I had read the varied opinions on this tobacco but decided that it was to intriguing to not try it, so I bought an ounce today at Duckworth's in Colwyn Bay.

I have gone through it already! It was a very pleasing smoke; not at all as I had expected from the reviews on here. The tobacco was moist without being damp and had a pleasing smell on opening the pouch, not too overpowering in the fruit department - it still smelt like tobacco and not something artificial. It packs well and took a flame nicely, once the initial two lights had been done I had no cause to light again. I had no bitefrom it and there were some lovely caramel flavours to be had though I struggled to get any mango from it whilst smoking. The mango actually came about five minutes after finishing!

A delightful aromatic, very mild and a good one as a first tobacco.

I had just finished a tin of the same brand's Royal blend and thought the quality level might be similar. Unfortunately, I was severely disappointed.

On opening the pouch, the aroma was truly delicious: straight Mango aroma. The weed was rather wet though. It was easy enough to stuff and light, but the pouch aroma did not translate into taste. Which was sweet and fruity throughout maybe the first third of the pipe, but then deteriorated into bitterness and tarriness.

After a few pipes, I thought no tobacco could be this consistently bad, it had to be either the wrong pipe or maybe I was puffing too hard, so I tried to correct those potential errors. No joy.

At about the same time, Von Eicken's Springwater was introduced. I must admit that Sweet Mango and Springwater are similar in many ways, but where the latter excels, unfortunately the former let me down by being too hot, too wet, too tarry, too... well, just too low-quality.

It will burn your toungue.

Pouch aroma: wonderful, refreshing scent of fresh fruits. It reminds me of dried fruits, such as papaya, pineapple, apricot, mango, raisins, and other fresh tropical fruits.

The tobacco is a little on the dry side, but it's not too bad. I don't seem to notice any negative effects from this. However, it may be a little difficult to load a smaller pipe with the traditional three-layer pack. I can pack about two thick layers of this tobacco before my pipe gets too cramped. The tobacco cut is small and somewhat rough (described as Ready Cut on the pouch).

This tobacco has a little bite on the first light, but it mellows as I continue to smoke. The tobacco smokes nicely and doesn't leave any goop behind. I can't say I taste or smell mango, but this blend has such a wonderful aroma of fresh tropical fruits!

This blend makes me feel like I'm on a tropical island when I smoke it. ;-) I will be buying more of this.