I don’t care for GRUNT but I never got stale ashtray from it.
@DICE I love the stale ashtray smell. I always compare it to dog ends that have been sitting in an ashtray. It’s late at night and you raid the ashtray and relight the longest stub. Smells just like that. As an ex-smoker it’s fantastic.
I agree with DICE, the ashtray smell is very noticeable. It didn’t stay with me too long, but nothing did. I’ll put the GRUNT aside for a while and maybe come back to it later for another try.
The incarnations I purchased developed as they aged. I decanted them into mason jars and amber bottles. Peter I’ll try to drop you some in the mail Monday so you can compare.
@eeldergill I think the overwhelming ashtray smell caught me off guard because the previous tin of Grunt had a totally different smell. The previous Grunt that I had was one of my favorites, the new Grunt has moved to the bottom.