Peter Stokkebye French Vanilla (No.9-F)

(2.07)
Developed and processed with similar leaf tobacco as the Vanilla Creme. Twice as much vanilla flavor has been added to provide a higher aroma and slightly sweeter taste.

Details

Brand Peter Stokkebye
Blended By Peter Stokkebye
Manufactured By Peter Stokkebye
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Cavendish
Flavoring Vanilla
Cut Ready Rubbed
Packaging Bulk
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.07 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 26, 2008 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
WOW! Either PS has changed the blend since the last reviews or I just got lucky! I'll take it, whichever it is....

I found the pouch aroma nauseating. It smelled like synthetic something that was trying to be vanilla. I was not impressed, and I'm a little surprised that I even fired it up. But I'm quite glad I did.

I could barely taste any vanilla - it was more of a hint. But it really smoothed out the burley "flakelets"... really little "spikes" of pretty well rubbed out flake, but not to a ribbon extent. The high quality tobacco taste came through, while emitting a very nice room aroma. No bite to this if smoked slowly, which is something I'm used to as a confirmed VaPer aficionado. The taste was consistent all the way down the bowl, and there's something in that phenomenon that always spells "quality" to me. If you're a committed aromatic smoker (and the name of this blend tells me that most who have tried it probably are), you most likely will not care for this. But treat it gently and you'll find a consistently creamy and tasty smoke that, while not destined for the Tobacco Hall of Fame, will certainly please the smoker and those around him. Kudos to Stokkebye for creating a truly high quality aromatic!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 09, 2015 Mild Mild Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant to Tolerable
This was not good. It looks like a pure Virginia blend. Is touted as having double the Vanilla flavoring. Well I could not taste anything. Whatever Vanilla taste there was covered up the taste of the Virginias. Whatever Virginia taste there might have been was covered up by the vanilla. Just a tasteless blend that burned hot.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 17, 2010 Mild Mild Medium Very Pleasant
I bought this one on a lark as i sometimes get in the mood for something sweet and out of the norm of my of late love affair with VA's, Vapers, and Virginia based aros such as MB Vanilla Flake. It did not expect much from it, but it was cheap and I like a lot of blends from PS. Bot was I surprised! This is a good blend that could easily be an all day blend. It comes in the pouch, mine was bulk, as a partially rubbed out flake, medium brown in color and the pouch aroma is soft and sweet with a little bit of a cross between vanilla and chocolate. It is a burley base but I think there is some VA in it as well. I rememinds me a lot of the old Amphora Green. It arrives in just the right moisture content so I did not have to dry it out any, and it was very easy to load in my pipe. It is very easy to light, rises a lot upon lighting so i had to tamp and relight and it stayed lit with no issues from that point on. The first puffs are a very creamy, lightly flavored vanilla burley. Very smooth and rich but not in your face with the vanilla. It is rich flavored on the tongue and the room note is just wonderful. Throughout the bowl it keeps it's manners and does not bite at all, yet it is not one of those mild aros that you feel you have to puff hard to taste. This one burns nice and slow and cool and satifies so it must have a pretty good "N" factor. It never becomes cloying in the bowl and remains constant througout, does not turn into a wet glob at the end but burns to a fine dar grey and black ash with very little dottle at the bottom. It does not leave your pipe soaking wet either.

I literally could not find one thing I do not like about this blend so I have to say I highly recomment it. I don't give too many blends this rating but I am that impressed with it. A nice change of pace aro and the price is dirt cheap. Has to be one of the best vanilla blends on the market at any price.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 23, 2003 Medium to Strong Extra Strong Mild to Medium Very Strong
Frankly, I was not going to own up to the fact that I tried a bowl of this. I knew better.

What Lustra said, and then some.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 22, 2013 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
I'm smoking a bowl of this right now in my Peterson pipe. It just seems to be a truly average tobacco. There's nothing really notable about it.

I can't really taste much vanilla in mine. I'm getting a bit of gurgle down past the halfway mark.

I wouldn't choose this over "Nougat" or "Pistachio" for example.

Room note is ok, pretty typical of aromatics.

There's not much wrong with this blend, but it doesn't really do anything to stand out. In Australia where it costs me $10 for a 10g sample, that means it's doubtful I'd buy any more of it when I could get something I like better.

If I lived in America, where tobacco is a lot cheaper, I might buy a bit of this every now and then for variety.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 26, 2012 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
I have not had the troubles with this that others have mentioned.

The first few bowls I didn't really taste the vanilla and don't sense much vanilla odor from the pouch. About bowl number three the vanilla finally came thought. Not overly strong, just a light pleasant taste of it.

Personally I'd like something stronger. Smokes well. Nothing exciting in my book, however.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
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Apr 08, 2008 Mild Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant
If you use your pipe as an air freshener this might work for you. If you are like me and think tobacco should taste good to the smoker then you will most likely hate this as did I.

Not anything positive to say for this blend other than it is cheap. I will leave it at that.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 24, 2022 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
Hail all my fellow pipe smokers, this short review is based on my opinion only, this tobacco is smooth and has a natural flavor of joined tobaccos and lightly topped with vanilla, the topping is in the background so it does not dominate the tobacco at all. Goes perfect with coffee and for all those aromatic hating people that say so much negative things I would encourage one to try it and enjoy it for what it is. This smoke is mild but might I remind some of you it still has nicotine and its still tobacco, some folks do not wanna blow there socks off or smell like a stale camp fire. Aromatics, Virgina's lovers and deep latakia smokers that are well rounded will agree.
Pipe Used: Corn Cob
PurchasedFrom: Big Smoke CDA Idaho
Age When Smoked: 43
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 10, 2020 Mild Medium Mild Tolerable
It's hard not to pick up an ounce of a new-to-me Stokkebye product each time I order online, and why not, there have been some misses, yet they do make some real winners to (try the Sambuca).

The open pouch had an OK, light sweet smell, that could pass for Vanilla (French or otherwise), but nothing terribly enticing. The "ready rub" cut was actually a soft, bouncy pile of ribbons that were slightly damp and needed some dry time, but without any 'sticky to the touch' topping thankfully. Once lit, it let out a semi acrid cloud of smoke that I would categorize as uninspired sweet Cavendish stew... the kind of thing good Aromatics eat for breakfast.

On its own, it earns as easy 1 star, but as a mixer, there is a world where it could be a passable 2 star blend.
PurchasedFrom: tobaccopipes.com
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 09, 2012 Mild Medium Medium Pleasant
Burns very well, no gurgle, quality tobacco, and a pleasant taste and room aroma. A very nice aromatic!
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