're doing and that bad flavors can be down to the atty involved.
I see a lot of people on this forum who will say "Yeah, I've tried this juice on 10 different atomizers and it tastes like a sock or body odor or .... or something on each one." Trust me, I have too, and even juices that I could have swore were faulty ended up being heaven on a proper atty. If you have a juice that you've written off, it really could be a faulty juice, but I actually would advise that it's probably more that your particular set of atties or builds just handle your other juices better, that there are details in your atty or build that still restrict an enjoyment for the particular bad juice. Juices can plain taste like a wet sock or someone's rear end when the atomizer is not vaporizing it entirely correctly. Save your juices and search out to see what can make them shine, at least for your wallet's worth!
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