I bought this bottle from my stash over to my cousin's a few weeks ago. He invited a few family members for his daughter's party. She just had got accepted to Univ of Pennsylvania's pre-med. So...the segmentation in this party were about a dozen or so 16-18 yr old teens, a few less than 10 yr olds, and then about 4 or 5 of us in the 35+ age category. As soon as I opened this, I overheard one teen say " oh no, I smell smoke". Another promptly replied "no, it's okay...I think the smell is from those old folks there.". Great. Now that I was labeled a smelly old guy, I can now get to my Laphroaig without further delay. Sweet smoke it is. You can smell a sweet peat immediately. Taste doesn't disappoint. More sweet smoke, with a hefty dose of sea salt, medicinal iodine, and dark chocolate. It's just a brutish as its 10 yr old sibling, but with a more refined elegance to it. If this is what " old people" smell like...I'm gonna be doing a lot of voluntary services at our local community senior citizen center...