Pipe Smoke vs. Cigar Smoke

[MoeCizlak]

Vortex posted about a conversation he had that pipe smoke is more appealing than cigar smoke. I didn't want to clutter up the "What's in Your Pipe" section, so I thought I'd start another thread. I happen to love the smell of both but my wife does not share the same view. She can detect a cigar on me hours after smoking it and after I've brushed my teeth, however she cannot tell the when I've had a bowl in one of my pipes. Cigar smoke also seems to stick to clothing and my skin like glue and pipe smoke doesn't to the same degree. Is there a scientific explanation for this that anyone knows about?

 

[PhatCat]

Good question. I've wondered the same thing. However, I sometimes think my wifes objections are partially psychological. I sometimes think she makes a bigger "stink" about the stink if she knows I just had a cigar.

Would it be the types of tobacco used for pipe tobacco vs cigar tobacco? I didn't think there was all that much difference.

i'm curious what the experts know/think.

 

[JHolmes763]

Interesting question, indeed. Curious to see if there's any "scientific" backing for it.

 

[StatHaldol]

Same for me; the wife says pipe tobacco smoke keeps the home a lot more friendly...

 

[jstrat]

No science here, but I smoke both pipes and cigars and the cigar smell definitely sticks with me longer than pipe tobacco.

 

[grateful1]

The amount is probably a contributing factor. More tar and stuff from the cigar.

if equal draws are taken, there may be no difference.

 

[Dios de Fuego]

The science is, your wife obviously prefers pipes to cigars. Therefore she tells you what you need to hear.

 

[Outsidesmoke]

Maybe it's just the time that your are smoking a cigar vs. a pipe. I tend to stay away from cigars that burn for less then an hour because I have a pipe that will last for a good 15-20 minutes. 1 hour of smoke vs 15 minutes.

Plus if your smoking an aromatic, people tend to like it a little more. I always get compliments on a Choco-moco blend that I bought from a B&M



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[King]

This is one of the reasons I tried a pipe. All the cigars scent stuck around my media room for almost 5 days. Stale!

With a Pipe most of the smell/flavor is gone by the next day.

Plus, I enjoy pipes, and should have tried pipes long ago...

 

[MoeCizlak]

I don't think exposure time is the key. I smoke in my car during long driving periods and a bowl lasts 45min to 1hr. If I smoke a Party Short or similiar vitola, the time smoking is the same but the cigar smoke gets into and sticks to everything. The pipe does not. I don't smoke a whole lot of aromatics, so her inability to detect it on me is puzzling. I wonder if I did smoke more aromatics, whether she would be able to detect the flavoring on me rather than the pure tobacco of a non-aromatic. Hmm, experiment is in order.

As far as the wife is concerned, I tend to agree with PhatCat in that it is physcological. My wife isn't a big fan of my cigar hobby and uses the smell as her chief complaint, even though it wasn't a factor back when she used to buy me samplers for Christmas every year. Funny how that changed when I started buying them for myself. Doc replied to a thread awhile back about why most women don't like cigars and I wholeheartedly agree with his assessment.

Gary, when you say amount is contributing factor, do you mean amount of tobacco consumed in one smoking?

 

[bigwhiteash]

I'll say this, the sheer volume of smoke produced from even a petit corona is quite a bit more than a normal bowl in my pipe. Maybe this has something to do with it?

 

[jabba]

pipe backy is a lot more home friendly... my guess is that it has something to do with the amount of oils in cigar tobacco... cigars are usually stored at 65-70% RH versus 15-20% RH for pipe tobacco and maintain a lot of oils... if you notice, the smoke stream off the end of a cigar is noticeably blue, not so for the pipe tobacs I smoke. I would say the volume of smoke generated is also a contributing factor. In the end, it's probably a combination of numerous things... just my best guess.

After smoking pipes a lot more recently, I find a lot of the good cigars I was happily smoking before ,very one dimensional.