Yeah it was only when you cut it you got a slight wiff...proper character that is , I use to make furniture for the Dutch, reclaimed pine mostly, they'd send a container load of pine cheese boards, they were about 10ft by 2ft and a inch thick, thousands of them ,we'd fill the container with furniture for its return, that stuff was fresh! Quite a strong pong lol , that oak I made the island with is likely well over a century old maybe two so pretty mellow lol