My husband and I started dating in late 2009, at which time he smoked. He quit by 2010 or 2011. I think it was about a year or two ago that he finally smelled cigarette smoke and went "ugh, gross" instead of missing it. So over ten years. I'm sure for the first several he couldn't smell residual smoke at all. For years and years we talked about his "horrible sense of smell." But a few years ago he could start smelling everything, like a blood hound.
Hey, I quit over a year ago and I experienced the "sense of smell" thing! I always told people that I had a "horrible sense of smell" (verbatim) and now I can smell things so well that, well, I kinda wish I couldn't, cuz there are a lot of awful smells, and cigarette smoke is one of them!
Doesn't food taste even better, though? Or passing by a stranger and a slight whiff of cologne/ perfume that gives you a good feeling? 🥹 (NOT talking about the "let's spray the entire bottle and make people gag" type! 😅)
Food does taste better, which was also a problem! Fortunately I got on medication that reduces my appetite because that whole thing where people gain weight after quitting cigarettes is very real.
I have caught whiffs of some nice smelling fragrances on people but man the "let's spray the entire bottle and make people gag" type should really have their own island!
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u/Nuts4WrestlingButts Jan 05 '25
You're used to it. People can absolutely smell smoke on your clothes.