Stanwell Danish Truffles Mix

I bought a pouch of this out of pure curiosity. I find the pouch to be very classy designed, and the beige color lets me instantly think of a buttery-, creamy-smoke, so I grabbed a 50g pouch. For an OTC blend this is quite pricey, 9,70€ for 50g.

Opening the pouch a pleasant, sweet, yet rather artificial scent filled the room. The pouch aroma is of vanilla-ish honey, almost a bit perfumy, but not in a obtrusive way to me. None of the mentioned nut-flavoring I could detect so far. Maybe a bit of fruity notes to it in the background. The pouch aroma isn't too attractive to me, but the aroma when smoking is much better!

Inside there is a interesting mixture of deep black, coarsely cut Cavendish, which is a bit sticky. Inbetween there is quite a decent share of bright-yellow, almost golden Virginia cubes (cube cut), as well as some loose Old Belt Virginia. All of the ingridients were seperately stored for 2 months and mixed afterwards as the pouch says. I'd guess only the Cavendish was flavored, because the Virginia cubes seem pretty natural, and are less moist than the Cavendish. Pleasing and intriguing presentation, really!

It gives smooth, creamy and almost buttery notes of slightly sweet nuts, that are underscored with a very mild fruitiness in the back and seems to have a whiff of chocolate to it. I also perceive a very minor alcohol-ish nuance, which isn't obtrusive even to me, as one who doesn't drink, nor likes alcoholic drinks at all! By times a slight licorice aroma comes through. It also has some tobacco-y spice and bready aroma from the Virginias to it, which makes this even more palatable to my personal taste. All in all the flavor profile is genuine, pleasing and not overly artificial, but dominated by the flavoring (which is no surprise when smoking an aromatic tho).

It can bite if you push it too hard, so I recommend you to slowly sip this. Slow sipping also enhances the flavor of the aromatization and results in best tasting-experience to me. I prefer to give it 30-60minutes of drying time, so the flavoring gets restrained/vanishes a bit and the tobacco smokes more cool - and most important - much more dry!

Very enjoyable, and aromatic lovers will like this a lot I'd bet! The interesting cut with the neat little cubes and the coarse-cut Cavendish leaf, the well done aromatization.... all those aspects melt into a solid aromatic blend.

This is an interesting tobacco. Highly aromatic, actually too much for me already. I mixed it with other tobaccos and found it to be much better as supplemental tobacco. Tin aroma is a mix of dried fruits, alcohols, nuts, a hint of honey and caramel - generally quite sweet. If you have a tin of this laying around, try to mix it with other tobaccos. The room note is excellent, people around me seem to like it very much and associate it to "the typical pipe smell". Don't want to give it 3 of 4 stars, but 3 of 5.

Interesting blend, but the cubes are no very good to keep lit. It tends to burn a bit hot. The aroma is oka, nougat and almonds like... Not a keeper. Not a total disaster either. An OK blend if you get a sample.