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Does your rustica smell like tobacco?

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Hi Y'all,

I don't know about you guys, but my rustica strains aren't smelling like tobacco... They smell more like raisins. This is true with the fermented and non-fermented tobacco. My other strains (nicotiana tabacum) smell like normal tobacco.
The specific type I was growing was Thuoc Lao. I just want to know if any of you have grown it, and if it smells like regular tobacco. BTW the smoke smells like tobacco smoke.
 

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To my very biased senses, the N. rustica that I have sampled--only a few varieties--smells a bit grassy or weedy, regardless of how I processed it. Some of my Sacred Cornplanter has aged for a year and a half, but still no "regular" tobacco smell.

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My rustica from 2012 does not smell like tobacco either.
Spicey, perfumei , just can't put my finger on it. I never smelled a raisen.
 

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Thanks for your input. I hope to hear more accounts of their N. Rustica odor profile. BTW it is not an exact raisin smell, but it is kind of close. I did not fire cure any, and that is how Tuoc Lao is cured...will try this next harvest. Even if it doesn't smell like tobacco it sure give one hell of a strong buzz.
 

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I just checked up on my Thuoc lao, and it smells amassing. Still not very much like tobacco, but great none the less. I can't really explain what the main smell is, but it is good. It has a sweet honey kind of smell, along with notes of fig. I can't quite explain it, but it is great. It is quite a mild smoke considering how strong it is. It really is amasing how much just a few months has aged it.
 
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