Phew Urr Gosh...

[caddyman]

When I was smoking 20 or so a day, I was always impressed by how little it affected my sense of smell. The only thing I couldn't really smell was cigarette smoke unless it was blowing directly into my face.

Of course, this isn't quite true, though I thought it was. By and large I did maintain quite an impressive olfactory function (sorry, came over all pseudy there), but unless the smell was virtually intolerable to others, I wouldn't be able to smell settled cigarette smoke - the stuff that gets in the clothes, curtains and so on.

I have just dug out for display one of my oldest and most favourite action figures. Criminy, but it honks of stale smoke. I am hoping that exposure to the open air as opposed to its box may do something about that. If not, I can see myself having to soak it in a mild detergent to lose the smell. I hope it doesn't come to that; I have a bunch of these figures and may be selling some on eBay in due course.

Phew, not without giving them a clean, I shan't!

Comments

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

now try sniffing some clothes that were put away clean before you quit - pheeeeeeeeooooooooo!
and just wait until your taste buds wake up and taste the coffee
WOW! the taste is better than the caffeine hit!!

[agentinfinity.livejournal.com]

I guess that's a good thing, a sign of your success. I second the taste bud thing, I didn't have to put chilli sauce on everything once I gave up (though I have no particular opinion on the flavour of coffee).

Well done.

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

I recommend Febreze for getting rid of that particular smell.

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

"Pseudy". Now there's a word that takes me back.

[itsjustaname.livejournal.com]

I've noticed the same. My sense of smell and taste are just as good as they were when I was a smoker (because I've always had good both) except for the very specific instance of smelling smoke and stale smoke, which I couldn't smell before. There's a woman on the course I'm on who smokes and it's horrifying how badly she smells of smoke after she's nipped out for a quick fag.