Cornell & Diehl Mad Fiddler Flake

Bought this from an online vendor as it was marketed as a non-aromatic and C and D did not list it in the aromatic categories. The tin note made me quite suspicious about the non-aromatic status.

Had it run on gcms and found that it is in fact an aromatic. First, this thing contains a big slug of propylene glycol, the artificial solvent used for flavorings. Aromatic or not, this stuff being used as a flavor carrier or as a humectant is a major disapointment to find in any tobacco and I am hopeful that I do not find it again. In this case it was a flavor solvent as the analysis detected a bunch of chemicals that have no business being in tobacco claiming to be a non aromatic such as ethyl butyrate and other fruity esters common in artificial flavorings.

The fact that this stuff is marketed as a non-aromatic, treating tobacco connoisseurs like kids looking to vape a bubblegum concoction is disappointing.

I'll be checking any blend I buy going forward as when I smoke tobacco and try to decipher and enjoy flavors I want to know that that is what I am doing and not naively interpreting the nuances of whatever toxic fruity stew in artificial solvent from some chemistry lab I'm lighting on fire.

In the trash this crap goes. No offense to those who enjoy aromatics, to each his own. But I would prefer to not smoke them and was under the impression that suppliers and dealers were honest brokers on that point. As an aromatic this stuff might be great but as a non Aromatic, as it was marketed to me, I cannot recommend it obviously.