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Despite having never smoked a single cigarette in my life, I have an intensely strong reaction to a very specific brand. Early in high school I met my first cru
by Waterluvian 4mo ago
Despite having never smoked a single cigarette in my life, I have an intensely strong reaction to a very specific brand. Early in high school I met my first crush, and one summer learned that she liked me back. She was my first everything. And the scent of a lot of that teenage exploration was the awful but sweet smell of her parents’ basement, stained with that brand of cigarette.
I have no clue what brand it is. But if I ever smell it in public I am teleported back there and find myself aching terribly with youthful nostalgia.
- zabzonk 4mo ago> I have no clue what brand it is You must have clue! If there is one thing tobacco companies are brilliant at it is branding. Why else would I have smoked Marlboro (and I am English) for all those sad, sad years.
- Waterluvian 4mo agoI’m sure I could just ask someone the next time I detect it. To be honest, I’m afraid to. I don’t want the power to portal myself there on demand.
- vlian2088 4mo agoI don't think I ever saw anyone identify a brand just by the smell. it's impossible. most brands from the same parent company are made at the same factory from the same batch of the same chemical-soaked tobacco pulp. it's just the filters and packages that are different. when I smoked, chesterfields, l&ms, pall malls, winstons, parliaments, etc, all tasted and smelled the same to me. only the cheapest godawful local brands smelled different than the rest.
- IAmBroom 4mo agoMaybe. But my grandpa exclusively smoked Camels, and on the rare occasions I like (don't dislike) cigarette smoke, it turns out to be Camel smoke. Ooh, counter-evidence from counterpoint9986 in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713334
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- tanseydavid 4mo agoIf you sniff an individual who is smokes Marlboro reds and compare to the scent of someone who smokes Marlboro lights (for example) there is a very noticeable difference.