Danske Club Black
(2.25)
Not a pressed tobacco, but 'double fermented'. The advantage of this process is that the tobacco is very smooth and mild, together with a pleasant aroma. South American, Zimbabwe and U.S. flue-cured tobacco together with burley and Malawi dark fired tobacco.
Notes: The Black (formerly Black Luxury and re-named due to EU regulations) tobacco blend from Danske Club offers velvety black character with light to medium intensity and a strong vanilla aroma due to the double-fermented black cavendish tobacco.
For several decades the exclusive loose cut mixture convinces with captivating aromas and rather light to medium-strong taste intensity. Traditionally processed in Denmark.
Details
| Brand | Danske Club |
| Blended By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Manufactured By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Vanilla |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch, 100 grams tin, 200g bag, 500g tub |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.25 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 14, 2022 | Very Mild | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Strong |
A fellow pipe club member likes to go to swap meets and pick up the assorted pipes, lighters, tobacco, etc. He had a 50-gram pouch of this that he gave me. This thing is so old I can only envision some poor relatives cleaning out the room of the recently deceased grandpa and discovering this buried in a desk drawer or in an old Seersucker jacket where it lay preserved for the past 40-50 years. I tried to narrow down the age but only so-so. It is pre warning label, the German tax stamp is in Deutsche Mark. Also, this pouch is named Black Luxury. So, with all of these clues I can say with some certainty pre 2002. The website says this is ribbon but what remained in the pouch was solid black hard pieces with a strong perfumey smell to it. I have a dedicated, one of several pipes for aromatics. The one I chose is a modern looking Chacom black volcano with white swirls on the base and stem. Upon firing up this antique blend I got an overwhelming taste of perfume is only how I can describe it. It is supposed to be vanilla but who knows what age has caused this blend to metastasize into. The second bowl seem to mellow out and the wife who happen to be outdoors says this one had a strong fruity smell to it. This blend I believe could definitely be a ghoster. I have about one small bowl in the pouch left and have retired this to my “collectible” glass display cabinet. Even with a fresh pouch which I am not going to buy I would still probably give this one a 2 star. Not that bad actually but I will just stick to BCA if and when in the mood. It was fun trying it out and reading up on what little history I could find in regards to the age of this pouch. It would have been nice if they could of just date these with at least the year or something.
Pipe Used:
Chacom Volcano
PurchasedFrom:
Gift
Age When Smoked:
Pre 2002, probably 1970s or 80s.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 08, 2017 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Strong |
Like other Aromas, don't rush it even though keeping it lit is somehow difficult and need to have your matches ready. I recommend not to apply three-step filling to fill your bowl up. It might be helpful to load less to run it continuous. About mixing with others, forget it! taste will be changed and you may miss the only positive point, I mean the room note. Tongue-bite is possible as you are trying to keep pace with its slow-burning character. In general, it is a good Aroma for having a nice rainy evening with non-smokers!
Pipe Used:
Big Ben
PurchasedFrom:
Local store
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Nov 08, 2009 | Medium | Strong | Mild to Medium | Strong |
When opening the pouch, the smell of the tobacco is quiete nice, and at the same time the smell of the flavoring is a little overwhelming. There's no pure tobacco smell of any kind.
The packing goes easy. The lightning a little less easy. It burns well when smoking slow but it needs attention.
The taste is mild and the smoker does not taste tobacco, but the pure flavoring. The same goes for the room note.
A little too much flavoring in my opinion, but recommended for those who like heavy flavored tobaccos.
The packing goes easy. The lightning a little less easy. It burns well when smoking slow but it needs attention.
The taste is mild and the smoker does not taste tobacco, but the pure flavoring. The same goes for the room note.
A little too much flavoring in my opinion, but recommended for those who like heavy flavored tobaccos.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 09, 2003 | Extremely Mild | Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Very Pleasant |
This came in a "Smoker's Cocktail" my wife brought back from Europe. (The "Cocktail" included Sail Yellow, Clan, Erinmore Mixture and CBW...a nice sampler.) I'd never seen it before, and selected a smallish no-name Canadian I keep for test-driving unknown aromatics. The pouch contains a somewhat dry, uniformly jet-black broken flake, smelling strongly of vanilla. The flake packs well and crowns nicely to the charring light, producing a cloud of medium-dense smoke which my wife immediately praises. (She likes this better than CBW.) It's a little light on smoke for my taste, though. I like a thick, dense cloud. Taste...what taste? I can barely taste any tobacco at all. There is nothing here. Some vanilla, sure, but otherwise nothing. This tobacco is so heavily cased that, despite its dryness out of the pouch, it's impossible to keep lit. I'll finish this pouch, to please my wife, who after all was a sweetie-pie to buy it for me. I don't dislike it...I just don't like it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 17, 2022 | Mild to Medium | Strong | Medium | Pleasant |
Another black cavendish-based heavily vanillae'd aromatic. Not great, not awful either. Well, at least they're not lying in the name - it's jet black, and has that almost greasy feeling that comes from a cavendish-first blend. The pouch note is actually a little bit worse than the smoke actually delivers - it's a little bit on the fake side, while the tobacco actually does give a surprisingly wholesome smoking experience.
But, like said, there's nothing particularly enticing about this blend. Would buy again, but only for want of any better alternatives.
But, like said, there's nothing particularly enticing about this blend. Would buy again, but only for want of any better alternatives.
Pipe Used:
Various
PurchasedFrom:
Kiosk in Germany
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from pouch
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 24, 2008 | Very Mild | Strong | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I had a few bowls of this and I can't say I enjoyed it much. It's sweet, it's vanilla, but it's just too sweet and too vanilla. However, I mixed it with some cherry ambrosia (macbarens) and it was quite interesting. 1/3 black luxury (max. otherwise all you taste is the vanilla) and 2/3 (min.) cherry ambrosia and you get a nice fruity, vanilla-based tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 15, 2007 | Mild | Strong | Mild to Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
Overall this is decent. It comes as an interesting surprise that everything is black. Black pouch, black leaves etc. It is quite smooth and not so hot when you smoke it.
You can smoke it as it is - but the resulting experience is very much One-dimensional. Probably you will not be able to stand it for long due to shear boredom. The resulting room note is quite strong and sweet - perhaps even sickening in its sweetness.
I thoroughly agree that this performs much better if mixed with something else. I did have a no-name strong aromatic which was bought in Russia. If I had understood correctly at the time this was also intended to be used for making your own blends. The pouch aroma was something between herbal tea and tangerine - and I could not really stand it. It also burned quite hot...
So, I mixed the two up and the result was quite agreeable and did not get excessively hot.
You can smoke it as it is - but the resulting experience is very much One-dimensional. Probably you will not be able to stand it for long due to shear boredom. The resulting room note is quite strong and sweet - perhaps even sickening in its sweetness.
I thoroughly agree that this performs much better if mixed with something else. I did have a no-name strong aromatic which was bought in Russia. If I had understood correctly at the time this was also intended to be used for making your own blends. The pouch aroma was something between herbal tea and tangerine - and I could not really stand it. It also burned quite hot...
So, I mixed the two up and the result was quite agreeable and did not get excessively hot.
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