No it does not smell once dry.. so there is a slight odor for about 5 minutes. But it doesnt smell like youve been smoking. The nicotine itself has a almost sweet sugary smell. Burn tobacco (tobacco that has been smoke) smells like a nasty ashtray so no worries about people thinking your smoking. I spray down my whole porch and garden about once a month depending on the rain. This is something lots of us cigar smokers do every summer. Trust me, every winter we are just itching to be able to have a cigar, then summer comes and we get ate up by mosquitoes.... Citanella candles work but they have their own odor, you start to taste that smell in your cigar, yuck. Anyway not to get too far off topic so just try it.![]()