Ashton - Guilty Pleasure pipe tobacco reviews

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Parcarat Parcor	10/01/2012	Mild	Medium	Mild	Tolerable to Strong
My review is based on the price and what it is supposed to taste like from the can. The can cost about double from the "normal" pipe tobacco that are sold in your local supermarket but doesn't deliver on this price. It is said to taste vanilla, mango, and exotic citrus but I haven't gotten any of that taste from this tobacco. Perhaps I don¨t know how to smoke it or smoke it in a bad pipe or something of that nature but it just isn't there. I have once convinced myself that I can taste the mango but I really don't know if this is true or my imagination. It feels like I have some kind of oil in my mount after I have smoked this and I really don't want that. The scent it is given of when smoking is like that of cheap candy you find in the stores. Really not something you want to linger around. I have had no problem with TB from this tobacco. If this was half price it would be a decent one but I do expect more from something in this price range. Try it, but don't buy it is my recommendation. NOTE: where I live you get a tin of Petersons Irish Flake for less then a can of Guilty Pleasure. Prices may wary where you live but I really can't see this beating any brand in the same price range.
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TheJayBee	07/26/2012	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Cool smoke, slight "acidic" fruity taste. Depends on one's mood really... Does not bite. Gets a tad bit bitter near the end of the bowl. That's it...
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(ln(-1)/i)pe	04/16/2012	Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant
If you've smoked Peterson's aromatics you'll recognize the style (and may experience Déjà vu). This is very similar to Connoisseur's Choice (or Nutty Cut, or Gold Blend, or...). That's an observation not a criticism. Sweet, lovely room note, tastes quite nice, but can get a little tedious towards the end of the tin. In a tie break between this and Connoisseur's Choice; it'd be so close that I'd have to decide it by saying that Guilty Pleasure has slightly better tin art.
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Old Schoolr	11/17/2011	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant
I received this as a gift & the tin description had me dreading it. Citrus & mango in tobacco? I shouldn't have been concerned; it is actually a pleasant combination. Right out of the tin this is a very rich smelling, sticky looking tobacco. I thought it would be easy to over pack & a bear to keep light but it packs & burns w/o much difficulty. The aroma at light up was like that in the tin; a sweet liquor aroma. This had a nice sweet flavor thru the bowl w/ hints of citrus in the background. A completely different aromatic compared to the caramel sweetness of something like Mac Baren’s Vanilla Cream Flake. The previous reviewer who called it a dessert tobacco hit the nail on the head; a nice treat but not an everyday smoke. This didn’t leave behind a lot of sticky dottle & tar like so many other aromatics. I don’t remember any bite & the tobacco leaves a very clean aftertaste like a dry wine. While maybe not a guilty pleasure this was a pleasant surprise. I do think I will buy it in the future.
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mackaydjames	08/11/2011	Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable
Out of the tin... yummy, yummy yummy... I would surely suggest one pack this blend, if they end up taking a, "guilty pleasure" in it, in a pipe with a thick wall because it burns 200 hundred degrees hot... at least it seems. The flavoring of citrus-y fruit and vanilla and mango peeked it's boring head out about mid-smoke; mid-smoke was also the moment when I began my rash of chronic relights, for this blend gets difficult to keep on fire... I don't like this blend, I'll never even nightmare of ever buying it again and... I could easily give this leaf a thumb rating... EVEN IF I HAD NO HANDS. It does leave a sweet residual fragrance though.
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cgar	04/13/2011	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
A very different smoke. The tin has tons of sweet smells ozzing out of it but for me it stopped there. After the initial lite,I found like some of the other smokers that it burned very hot and was a handful to keep lit. I also will note that the room note/smoke seemed to dance off quite fast. Will be my last dance with this girl.
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renwardhoop	02/22/2011	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Like the last reviewer I agree ; this isn't a bad tobacco at all. Ashton's aromatics aren't bad and they certainly aren't horrible. Yes, admittedly Gold Rush was tasteless, but the others are worth a try. If you don't like aromatics then don't bother. This one has a superb tin fragrance, probably one of the best I have had the good fortune to sample. It's really moist though and will need a bit of drying. It's a swine to keep alight as a result of course and ends up burning real hot. There is some taste there, buts its relatively mild and doesn't hang around for long. I've had no response to smoking this in the lounge so - somewhat surprisingly - it doesn't score as highly on room note as you'd expect. A typical aromatic from Ashton's but whether it's memorable enough to warrant a further purchase I'd have to say probably not.
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wx5nco	02/14/2011	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
This blend is certainly not for everyone, as you can see by the other reviewers. I personally like this blend and will purchase more. This aromatic has no tongue bite, which is nice for an aromatic. Those around me enjoyed the aroma and asked if I would keep smoking it. This blend is very mild, which I find to be refreshing at times.
