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My Mixture 965

Brand: Dunhill
Blender: Orlik Tobacco Company A/S (DK)
Tin Description: For the connoisseurs of full-bodied tobacco. Choicest small Latakia impart a rich nutty flavor and coolness. Macedonia Bright is added for sweetness. The Brown Cavendish completes the blend that all confirmed pipe smokers love.
Country of Origin: UK
Curing Group: Air Cured
Contents:
Cavendish
Latakia
Oriental
Cut: Ribbon
Packaging: 50g Tin, Bulk



Average Ratings
Strength: Medium to Strong
Flavoring: Extremely Mild
Taste: Medium to Full
Room Note: Tolerable
Recommendation: Recommended


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Showing reviews 1 through 20 of 269 reviews of this tobacco
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7formy1911 08/29/2010 Mild to Medium None detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
I've had a little bit of this put away and was saving it for a rainy day but since it was announced that Dunhill tobaccos will be returning to the US I thought I would smoke a little in celebration. I loaded up a Savinelli Shellmore billiard which is one of my best pipes for English blends and fired it up. This blend starts off with a kick of latakia followed by a softly sweet flavor and the nutty Orientals right behind it. The smoke quickly settles into a nice groove of sweet, nutty smokiness. Wow, I really like this stuff. It's got a fullness to it that I usually only receive from a burley but there is a slight sweetness that keeps it interesting along with the latakia which I really enjoy in quantities that are certainly far less that most English smokers like.

There is a creaminess to this smoke that I really enjoy. It's also cohesive in that no one part really sticks above the others but is also interesting throughout. The brown cavendish really sets this one apart from other English blends (do I dare say this is a "Scottish" blend in the vein of Rattray's?).

In saving the little bit I had of this I was really cheating myself but now that we have been promised a renewed supply I don't feel so bad about smoking it! This is definitely going into my rotation and I highly recommend this blend.


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Txspurgeon 08/27/2010 Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Medium to Full Tolerable highly recommended
Well, first off let me say that I have never had the Murray's tins, so the Orlik is all I know. I love the stuff! It is AWESOME on a crisp autumn day, or any day where the weather is cool. It has a sweetness in the background that I love. Not much to say, its Dunhill 965. I like it.


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Stacey 08/22/2010 Medium None detected Medium Pleasant recommended
A very nice english blend. I picked up a half pound in bulk at the Leaf & Ale in Knoxville, TN and am very glad I did. I wonder if all the clamor about Dunhill going away is just BS because I also found this at a local tobacco shop in bulk, no tins in either case, just bulk, but still available. As for the blend, I detect a nice level of Latakia, mixed with Virginia and other baccy I can't recogize. Definitely not tasteless, which is so often the problem with other blends (Lane aromatics, ick, they are destroying the pipe tobacco world and running off would be pipe smokers). Anyway, this is a cut above all of that!


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PipeCat 07/28/2010 Medium None detected Very Full Tolerable highly recommended
A classic. What else is there to say? Glad it's coming back.


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Claudius Stradivarius 07/26/2010 Medium to Strong None detected Full Strong recommended
I wonder what makes this mixture so bold and strong? I can only see the brown CA but what type of tobacco would it be?

However, it is really good. In small doses, I love it.


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Susanna Hoffs 07/13/2010 Medium to Strong Mild Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong recommended
Just got four tins of this today from a UK supplier......And nope I'm not telling you where, as they still have loads of the stuff, AND, Dunhill De Luxe Navy rolls. All I'll say is, is that if you look hard enough it's still out there...... I had to. Shame the same can't be said for Nightcap in the UK, unless you wanna trade info with me or tins?!?...

Never had the Murray's version, and quite frankly I don't care either. It's history, so why lament over the why's and wherefore's that you've never experienced.

It is what it is, as with most thing's I'm sure it's 'not what it used to be' but....whatever.

Straight faced English blend by Orlik. Does what it says everyone of the 260+ reviewers says it does, without the politics.. Yep it's gone, but so have the dinosaurs, and I'd love to see them walking up Oxford Street these days snacking on the anti-smoking lobby but it aint gonna happen.

Get over it...

Med/full strength English blend, and pretty decent stuff...... Nuff said.

NEXT!!!!!


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Tee-dub 07/07/2010 Medium to Strong None detected Full Pleasant to Tolerable recommended
I've only had the Orlik version of this venerable old blend. Was this once better than it is? Who knows? No codger alive can tell you how closely this resembles the blend Alfred Dunhill created in 1908, and neither can I.

So instead I'll tell you this, which you already know: On the fuller side of medium. It's savory and oh-so-slightly sweet, it's robust and laced with a heaping helping of Latakia. Layers and waves of full flavored goodness.

This is, I should add, a bit briar-sensitive. It can vary from two stars to four depending on the bowl. Just my opinion.

Let others bemoan the loss of something half-forgotten. Seems to me this tobacco is just exactly what it should be--a medium to full English that delights the senses. Paired with the right briar, this makes you glad you're smoking your pipe.


