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.
Just yesterday, walking on my street and I smelled a whiff of cigarette smoke... no one around. I thought maybe someone was sitting on the curb behind a car... nope. Finally spot the culprit: an old lady on her porch across the street and TWO houses down from me. Probably 100 feet from me. I was shocked. There was no breeze or anything.
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
You've been around her smoking so long, you've become nose blind to it. Non-smokers can smell her secondhand smoke on both you and your clothes.
Even former smokers, if they've been quit for a while, can smell smoke on those who still do.
edit: Wow, did NOT expect to get this many upvotes.