I know why this is: it’s because my mom, the only family member that I was close with, smoked a whole bunch, and so I have positive childhood associations.
Whether it be the active smell of somebody who’s smoking nearby or the lingering scent that’s left or that sticks around in place where people smoke frequently, such as bars or hallways or similar, I like it a lot.
Yet even so, I was actually stunned when I found that there are very few people who agree, and many are the folks who think that it smells bad.
I had a friend in university who rolled his own and they smelled so nice. No idea what he put in them, but I’ve never smelled another cigarette that wasn’t vile
Could’ve been pipe tobacco. Some brands have vanilla aroma added, which smells very pleasant
Self rolled ones tend to have more moisture in them, producing other flavor profiles.
Source: went from cigarettes to 2 packs a day to vaping to non smoking to smoking to smoking 2 packs a day to rolling them myself to quitting almost 4 years ago