Kilts And Woodsmoke

[Southern Breeze]

Barb Ts thread on Kilts and Cigarette Smoke brings up another question - kilts and WOOD SMOKE.
I know from experience that cigarette smoke lingers forever. I'm around wood smoke all the time and I've gotten desensitized to it. Is it as bad as it's foul cousin?

[unaspenser]

Well, personally I think the smell of wood smoke is nice. It does tend to linger in my clothes/hair, but I don't have a problem with it being there.

[WClarkB]

Woodsmoke!
Anything that has a scent (including myself on long treks) which I cannot walk away from is obnoxious. I avoid wood smoke as much as possible (even in the arctic surrounded by 'bergs) although I do not think it really as unpleasant as tabacco smoke. It is however at least as tenacious. Part of this is a lifelong hobby of moderate asthma, but most of it is a disaffection for any lingering scent.
On backpacking trips, a small stove is my way to go to get heat.

[Kilted Rogue]

I love wood smoke and its tendency to linger in clothes. nothing better in my book than putting on a jacket, sweater. or kilt for that matter and getting a fragrant reminder of the sweet smell of fire and most likely a really good time.

[cavscout]

Based on my clothes from camping, I think wood smoke comes out much easier than tobacco smoke. It may take a few washes to really purge it but I also think that if someone stood in the smoke from the camp fire as much as a long term chain smoker was bathed in tobacco smoke it might be as difficult to get rid of. Anyone got an old kilt from Scotland that still smells like peat?

[Rex_Tremende]

Mmm... Makes me think of winter retreats and warm blankets. And summer camping and the crackling fire, a chorus of crickets on a tranquil evening in crisp air and crystal evening skies. . . .



Excuse me. What was the question?

R.

[EagleJCS]

This thread immediately reminded me of this:

"Who hath smelt wood-smoke at twilight? Who hath heard the birch-log burning? Who is quick to read the noises of the night? Let him follow with the others, for the young men's feet are turning to the camps of proved desire and known delight!"
Rudyard Kipling

I take my kilt on Scout camping trips where I've been asked to pipe reveille or taps/retreat, but I don't generally wear it near camp fires. Since it's my only personal one (I also have one from the pipe band), I'm very careful with it. Maybe someday I'll get one for 'kicking around in', or if the one I have gets spoiled in some way and needs replacing as my 'best kilt'...

[Pleater]

During the summer of last year we replaced the fence alongside of the house and demolished an old hut. I burnt the wood and dug the ashes into the ground where the hut has been.

This was a long period of being exposed to wood smoke, but the smell washed straight out of the clothes I wore. I did not wear wool, only my cotton kilts, tee shirts and in the evenings a man made fibre fleece, but one normal wash removed all trace - and I have a very sensitive nose.

There is something in tobacco smoke which glues the scent to fabric, wallpaper and paint. Yesterday I saw one of those 'buy a house at auction and do it up' shows, where one place had a brown coating on all surfaces from someone with a heavy smoking habit.

The place went for quite a reasonable to low price, but the new owner and helpers spent weeks scrubbing with sugar soap to get the place cleaned up before repainting. He commented on the smell and the unpeasantness of what came off the walls and ceilings.

Anne the Pleater

[Southern Breeze]

Thanks for the replies. As I said, I'm around woodsmoke all the time and have gotten desensitized to it. I didn't think it was as bad as tobacco.... but you never know.
I'm in the process of searching for a good used wood cook stove and I don't want to risk ruining my kilts with a bad odor.

[turpin]

There is something in tobacco smoke which glues the scent to fabric, wallpaper and paint.

Anne the Pleater

It's called Tar.

I think a bit of woodsmoke adds character to a kilt.