Aroma: quite strong EM aroma.

Taste: one only word, terrific. One of my favoured full bodied EM: strong, tasty, a unforgettable personality. A real satisfaction, especially in winter rainy weather...

Room note: maybe really strong: it's the only tobacco I was forbidden to smoke indoor at home (someone said it was sticky, to clothes, furniture, and so on...!)

Burning: correctly on the slow side, but not too much.

Best Briars: it surely deserves the honor of dedicated EM pipes, the best pipes...

Recommended, to people loving ultra-classic simple and direct full bodied EM, of course. Four stars.

From opening the tin I knew I would like this. Like Squadron leader, you are greeted with a spicy oaky peaty smell tinged with freshly laid tar. The tobacco is in my opinion, finer cut than Squaddy leader but is perfect to smoke fresh from the tin.

Packing was simple and after a few lights the first impressions were able to be made. Disappointment! It didnt taste like Squadron Leader. A few bowls later, this tobacco worked upon me and the subtleties of the blend were apparent. Spicy, sweet and like seasoned oak and tanned leather with a pleasant bite free smoke burning all the way down to a greyish white ash with little dottle. It is a dry smoke, a little too dry as after a bowl or 3 my throat feels crackly due to the oriental/Latakia mix. It is a strong, less refined taste compared to SL but one that oozes quality and the need to grab a read of Sherlock Holmes or some H.G Wells. It is a firm fave of mine but one I smoke only on occasion to savour the taste.

Go get!

As a big time fan of Balkan Sobranie, LM gives off some of that great oriental taste but not nearly as salty as the 1970s BS. Why do all the really great ones have to die? 70s BS was the best tobacco I ever had up there with the 60's and 70's Dunhill Night Cap.

The tin note, on opening, already shows me there is a good amount of vitamin N to be expected. Not an overkill, but satisfying, and for myself, enough to make this a now-to-bed smoke (as opposed to Nightcap...). Relatively dark leaf, standard ribbon cut, so off I go stuffing and puffing. No re-lights necessary, btw.

The smoke starts out with a slight note of liquorice (could there be a pinch of Kentucky in there, maybe?) and a good, toasty, smoky note, with a beefy sweet-sour- ish note (more sweet than sour) on the tongue. The room note... well, it's a Latakia- dominated blend. What more can I say.

There are a few things to like or not to like about London Mixture. It has character. In my book, that is a good thing. Summing up: good strength, enjoyable taste (to me), forget the room note and have a nice, malty whisky along with it before you go to bed. Might be habit-forming for me, but only as long as I cannot get certain other blends here that are available in the UK.

Addition, March 05, 2013: I find that the room note, for me, is very uncomfortably sour (not sure there is a better word for it); much as I enjoy the taste, the room note is a killer.

LM is a mild English blend, some what more robust than EMP in its use of Latakia. I could see this being an all day smoke for some. It burns well down to a fine ash. A fine balance of orientals and Virginias. Recommended.

The Latakia smokiness, pleasant Turkish aroma and the Virgina sweetness of LM are all expertly blended to make an excellent all day, any time smoke that I highly recommend.