Honestly, yes. Tak black paint has a distinctive aroma. Very noticeable.
Skywatcher has a weird grease smell of the telescopes and mounts.
Never noticed/notice any aroma with Vixen or AstroPhysics.
William Optics have a distinctive phosphorous like pong to their anodising.
And having restored an Intes Mak, removing 20 layers of bullet proof enamel to get down to another layer of aerospace grade green zinc chromate aluminium primer is fun for all the senses
