Okay geniuses, you read the question right. How long would smoke or smells remain in a well sealed bottle or other container? Some guy is selling bottled Chicago Fire smoke on the Internet
Speaking as a liberal arts major (so all of this is subject to correction by folks who actually understand chemistry): The air/smell would probably remain for as long as the container is sealed (as we speak, scientists are preparing to study air collected from 4,000-year-old sealed Egyptian burial chambers), provided that the chemicals making up the smell aren't biodegradable. I'd expect the visible smoke to have long since settled, though. Cheers,
Smoke from a fire is is fine particulates suspended in the atmosphere. Once in the bottle, they will tend to stay there once sealed. But, they will not stay in suspension, but ratehr settle to the bottom and for a coating. This is actually used (variation on it) to detemine the amount of particulaes contained in an air stream. If you could resuspend the particulates and then take a whiff of the resultant air you would indeed smell the smoke. But if you mean how long unitll the cloudiness is gone (particulates settle out), probably less thana week. But they are still there.
