Unpopular Opinion

I'm smoking a cig right now and I don't even like the smell.

The smell of UNBURNED tobacco smells pretty good tho.

Yep. This is an unpopular opinion. Well done.

I've been hospitalized due to secondhand smoke, so I definitely hate the smell. It is physically painful for me.

Same here. I quit smoking before a lot of Lemmy people were born, and have no interest or temptation to start again. I still like it. It's good friends and hanging out late at night, it's taking a break up on the roof. I don't want throat cancer but the smell is still nice.

I get it. I also get how some people like the smell of gasoline or diesel fumes. That's why I like that public places are shifting towards a default of preventing smells. Some people like things, but allowing some will annoy others

Cig smoke is fine for me, but I LOVE the smell of weed smoke (and I don’t smoke weed)

It's definitely nostalgic for me, since one set of grandparents smoked when I was a kid. It never really bothered me...unless I was driving in their car, where it would give me motion sickness. I was never prone to it otherwise; only when driving on mountain roads in a car that reeked of cigarettes.

To their credit, they quit smoking when my older sister had her first kid, but the smell of cigarettes just throws me back to the summers spent helping Grandpa with whatever home improvement project he was working on.

My grandfather smoked. I like a small whiff, but still don't want to be breathing cigarette smoke for more than a few seconds.

I get it; I like the smell of stale cigarettes trapped in an indoor location.

Cigars, on the other hand, can fuck right off.

Not a fan of tobacco smoke but enjoy the smell of unlit tobacco.

Ex smoker, hate the smell.

The only time I legitimately cherished the smell was when I stepped into a portapotty that had previously smelled like death for the entire week. That day though, some hero decided to chain smoke in that thing and you couldn't smell the shit anymore.

We've tried the trees you put on your rear view mirror, we tried cans of febreeze, only cigarettes hide the portapotty smell. Please, Cigarette smokers, be the heros we need you to be

My dad smoked Camels while I was growing up, and, to this day, I still like the smell of them. Reminds me so much of him, and all the little opportunities he took to light up.

Absolutely hated how my clothes would smell after going back to my mom’s, though. Just awful…

My parents owned and operated a restaurant for 35 years so I grew up hanging at the bar and huffing second hand smoke while watching TGIF. For me, smelling smoke and stale beer is super comforting. Even typing that I realize is incredibly fucked up but it is what it is. I learned a ton of social skills and relating to all ages and walks of life and it has served me well but its a pretty messed up childhood.

I had a friend in university who rolled his own and they smelled so nice. No idea what he put in them, but I've never smelled another cigarette that wasn't vile

I am the same and I’ve never smoked a cigarette. I like the initial smell that comes off after it’s been freshly lit. But once it hits the middle, that shit starts to stink lol.

I grew up in a time when adults smoked around kids so I guess it’s the familiarity with my childhood too.

Pulled up my canoe to a friendly guy fishing our local swamp. Had a nice chat. Damn, when he lit up, my brain screamed, "NICE".

But I don't really want a cig, just loved the smell, old memories.

For that matter, a woman who's a little smoky with liquor on her breath, I get SPRUNG. Old memories, "a smell of wine and cheap perfume..."

It's really fascinating how scents are tied to memory, like if that scent didn't bring good memories of your mom, would you still like it? It's an unanswerable question, just interesting to me.

A lot of people in my family smoke/smoked and I smoked for a lot of years, but I also haven't smoked for a lot of years now. There are different types of cigarette odors. Some of them don't bother me and I actually like, but some of them make me nauseous.

I know exactly what you mean. My room at my parents place was on the upper floor, which got very warm in the summer, so I had the window open the whole day. My mom always smoked right below my window because she didn't want to be seen from the street. Somehow this turned into a positive association.

I never really think about the perspective that others like or enjoy the smell of tobacco. I’ve smelled Black and Mild before and that was tolerable enough, but still not appreciated.

I dislike the smell. But I also actively avoid tobacco and others smoking, primarily for health reasons we’re all aware of. However, tobacco, marijuana, etc. smells are migraine-triggers for me. If I’m around it too long, I could spiral into a terrible migraine that takes days to recover where I’m bed ridden and vomiting for at least a day. Migraines be no fun.

I don't like the smell of any smoke but unsmoked cigarettes smell really good.

It is designed to be a desirable smell (or actually flavored in some cases). Since it's highly addictive the people selling it know they just you to try it and they'll probably have a long-term customer.

Very underrated smell imo , tho I don't see myself actually smoking cigs , health risks seem not worth it for me