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NA Morrison	02/09/2011	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
this had a sweet flavor more of mango and vanilla not a really citrus flavor there. burned very hot only purchased one tin. might buy another tin if the price is right to try again later on.
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rewozz	01/20/2011	Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

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firefighter1426	12/06/2010	Very Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Extremely sweet smelling from tin. Packs fair. Burns slow and relatively cool. Each flavor is present throughout the length of the burn. Very good desert smoke.
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snuffysmiff	08/31/2010	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant
I inherited this from a friend who didn't like it. Well, I had never tasted an aromatic before, so I was quite prepared to fling it,too. In the tin it looked a bit syrupy and smelled really sweet. I left a fill out to dry a little, then packed up a clay because I thought the flavours might take over a briar. It did what it said on the tin. Puff by puff the different flavours put in an appearance, left, and reappeared. 40 minutes left me smiling, and I've repeated that experience of an evening several times. I'll compare it to having a dessert after a meal of beef or venison if you take something like SQUADRON LEADER as the meat! Sometimes you fancy it, and sometimes you don't.
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dnfirestone	05/12/2010	Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable to Strong
You know this blend is not as bad as all the aromatic haters say it is. Truth be told it's ok. It has a nice mango flavor although it does burn away quickly. Where everybody is wrong is that tobacco like this has a purpose. If you are a beginner a nice mild aromatic like this might suit you until your ready to try something a little more heady.
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Adguru	05/02/2010	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
While it is not on my list of favorites, I am certainly glad that I have it. It's a burley blend with a good room note, I find in soft rather than harsh. Dependable, soft smoke when I don't want to think and analyze what I'm doing. Which is increasingly the case.
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Papillon6	04/10/2010	Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant
This is one of the stranger blends I've tried. When I first opened the tin it smelled like a strong aromatic. But when I puffed it it's casing was not as potent/sickening as I was afraid it would be. A rich full flavour comes through. The Vanilla/Mango isn't actually the top note like so many aromatic blends, instead Ashton enabled the Virginia and Carolina Burleys to come through, not just as a "filler" for the other flavours. The Cavendish like in most blends is a sweet addition but not in an overly powering way(I'm a huge fan of Cavendish by the way). I did find that this blend is moist so a filtered pipe(Peterson type, or Kaywoodie Drinkless) will work well. Surprisingly this blend does not like large pipes, I found that out of my collection a small shell finish billiard was the best for flavour. NO or little tongue bite was noticed. I spent most of last night puffing bowl after bowl with no problem. You must sip this blend to decypher it thoroughly tho. It can burn a little hot if you don't puff slowly, and this will quickly turn nasty if you are not careful. Overall I was pleased with this blend. Also a nice blend to take on a walk with the dog as it burns slow.
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Cullen	10/07/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
This was my first blend of tobacco that would be considered a quality product. My first impression was good, the flavors were intriguing as it burned, except to me it seemed that at a certain point it lost all the flavor and became bland. I waited for it to cool down a bit to see if it was the heat that made it lose its flavor and it seemed to me it was a factor because from that point to the end it became a pleasant smoke of varying elements. I would recomend this flavor for someone who is just starting out as a way of testing the waters hoped this helped it was my first review
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oldsouth	08/25/2009	Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
For aromatic fans this might be your cup of tea. I just had to try it. I didn't care for it. The only Guilty Pleasure I derived was that I didn't pay any thing for it,what a comforting pleasure.
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Mountain Man	05/21/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I liked this tobacco very well.I think that my sample was too dry,because this is the driest aromatic I have ever touched.I could taste the natural va flavor along with a sweet fruitiness that I really enjoyed.The only reason I cant give 4 stars is beceuse less then halfway through the bowl,the tobacco lost all flavor.I have never had a tobacco loose its flavor to that extent.It went totally bland.Maybe because my sample was too dry.This tobacco could make my top5 if it would keep its flavor for more than a few puffs.Almost reminds me of DAN aromatics.
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thedstnguishdgntlmn	02/19/2009	Mild to Medium	Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
European aromatics need to approached with caution. They tend to all taste more artificial than Captain Black cherry. the few exceptions are Dann Tobaccos and Karl Erik. This has a mango vanilla taste but is more like a very sweet artificial candy. It burned hot and left a bitter aftertaste. I tried to like it but I could not. You judge.
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sherlockhomie	12/03/2008	Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
This is my all-time favorite Ashton blend. I am a fairly new pipe smoker and would recommend this blend to anyone looking to get involved in pipe smoking. It is a mild taste and complete with sweet Mango and Citrus. I, however, could not taste the Vanilla. Overall excellent blend.
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