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Hi there,

Quick one: does a dry cigar lose its characteristic smell or even "turn"? I feel that they become very "smelly" but I am not experienced enough to know if this is normal or if there is anything wrong with my cigars beyond them being dried out. 

Thanks for any options and insights!

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The bouquet of cigars lessen considerably if you store them on the dry side. They do tend to be much more pleasing, yet subdued, sweet smelling. IMHO cigar scent travels on water vapor.

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46 minutes ago, PigFish said:

The bouquet of cigars lessen considerably if you store them on the dry side. They do tend to be much more pleasing, yet subdued, sweet smelling. IMHO cigar scent travels on water vapor.

I do agree that they smell sweeter; but mine are quite dry and shrunk visibly (not a lot but enough to be able to discern a change) and the smell is on the verge of "sick" smell (not like the sick period, I think). I'll try and re-surrect them; they don't seem dead but I think they took some damage. I am slowly getting them to 63rh at 68F.

I seem to remember that smells are stronger in low humidity but that's about the ambient humidity, not the humidity of the cigar. 

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19 hours ago, PigFish said:

IMHO cigar scent travels on water vapor.

Very interesting Ray. That has never crossed my mind. 

For what its worth, I find dry cigars to have a sharp/one dimensional and unpleasant aroma. 

 

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9 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Very interesting Ray. That has never crossed my mind. 

For what its worth, I find dry cigars to have a sharp/one dimensional and unpleasant aroma. 

Thanks! That's what I experience at the moment. I hope I can bring them back to life. 

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