Smelly Humidor

[Roham]

It was brand new, and I've not contacted the company yet, I was going to give it a few days airing out. If I air it out, do I need to re-humidify it again as I did when I first bought it or should it retain humidity?

You would have to rehumidify it like you did the first time I think.

[Roham]

This same topic came up not long ago. New humidor, strong smell. Someone mentioned leaving baking soda in the humidor for a few days as it absorbs odor.

[Yeagermeister]

are you absolutely sure the interior wood is spanish cedar, and not some cheaper alternative?

[aaronsaffer]

Yeah its definately spanish cedar, I think the smell I have been getting is from the paint finish on the outside, as the drawers on the inside all have a painted front to them. It is wearing off now, I've got about 20 cheapies in there which seem to doing alright, I think that it hadn't been taken out of its box as no doubt it came from a warehouse, as opposed to Humidors in the past that had been kept on the shelf of a tobacconist. It just smells of new wood, and I need 50 cigars or so to make it smell nice.

[aaronsaffer]

Something I tried which seems to have worked a treat, after reading suggestions of putting a shot glass of whiskey in my Humidor, I put a shot glass of Baileys in. I love the smell of it, probably more so than Whiskey, I made sure not to leave it in for too long, but now my humidor has a lovely faint smell of creamy baileys Definately worth a try!

[MMAB]

or adhesives used in the manufacture of the humidor.

These usually dissipate over time.

Whisky or Bailey's in a humidor? Hmmmmmm.....interesting

[aaronsaffer]

Yup, the baileys has been fantastic. The bad smells have gone now, after putting in 50 monte's the humidor smells as it should. However, I smoked a cigar today that was in whilst the bailey's took effect, and it had a beautiful creamy hint to it, never had that before, and when you took a draw, you got a very faint hint of that aroma of baileys + the alcohol! Amazing!