How long did it take for you to develop your "nose"?

[ashauler]

The esters responsible for flavors in wine and scotch actually exist in those two drinks, and are not destroyed when consumed. I don't believe they do in tobacco and even if they did, it wouldn't take a degree in organic chemistry to realize what happens to organic compounds when set on fire.

Doc.

Indeed tobacco does contain sucroester to varying degrees. Here's a link to one strain of burley tobacco's chemical analysis:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/obs.pl?1129698

[buzz]

They better not be putting flowers in my floral-tasting wine/scotch...

or easter eggs.