The first word I ever learned in Korean was not “I love you” or even “hello” it was ?? dambae. If you don’t speak Hangugmal, dambae means cigarette. And while I’m not a smoker any more, I certainly was at the time. It is important to try to quit smoking, be it a cigarette or cannabis. You could try a vape with the best 510 thread battery to help. If this is something you are not familiar with, it may be in your best interest to look into a site like www.gourmeteliquid.co.uk to understand the basic idea of vaping and everything that surrounds this method of giving up smoking. It is definitely something worth checking out, especially if you are hoping to become a non smoker as part of your new year resolution. It’s never too late to change your life. You might want to check out a vape shop uk if you’re hoping to drop smoking for an alternative or if you just want to try out the various flavors of e-liquids that are available.
My then boyfriend and I would sit in anticipation for the first one of us to break down and ask “dambae?” so we could finally light one up. Now that I’m an old boring mum (i.e. painfully aware of my mortality and healthier), those days are behind me. I stopped smoking for good about 3 1/2 years ago. Go me! I was talking to a friend recently and they told me that she got this cool new invisalign brace for her teeth. Its like a brace without it being visible and you can eat what you want. She got it done at invisalign Manchester and she says its made a world of difference for her self confidence with her teeth.
My husband on the other hand, well, he took a little longer to get off the dambae train. To be fair, he has been burning the candle at both ends for the past few years. In the past 3 short years he’s gotten one degree, became a father, and has been hard at work on a second degree all the while working on the side. He’s the most wonderful husband and father I’ve ever seen in motion, so when he’d break down and have a cigarette every once in awhile to unwind, I wouldn’t jump all over his ass too much. I used to tease him that the cigarettes would stunt his growth (he stands 6’3″) and then he’d joke that he should smoke more often then. A 9 inch height difference is hard on the neck, ha.
He’s since quit smoking completely. But in the name of this blog, I didn’t have to twist his arm too much to have one more nostalgic puff just this once for the purpose of this review.
Innisfree Forest Fresh Mouthwash isn’t exactly a traditional mouthwash. It’s a mouth spray meant to be used apres cigarette to cut the nasty breath. Aside from the obvious xylitol and menthol I can’t find an english ingredient list for this spray so I’m sorry I can’t really be of help there. There are two available flavours, which are Before Kiss and After Smoking. Each spray is good for about 250 uses.
I wanted to test this product one of two ways. It says it’s “for men” but um, fuck gender roles, seriously. It’s for *anyone* obviously. I wanted to test it as just a plain old breath freshener and then as it’s intended use as a cigarette smoke masker.My first thought when I sprayed the After Smoking mist was “OMG WTF”. And not necessarily in a bad way, it was just very shocking! This stuff tastes exactly how cologne smells. I don’t mean like when you accidentally spray perfume in your mouth and it’s the most foul acidic taste in the world, I mean it tastes exactly the way it smells. Like the smell of a pine scented cologne was somehow synthesized into a pleasant tasting spray for your mouth. It’s really bizarre. It doesn’t taste like anything akin to any gums or mints I’ve ever tasted so my brain didn’t know what to do. It does absolutely freshen your breath and leaves your mouth feeling very clean.When it came time for my husband to test it out we had to go through the ordeal of procuring a cigarette without buying an entire pack. Thankfully we live next to a major University in a very Asian/Korean neighbourhood so there’s no shortage of smokers lol. He managed to get a girl to give him a smoke and scurried upstairs to hang out on our balcony and catch up with his old friend nicotine. Once he was done he sprayed the product 3 times in his mouth and I could tell he had the same reaction I did. “This is weird!” he said. I asked him if it was bad and he said no, just weird. He said that for him, it cut through the tobacco smoke taste in his mouth pretty much completely. Then, in the name of science, I decided to make out a little bit to see if it made a difference in what I would taste. I know, poor me right? lol The things I do for my Beauty Pups! I mean just look at this hideous monster 😛
I have to say, it really did do what it claimed it would! It did an admirable job of erasing that very distinct cigarette smell. It didn’t cut it 100%, there’s still that lingering musty feeling/taste that only brushing can completely get rid of, but man, what an improvement. If you or the person whose mouth you’re currently putting your mouth on are smokers, you should considering picking this up!
Since they were so cheap, I also picked up the Before Kiss flavour to test out as well. I waited until the next morning when I was sure we would be nice and disgusting in the throes of morning breath to test this out. Once again, holy hell, this stuff is strong. This one however, despite being billed as an apple flavour, tastes overwhelmingly of xylitol (Much like the Etude House Lip Perfume Breath Mist I reviewed before). It has only the faintest hint of an apple aftertaste. I am not a fan of the way this one tastes, I much prefer the After Smoking pine cologne version. Despite the jarring taste, it certainly did freshen up our breaths, and we had a lot of fun testing it out 😉
I really like the weirdness and ingenuity of the After Smoking spray, but the Before Kiss spray has been done better by other products. My rating of 4 out of 5 turtles is for After Smoking. For Before Kiss I’d only rate it 2 out of 5 turtles, that taste is just too foul for me. However, both really are on point in terms of knocking out stank ass breath.
