Milan Tobacconists Celebration

Celebration is a mildly sweet, yet not too sweet mixture. The Burley adds some strength. It takes a light well and stays lit for the most part, with just a few relights needed. This blend has a very satisfying quality and the room note is a winner. No bite or harshness.

So I decided to try a new aromatic that I had not previously tried. I was looking specifically for a blend with no tongue bite. It seems as though any aromatic I try gives me varying degrees of bite so I contacted Milan to remedy the situation. Renee and David were very kind and referred me to Celebration to try, and I am glad they did.

The pouch note had a delicious mildly sweet essence. The tobacco took an initial light readily and required a fewer than average number of relights. The Burley component added a savory quality, while the Virginias added some sweetness. I did notice the mild Vanilla and Rum notes and they play well with the other tobaccos. I noticed little nicotine, if any at all. No tongue bite! With no harshness, this tobacco smokes clean and cool to the bottom of the bowl.

Everything considered, I was delighted with Celebration and am considering making it my all day smoke. Many thanks to Milan, with the best customer service I have ever experienced.

Highly Recommended!

Very mild yet sweet but not syrupy sweet flavors. A wonderful blend with sublime textures for the taste buds. The rum and vanilla are tantalizing but not overwhelming there is a slight hint of fruit flavor that caresses your tongue and when you retrohale it makes it’s presence known. This blend is a treasure and one you should not miss. I am not a huge fan of aromatics but this is a treat! One I will indulge in often!

Judging from the lack of reviews, this is a hidden gem. The Moisture level was just right and the pouch note was a sweet fruit and rum. Once lit, it burned well and maintained the fruit taste with a slight rum and vanilla taste. Not a hint of bite. No nic-hit. One of the best fruity aromatics I have smoked. This could (and will be) smoked all day smoke!

Update - Drying out is not a good idea with this one

I had to edit this review. After finishing up a half pound of Celebration, I must admit that it smells like birthday cake when smoked. I still pick up hints of the tobacco in the room note - that bitter, leathery odor - but I am told by those not smoking it that it does not smell like tobacco smoke at all. Still, the smell is subtle and brief.

For someone looking to clear the odor of smoke from the room, this aromatic is very subtle. Other smokers love it - at first Celebration leaves the pleasant, leathery scent of cake in its immediate wake, but that quickly settles into the smell of tobacco smoke (if you can still smell it at all.) You can’t fault the blend - the casing here really does compliment the tobacco perfectly. I don’t smoke this stuff just for other people to smell anyway - Celebration tastes amazing! Just like man-candy should. At least my little girl doesn’t think it smells like toots.

Its subtly is really the only negative, apart from the drying time most good aromatics require before smoking them. Mechanically, Celebration smokes a lot like other Milan tobaccos: cool, clean, and delicious down to the ashes. The rich tobacco flavor really shines through the casing on every single puff here, lending those sweet, fruity bursts of vanilla consistent undertones of earthy musk and oil. You can tell this tobacco would be worth the smoke without any toppings, but then that fruit essence plays an agreeable sour note against the creamy fog of the rum - which at times tastes of apples, and has never coated my tongue - and I’m not sure which is better.

This is a quality blend throughout, but is it a real winner? Well now, the flavor of the Virginia doesn’t always show through quite as strongly - or perhaps it plays the better half of the sour note, and it’s impossible for me to tell today? Maybe I should just pack another bowl and ponder it . . . in other words, Celebration is a clear winner.