what wood has the best scent when splitting

[mass_burner]

Cedar for me too. Doesn't red oak have a slight cat piss tinge to it?

 

[aansorge]

Red oak! Smells like peach yogurt!

 

[2late]

Love the smell of fresh split cherry. I like the vinegary smell of the oaks but, I had a 56 inch Corley circle mill and opening a 12 ft red oak log would produce a blast of acidic vapor that would about take your breath away. And, for what it's worth, cottonwood through the mill always smelled like burnt gunpowder to me.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Black Birch, Cherry, Apple and let's not forget Sassafras!

 

[FIshing_Fool]

Cedar, pine, fir...

I even kept fresh split cedar in my truck for a little bit for authentic air freshner.

I got a bunch of Garry oak this year. Its a form of white oak (I believe). It had no smell at all. White birch had no smell either.

Poplar is the worst I've come across so far especially when its on fire.

 

[Andy S.]

Sass for me but firewood is like ice cream for me. All of the above work just fine.

 

[Nixon]

Hard choice . For me ,it's a tie between Black Birch ,and Sassafras .

 

[2PistolPacker]

I just split 4 cords of black locust and my backyard smells like firewood heaven.

 

[smokedragon]

I like a lot of them, but my favorite is cedar. Just smells good.

 

[Mellery]

Is there any wood that doesn't smell divine when splitting? Hmm if I have to pick just one, oddly it would be pine.
Second would be cedar.

 

[Ash]

Red oak. And I still love the smell when I walk by it months after it's been split

 

[Hogwildz]

Sassafras.
Any fruit wood, Cherry, Apple.
Oak..... both smell like pungent nasty, dirty, wet socks to me.
Oak is my staple for burning, and yes I do put my nose up to splits every once in a while and take a sniff(not just Oak). But Oak still smells like some nasty socks to me.
Beech ain't bad either.

 

[Lumber-Jack]

Cedar for me too. Doesn't red oak have a slight cat piss tinge to it?[/quote]
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Well I've been in enough smelly homes of people who own cats that I'm convinced that there are people out there who must actually like the smell of cat piss.

Cedar wood has the best aroma

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Several smell good, but I am partial to walnut myself.

 

[Coach B]

I'm from Tennessee so...White Oak! I also like Cedar and Sassafras. It seems weird, but I like Red Oak as well.

 

[ryanm527]

I think Cherry easily smells the best. I like the smell of splitting red oak as well, though I'm not sure I could really say it smells "good"...I just kind of like it. I think Pine smells good splitting AND burning, but it's pretty uncommon around here.

 

[Danno77]

On smell alone, it's Cedar for me, I never get tired of that smell.

Red Oak burns really nice, but smells like piss when splitting if you ask me. And you sorta almost did.

I'm glad someone else said this. I was reading votes for red oak and thinking to myself that maybe those people don't live in places where red oak is called "piss oak"

 

[HackBerry]

I have some standing dead Red Elm that smells like vanilla...if I can split it with my x27.

 

[check212]

I'm glad someone else said this. I was reading votes for red oak and thinking to myself that maybe those people don't live in places where red oak is called "piss oak"

It's my favorite. Has a vanilla/baby powder smell to me.

 

[Gboutdoors]

Sassafras takes me back to being a kid playing out in the woods . Most of what I cut off our land is Red Oak and I got to say it does smell like cat piss. Have a nice White I am going to take down can't wait to see how that is.

 

[Hickorynut]

Some red oak smells good to me, some smells like a cattle lot. I think it is the pin oak that is the culprit. White oak has a real good smell to me. Don't necessarily get a big kick out of black cherry.....

 

[JASFARMER]

I do very much enjoy white oak but I would say sassafras is my favorite. It has a lemony citrusy smell. My order would be
Sassafras
White oak
Cherry

 

[Danno77]

I forgot to vote for black walnut

 

[Bigg_Redd]

I was splitting my favorite today with the Fiskars. White oak . What wood do you think smells the best as you split it?

Without a doubt - Western Red Cedar

Worst = locust. It smells like hot garbage.

 

[firefighterjake]

Truthfully . . . all wood smells like dollar bills to me.