Was my taste really that bad?

[umop apisdn]

Last night, I ate some white corn Tortilla chips. Expecting the usual crunchy salty tasty snack they were, they tasted a little different. Still as salty and crunchy as before, but I picked up something I've never tasted in them before, a mild sweet undertone!

So, instead of getting what I expected, I got to enjoy a crunchy, salty, and even tastier snack! I knew my taste would improve after making the switch, but I didn't realize it would that much! Also, I noticed someone smelling like smoke. The catch is, they smoked their last cigarette over an hour before I noticed it. WOW, I didn't know that was possible.

What were your first impressions with the improved senses of taste and smell after you switched to vaping?

 

[ladysolitary85]

It's amazing what happens when your taste buds comes back isn't it?

 

[Turco Chips]

I'm on day two without analogs and I can hardly wait until I start noticing the subtleties of food!


TC

 

[Joliet]

I totally noticed the same thing too. especially with the smells of cigarette smoke. Before with the analogs i couldn't tell the difference of someone or something smelling like tobacco smoke. As far as my taste buds go, so far i've been craving for bitter things. I don't know why?! I can say though, that I can taste everything much better than before.

Last night, I ate some white corn Tortilla chips. Expecting the usual crunchy salty tasty snack they were, they tasted a little different. Still as salty and crunchy as before, but I picked up something I've never tasted in them before, a mild sweet undertone!

So, instead of getting what I expected, I got to enjoy a crunchy, salty, and even tastier snack! I knew my taste would improve after making the switch, but I didn't realize it would that much! Also, I noticed someone smelling like smoke. The catch is, they smoked their last cigarette over an hour before I noticed it. WOW, I didn't know that was possible.

What were your first impressions with the improved senses of taste and smell after you switched to vaping?

 

[umop apisdn]

It's amazing what happens when your taste buds comes back isn't it?

It truly is! I thought it was when I started tasting things more intensely, then this hit me like a brick wall! Even more to make me not consider going back to analogs.

I'm on day two without analogs and I can hardly wait until I start noticing the subtleties of food!


TC

It will come soon enough. It took me about 3 weeks before it fully hit me.

Side note: I played 2 games of soccer with a few friends recently in the past month (one a week before I switched, and one last night). I never realized how much analogs killed my stamina! I can't believe how I was actually able to keep up last night! It's amazing.

 

[Kent C]

Happened to me at around 4 weeks but didn't realize it - had a fish sandwich from Mac's I thought 'This tastes like it did when I was a kid'... thought nothing more of it. Next week it was really evident that my buds had changed - then flashed back on the fish sandwich ;-)

A good thing to keep in mind before you start your cache of juice. ;-)

 

[yknotagain]

I've always been a chocoholic, but now it tastes like it did when I was a kid. Amazing how the body regenerates.

 

[pianoguy]

I've always liked Lay's BBQ potato chips. Now they are FANTASTIC - LOL! I've noticed a lot of things taste a bit different now, mostly for the better. And I also can smell a cigarette from quite a distance now, and it doesn't smell appealing at all.

 

[umop apisdn]

I still find the smell of a burning cigarette pleasing, but I can't stand the smell of the stale smoke after. That's one smell that I wish didn't come back too strong.

 

[Delilah]

Yeah, the stale smoke smell is abhorrent now! I had no idea that I smelled that bad. The downside to our sense of smell coming back is that we notice the horrible things too. I swear I thought that half my office must be eating onions at their desks the other day because the smell was soooo pungent. Turns out it was one guy eating a salad. Unreal, I'd have barely noticed that smell just a month ago.

 

[jj2]

I was surprised at a few things: like I know can't stand the taste of Pepsi or Coke. On the flipside, things that were okay before taste pretty good now. Then of course is the yummy stuff that even taste yummier.

 

[cliff5550]

About a week after I started vaping I pulled a "clean" t-shirt from the closet and tossed it on. About 5 minutes later I noticed an "old smoke" smell and realized my "clean" shirt still smelled slightly of my old stale cigarette smoke. Everything got re-washed that day with a new and different laundry detergent.

 

[jj2]

I did that with a jacket I got out from last winter. Smmmellly.8-o

 

[Trixie]

Oddly, I've always had a highly tuned sense of both smell and taste throughout my 30 plus years of smoking, and while my sense of smell remains highly sensitive my sense of taste has actually gotten less sharp. I find I need more seasoning rather than less now, and many things just taste flat and bland.

 

[lobro1]

Just wanted to share an experience not seen here about cleaning my own pipes (nose and sinuses)

I've had a much smoother time getting the ideal smoke by using a neti pot on ME.

I've been vaping since June and the fiddling, cleaning buying stuff etc. was really starting to drive me nuts (perhaps a tinkerer's nature is like OCD)

I started using a neti pot about a month ago and now I can actually taste and smell what I'm really doing...

The change is astonishing to me..

I find I'm doing a lot less fiddling w/equipment and more enjoying my vaping.

If so inclined there a plenty of references on the net including how to videos.

It takes some effort but well worth it.

I smoked for over 35 yrs. (been vaping since June) so I guess I needed more than just not smoking tobacco.