The reason for the smell is likely Butyric Acid. A flavouring that aims to add realistic creaminess to the mix.

Butyric Acid is also present in strong cheeses, foot odor and vomit. It's often produced as part of the rotting decomposing cycle.

It's funny just how much sense of smell differs between persons.

My custard ADV apparently smells delicious to pretty much everyone, except my GF.

It's really quite fascinating even for her, because not only can she literally smell the stuff from miles away even hours after I vaped it but also she says it's a very strong, really pungent odor to her, like bad milk.

She also loved strawberry aromas when I used to mix them. Me on the other hand… I can't even taste them. At all.

There's really no workaround here. Our senses vary enough to where what smells awesome to you can be revolting for others. All we can really do is be considerate.

I hate the smell of creams and vanilla too, they usually smell like feet or/and puke.

Something fruity is usually more pleasant for bystanders.

I made a cannoli juice and went to a party/function and I could hear people saying I hope they get them cakes out soon they smell delicious, ohhh can you smell that. My missus came home and asked what was I baking! Got the hump when she realised it was the Vape!!! She pretty much hates all the smells of juices, moans they all smell the same.

I used cap glazed donut for a little while and I loved the taste of it. I got it to the point where it was like a glazed, slightly powered, krispy kreme.

But I stopped because I was in a queue for the drive through with some friends and they said it smelt like puke. I also had people say burnt plastic or the usual play dough...

I don't know what the solution is though buddy!

My kids try to guess which flavors I made when I vape.

the aromas are often a lot different than the actual vape. I've had a few where I've caught a whiff of the roomnote and thought my cat pissed in the corner somewhere. Dunno why it happens, but it's a thing.

It's all in the mix and each ingredient's levels. I only use cheesecake at .5% it is so strong.

E.g The mouth-watering aroma of roasted cocoa beans — key ingredient for chocolate — emerges from substances that individually smell like potato chips, cooked meat, peaches, raw beef fat, cooked cabbage, human sweat, earth, cucumber, honey and an improbable palate of other distinctly un-cocoa-like aromas.

Good to know maybe punish them w stinky cheese smell if they naughty lol

I had a coworker tell me that my cheesecake flavour smelled like straight cheese. It's probably the cheesecake.

I feel your pain, I had whipped up a delicious cinnamon swirl honey bun, in my opinion. My fiancé informed me that I had instead whipped up “a nauseating burnt candle”.

Goldfish 18 recipe

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/6222#cannoli_contest_entry_by_goldfish18

Yep, try not to do dessert vapes around non-vapers, it's pretty rude. I try to stick with fruits, mints, beverage or herbals like basil, lavender, rose etc.

I've had the the best of luck with mint anise (white tic-tac), blueberry lemonade and peach tea. Everyone seems to enjoy their second hand aroma.

Which cheesecake? TFA cheesecake I can't stand the smell of, capella's doesn't seem to be that bad. I second /u/TheAlmightyD its probably butyric acid.