Aroma vs Taste

[kern47]

In an attempt to try and quantify my cigar journey, I'm using the Cigar Scanner app to allow me to log/rate each cigar I smoke. Seemed like the best app I could find at the time, although still getting used to the rating.

One thing I'm slightly confused about is there are two ratings you can give for aroma and taste. Am I right in thinking that the aroma is literally any whiff of a smell you might get while you're smoking? Or in the cigar world, is aroma meant to take on a different meaning, perhaps relating to retrohale?

It just seems like a strange thing to have there, given that I rarely, if ever, 'smell' the cigar I'm smoking.

If anyone could enlighten me that would be great? And if anyone else uses that app then how do you do it?

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[ha_banos]

There's the cold aroma before lighting. Smell the wrapper, sniff through the foot. I like to cut the cap and cold draw which you can retrohale.

Then light and as you said smell the smoke in the air. Try retrohaling.

They are your notes ultimately.

I don't get many of the specific tastes or aromas a lot of folk talk of.

[kern47]

I generally do those things, but never been able to pick up any distinct flavours, although never tried retrohaling a cold draw.

But cheers, I was just checking it wasn't a term used to describe something else. Although I may just use it as an extension of the 'taste' rating.

Like you, I cant pick up too many flavours, although I find reading through other reviews helps to identify what it is I'm tasting

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