my sense of smell is pretty keen. i used to smoke cigarettes and can tell you for a fact, if you are a smoker, you have no idea how strongly and distinct things smell. since i have quite smoking, i can smell any and everything, to the point where sometimes i wish i still smoked.. for example, being out in the country, i swear that it had been YEARS since i even remembered there were cows and horses and pigs on farms because i never smelled manure driving down the roads back when i was a smoker.