I ordered from the last sale and it did indeed have a burnt smell to it, i cant really explain the smell, it was bad and mixed some of it and it to had the taste that I was smelling, it actually got worse after opening the bottle, I contacted VM and they refunded the money, said that they would replace it but I must have a sensitivity to it so there would be no reason to replace it. They did refund my purchase price within like a week. but it was only about a week after I ordered it. Luckily Gourmet Vapors had a great sale on unflav nic so I replaced what I lost and It is from Box Elder no color no odor wonderful!!! I would at least let them know how many people got the same problem. I dont know if they will replace or refund at this time but they were great on getting back to me with original email and I asked if they wanted me to return the bad stuff and they never answered me but I got a order confirmation in my email that said a refund was on its way.. flushed the bad stuff and I am enjoying the new nic!!!