Dryish compared to other aromatics i have smoked;this was a compliant burner strait out of the tin.

Quality was felt - this was not an average sickly sweetshop gloopy confection;it had that quality dunhill tin aroma - simular actually to "dunhill international cigarettes"

Taste:cane sugar or something natural like a maple essense flapjack,,,perhaps tropical mixture(like what you can purchase in health shops by the bag)eg dried bananas,pineapple,coconut,amoretos,,,rum and coconut,,,fruit and nuts,,? whatever..

The brocken flake parts in mine which i identified as having a simular nutty note to "petersons university flake" keeps things serious as a counterpoint to the sweeter elements,and added a dry toasted wallnuts taste to the mix..

Contents appearance:golden yellows,browny,burnt orange,leafy and roughly cut like petal leafs ala potpouri(not ribbons)black cavendish pellets & what appeared to be a brown/grey burleyish/virginia maybe broken flake parts(possibly borrowed from their own "dunhill light flake" maybe?

This did not bite at all like a lot of aromatics i had tried up to that point - i smoked this in a "peterson 305 smooth medium calabash" with the obvious moisture trap system..

If i had to obtain another aromatic which i don't mind every once in a while - this would be a good choice - its well behaved for an aromatic and seemed to smoke OK out of doors in the wind.. (My memory on this appart from my old notes is very vague,,,but i can remember now where i was smoking it and that i purchased it as a lucky dip buy and try it.)

Not too wet in the tin means i could smoke without further ado - aromatics are tricky to smoke - let them dry out too much and the flavouring fades or changes;smoke them too wet & its hello the tongue bitting ferret,,;i got through the whole tin quite quick while the going was good,which was probably a few days so i cannot comment much about shelf life after opening or cellaring etc.

I used to inhale my pipes - and i can remember this when i was cycling to work the week after - ;i felt i couldn't get any fresh air in my lungs - i could breath OK,but there wasn't that usual minty internal depth of air feeling... This went away by the end of the week,but it goes to show how a heavy weekend of puffing and inhaling needs a few days layoff.

I was impressed also by the way it didn't shit my pipe up too much everytime,which mean't i didn't have to keep pulling my pipe apart and swabbing out gunk..It wasn't a gurgler either,,,my pipe still needed a clean at the end of the day but not after every smoke..

Update;i have no idea if this is even available anymore or not but the notes i made on this was when i was predominantly an aromatic man(long time ago);i had not discovered ropes and plugs yet,but i feel it was an OK smoke and reading my notes in my own words has brought back a total recal of a forgotten memory..

Lighting and burning characteristics are the same as Black Aromatic- a little difficult to keep lit, but it burns reasonably cool and without bite. Quite strong, so dint smoke too much at once. Pleasant, and well behaved, but just not as exciting as its cousin.

I found this an astonishingly strong blend - indeed I smokd it at a friend's house, watching some tv... I stood up and had to immediately sit down again - nicotine and I don't get on, and this is full of it!

Apart from the flatness of the blend and the nausea it induced in me it's a good regular tobacco - I may use it to give more VA flavour to my gloopier Cavendish blends but I can't see it becoming a part of my rotation.