First retrohale- eyes watering and sneezing uncontrolable. This is good?
First retrohale- eyes watering and sneezing uncontrolable. This is good?
I have yet to discern any real subtleties while retrohaling. It all seems to smell the same. Maybe I broke something.
I just had work done on my deviated septum to straighten it out. Not only was my septum at almost a 90 degree angle, but I too had horrible sinus issues that were fixed during surgery. Before the surgery, it seemed like I couldn't even get smoke out of my nose. Since having the surgery, I can now easily retrohale and am picking up flavors I hadn't been able to pick up in a cigar!I have never really retrohaled before as I am what some would call a mouth breather. I have the worst sinus passages you can imagine. It is physically impossible for me to breath thru my nose. I have really bad alergies but gave this retrohal a shot because of what I read in the other thread and I just think its out of the cards for me. And man did it burn!
Maybe with a little practice it will get better. I have very good taste buds in my mouth and sense of smell is all there just extremely hard to breath thru the nose. Next few cigars I will give it more tries and see what happens.
"I've hear that the sting is indicative of the amount of ammonia present in the leaf."
I've heard that pretty any kind of smoke in your nostrils can sting, because it's smoke in your nostrils. A lot to do with amount and density of smoke. Ever had your eyes water working on a campfire?
At any rate, for those having trouble with exhaling through the nose, why not try inhaling through the nose to get more of your olfactory (smell) sensors involved.
In the past, it was known as the "French Curl" - you get a mouthful of smoke, then let it drift out over your upper lip and sniff it in. IMO, easier to control the volume of smoke than on the exhale
As noted above our taste buds are thought to be very basic detectors. It is olfactory senses that detect various "flavors".
...I do it slowly...When I watch a video. [T]he whole mouthful...even so far as fully opening their mouth, I think how in the hell can he possibly taste... what the...?
...I do it slowly...When I watch a video. [T]he whole mouthful...even so far as fully opening their mouth, I think how in the hell can he possibly taste... what the...?
Nicely said, Dan. Retrohale is a good thing.
I just had work done on my deviated septum to straighten it out. Not only was my septum at almost a 90 degree angle, but I too had horrible sinus issues that were fixed during surgery. Before the surgery, it seemed like I couldn't even get smoke out of my nose. Since having the surgery, I can now easily retrohale and am picking up flavors I hadn't been able to pick up in a cigar!I have never really retrohaled before as I am what some would call a mouth breather. I have the worst sinus passages you can imagine. It is physically impossible for me to breath thru my nose. I have really bad alergies but gave this retrohal a shot because of what I read in the other thread and I just think its out of the cards for me. And man did it burn!
Maybe with a little practice it will get better. I have very good taste buds in my mouth and sense of smell is all there just extremely hard to breath thru the nose. Next few cigars I will give it more tries and see what happens.
I just had work done on my deviated septum to straighten it out. Not only was my septum at almost a 90 degree angle, but I too had horrible sinus issues that were fixed during surgery. Before the surgery, it seemed like I couldn't even get smoke out of my nose. Since having the surgery, I can now easily retrohale and am picking up flavors I hadn't been able to pick up in a cigar!I have never really retrohaled before as I am what some would call a mouth breather. I have the worst sinus passages you can imagine. It is physically impossible for me to breath thru my nose. I have really bad alergies but gave this retrohal a shot because of what I read in the other thread and I just think its out of the cards for me. And man did it burn!
Maybe with a little practice it will get better. I have very good taste buds in my mouth and sense of smell is all there just extremely hard to breath thru the nose. Next few cigars I will give it more tries and see what happens.
After reading this, I'm deciding to have the surgery at the end of September to cut away some of the "fins" (that's how my Doc explains it in layman's terms to me) in my nostril. He says after that, I won't need to sleep with Breathe Rite strips and it'll be like a freeway up there. If I end up with black eyes I'm telling everyone my wife cracks me during sex. :whistling: :laugh:
Won't be able to smoke for a little while, so I'm gonna live vicariously through all you fuggers! Until then, I'm lighting up my best!
Dave