I'm hooked. What I am told is that this is a blend of latakia and perique with a base of cavendished virginias. 'cavendished' as in the stoved and pressed kind, not the over-processed black cavendish style. The tin note reflected this and the latakia with a slightly pungent odor with a hint of fruitiness one gets with a darker virginia.

Upon lighting, I mostly noticed the latakia....dark and smoky, very campfire-like. This was backed up by the light sweetness of the cavendish base. Not quite a straight virginia, but much more mellow. I could taste fruity notes that would pop every so often. I couldn't really pick out perique, but it still was a delightful mix.

As the bowl progressed, the virginias made themselves more known, but didn't dominate. It stayed well-balanced.

I had a few re-lights, but I think that was more me fumbling with packing than the tobacco. It gave me a thick, full smoke that I'd never seen before.

This would best be described as creamy and smoky, with a rich body. Delicious.

The texture of the blend is something like a combination of small ribbon cut and broken crumble cake. The tobacco's easy to pack: Just drizzle it into the bowl until it's overflowing then use the ball of your thumb to pack down whatever tobacco was above the top of the bowl. You won't get it all in, but you will end up with a well packed bowl

This blend lights with a few matches, and burns pretty well. This one needs the occasional relight, but it's not overly fussy. Pipe cleaners inserted to wick up moisture will come out with very dark stains on them. You'll want to dispose of these quickly. You'll have a few relights near the bottom of the bowl if you want to smoke all of the tobacco.

The flavor profile is simple and straight-forward: Cavendish sweetness and Latakia smokiness. There's a bit of a few other things here, like the flavor stoved Virginias, but those are all very much in the background. The Cavendish brings its sweetness, and the Latakia adds some smokiness, and that's about it. The blend doesn't change much as the bowl progresses. It is what it is.

I keep some of this around, because sometimes I want a Latakia blend that I can smoke while ignoring it. Midnight fits that bill perfectly. It doesn't need any attention or any fuss. Pack it, light it, and smoke it...that's it. For those moments, there's no better tobacco than Peretti's Midnight. For a sit-down-and-pay-attention smoke, there are better choices on the market.

Aroma: Very smoky smell of Latakia and a base of slightly sweet Cavendish.

Packing: Pack easily into any normal sized bowl. I tried it in pipes ranging from group 3 through 5.

Lighting: Lights quite easily, sometimes with one match.

Initial flavor: Tastes exactly the way it looks, a smooth background of unflavored Black Cavendish

Mid-bowl: For me, a boring experience. There is just enough flavor to keep me puffing, but it doesn?t vary at all. Burns slowly, very cool and fairly dry

Finish: No change at the end.

Summary: The lack of a significant Oriental component causes this blend to fall short of my preferred range. If that?s a nice way of saying ?I don?t like it?, OK I don?t. Which is a shame, because it is a nicely done blend with high quality.