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the old man 06/22/2010 Strong None detected Full Tolerable highly recommended
This is the best English blend I have ever smoked!! The tin aroma is sweet, smokey,and nut like.It has just the right amount of latakia. I gave it a tolerable room note,because the people I live with say it "stinks", but I love the smell of this tobacco. I recommend this tobacco to any one who loves strong English blends. :)


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Art Pagano 05/19/2010 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong highly recommended
I just received 5 tins and just finished my 1st bowl. I read many positive reviews, but still did not know what to expect. OMG this awesome. Simply put, smooth, cool and great English taste with a nicotine kick. A must try!!!


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Bierstadt 05/10/2010 Strong None detected Extra Full Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
Quite simply the greatest english blend ever created and is in the hunt for the best tobacco of all time. It is all at once sweet, smokey, spicy, and creamy. PERFECTION!

Personal rating: 10 out of 10 (rare)

Tobacco reviews rating: 4 stars


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Pip 04/26/2010 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong recommended
965 is a good quality full bodied english. I can really taste the nuttiness in the smoke. It has no bite at all and it burns cool and clean. Not as good as NightCap which has perique added which really gives it much more depth but,none the less 965 is a nice smoke indeed.


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Pseudo Nim 04/09/2010 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable highly recommended
Round and supple are the words that come to mind while smoking this, I've tried a few renditions of this and this one of course is Orlik's, which does taste a little different than someof the others, which of course could be put down to age of tin, batch of tobacco, rainfall on crop etc, all in all, a still very decent smoke. And as Arthur Dunhill is unlikely to rise from the grave to blend a few batches, we may as well get on with enjoying what we have. Which to be honest, I find very similar to Sam Gawiths Squadron Leader.


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Pipesrevisited 03/19/2010 Medium to Strong None detected Medium to Full Tolerable recommended
A very good tobacco, typical Dunhill quality which I like a lot. But 965 has a heaviness I do not quite like.

Still: a try before you die tobacco


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twokidslater 03/12/2010 Medium to Strong Medium Medium Tolerable recommended
I bought a tin of this in a store in Taiwan even though it looked like it had been sitting on the shelf (and buried) for an eternity. When I got home and opened the tin I was pleasantly surprised that the tobacco was still moist enough to smoke. My biggest concern with any tobacco is tongue bite... having smoked half of the tin so far, I found that puffing hard gave me a little, but nothing compared to most blends. My overall experience has been smooth and flavourfull.


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Poppy 03/11/2010 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Medium to Full Tolerable recommended
Good tobacco if you like mixture with latakia.


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SteelCowboy 02/24/2010 Medium to Strong Extremely Mild Medium to Full Tolerable highly recommended
This is going to be a mixed review of 965. First the Murray's 965: Arguably the best English mixture ever made, period. Slightly sweet, strong and smoooth! There isn't much more to add to the other Murray's reviews. I should point out that I don't worship at the altar of Murray's. I find that some of the Orlik Dunhill's are very close to the Murray's versions. With that said, I was able to get a few of the current tins in Denmark and the new 965 lacks the depth and some of the sweetness of the Murray's. It maintains some of the trademark flavors but leaves me wanting more. I do find that as the bowl progresses it does improve somewhat. I wouldn't turn down a tin. Four stars for Murray's and 2.5 to 3 stars for the Orliks. For those looking for a good match blend, I would suggest B&B's "Beck's Ol Limey Bastard" sold at 4 Noggins. Hopefully, the insanity will come to an end and we will see the return of Dunhill to America.


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mr.335 02/19/2010 Medium to Strong Very Mild Full Tolerable highly recommended
i have always wanted to try this. it is much stronger than i thought but its good. i highly recommend it for the evening smoke for latakia lovers and those who love the full bodied taste.


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Virginia lover 02/11/2010 Medium None detected Full Tolerable to Strong highly recommended
Beautiful English with a wide spectrum of flavors. Sweetness from the Cavendish, the Orientals give that, rich, exotic taste and the mixture is rounded up by the burnt wood smoke and nutty flavor of the Latakia.


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smokey 02/10/2010 Medium None detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable recommended
I received this sample of MM965 from a friendly pipe smoker over at Smoker's Forums. It was bagged on July 19th of '08 so I assume this is the Orlik version. I also smoked the Murray version back in the late 90s and find this one just a little bit harsher in taste. It may not have quite the Cavendish component of the original MM965. It's still a good smoke, though.

I don't find it overly high in nicotine but I should qualify that by saying that nicotine doesn't seem to have that big an effect on me. My grandson rates the room note as better than some of my other English mixtures. It burns fairly well and doesn't need a lot of relights when kept at the right moisture level. Unlike some pipesters, I don't like my tobacco to be crispy dry, it may burn somewhat better but the taste is too harsh for my palate.

I smoked MM965 in two pipes: a Bermel System pipe and a Jan Zeman Latitude 41 North Cape. It smoked well in both, with a slight edge going to the Zeman pipe.

Scores for MM965: taste- 15 of 20; lighting and burn-8 of 10; value- hard to say because it's not available at this time in the USA. Judging by what I've paid in the past, I would give it 7 of 10. That totals up to 30 points and a good ***.


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baodolino 02/10/2010 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Full Tolerable to Strong highly recommended
When you open the lid and scent this perfect mixture you feel like in heaven - and that's only the start of the marvellous sensation...


 
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