@Comstock wdym by "chemical smell" since miswak does indeed have a unique smell
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ur avg miswak should look something like this
sometimes they're thick as fuck (just like this one) and sometimes they're thinner than a female asian refugee

but like yea they're supposed to have a goofy smell