Holger Danske Golden Harmony

(2.39)
Blended by hand from loose cut Virginia tobaccos, rounded with ready rubbed burley, black cavendish and Oriental leaf.
Notes: Formerly known as "Mango and Vanilla", due to regulations this blend is now called "Golden Harmony" and it now comes in a 40 grams pouch. Also, the recipe has been changed a bit. The old pouch description was, "A blend of selected, slightly toasted Virginia and burley tobaccos. The aroma of mellow mango fruit topped with a touch of vanilla gives this mixture a unique tropical character."

Details

Brand Holger Danske
Blended By Mac Baren
Manufactured By Mac Baren
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring Mango, Vanilla
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 40 grams pouch, 50 grams pouch, 100 grams tin
Country Germany
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.39 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
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Dec 27, 2013 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Highly aromatic tin note. After initial flavor burst of vanilla and fruit, it settles into a pleasant fruit flavor with a little vanilla-type nuance. As you progress through the bowl, I get an astringency which reminds me of grapefruit (astringency, not flavor). Further into it, a nice burley comes to the front, with the fruit and astringency in the background. Stayed lit on one light, post char. Clean bowl.
Pipe Used: Stanwell, MM
PurchasedFrom: The Briary, Homewood, AL
Age When Smoked: undated; bought 2 months ago
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Sep 23, 2012 Mild Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
If you are a fan of sweet aromatic pipe tobacco and if you are not a big fan of cavendish at the same time, this tobacco is then for you!

I somewhat enjoyed it, but I don't think I will buy it again, since I don't enjoy very sweet tobaccos.
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Apr 06, 2014 Medium Extra Strong Overwhelming Very Strong
I wanted to buy an aromatic tobacco. Went to the tobacco store near to my place, grab that, went back home, packed the pipe. OMG.....!! I don't want to bury this tobacco, I just didn't liked it at all...too much flavor, too much aroma, it seems that if I put an aromatic candle in the bowl it wouldn't be that different...I'll just pass.
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Dec 27, 2009 Medium Mild Mild to Medium Tolerable
Thick cut rather promising looking tobacco out of the pouch. Fragrant aroma of, rather surprisingly, Vanilla and something fruity that may well be mango.

It's rather moist but not unpleasantly so and needs a little rubbing before loading.

First mouthful is also promising. There is vanilla in there for sure, mango - possibly. Progress through the bowl requires frequent relighting and the tobacco itself becomes rather messy and needs a lot of tamping and prodding. Maybe my inexperience though, relatively new to the art of pipe smoking as I am.

Three quarters of the way through I got a nasty backbite and the bowl got hotter than hell. Returning to the pipe after letting it cool wasn't that much better and again it took no time to bite me again.

Returning to the tobacco after resting it a while did little to either improve the flavour or the tendancy towards biting. Mrs RW made no comment on the aroma, hence 'tolerable'.

A disappointing blend then, with only the whisper of vanilla/mango. I shan't be repeating this purchase anytime soon.
Pipe Used: All
PurchasedFrom: SmokeKing (Greens of Leeds)
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 22, 2006 Mild Medium to Strong Medium Pleasant
This is a quality aromatic. The casing tastes like fruit and pastry. The underlying tobacco is good and can stand on its own. I usually don't smoke aromatics, but this one has a permanent place in my rotation.

I rate it four stars as an aromatic, but I would only give it three stars in a blend to blend comparison.

It can get bitter and nasty at the bottom of the bowl sometimes.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 17, 2014 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
This is a good aromatic and I would rate it 3 stars if there weren't so many mixtures available that are even better. It didn't bite or leave any goop in my pipe as so many other aros do. I enjoyed the tin of it but I doubt I will ever get another.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 17, 2014 Mild Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
Holger Danske - Mango and Vanilla.

The aroma from this is mostly Vanilla, there is a slight fruity touch to it but the Vanilla definitely outweighs the fruit. The mixture has a good level of moisture to it so it can be used straight away. My blend appears to contain an equal amount of each of the two varieties of weed, all in even sizes.

When I am smoking this I feel a touch perplexed, the taste is diametric to what the aroma led me to believe. I thought the Vanilla would take the lead, leaving the Mango way back but to my surprise the fruit takes the pole position making the Vanilla seem redundant. At the beginning the flavour is pleasant enough but after the first ten minutes it develops a bitter flavour which is not a pleasure as it leaves a coating of gloop in my mouth. I must say that this bites me hard, even when sipped I still get bit by it. The burn from this is consistent, from start to finish it only needs a touch of the flame if I put it aside to talk for too long and when the pipe is finished there is only a very small amount of dottle left behind.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: pleasant.

I score this two stars as for me it has a few issues which are not compensated for by the taste: a bit boring!

Somewhat recommended.
Pipe Used: Comoys Elegance
PurchasedFrom: Smoke King
Age When Smoked: 5 months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 03, 2013 Mild to Medium Mild Very Mild Pleasant
Easy smoke but does not give the Mango and Vanilla note.
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Feb 07, 2012 Mild Medium Mild Tolerable
I don't recommend this. It was too strong in room note, too fruity for my taste, not very pleasant... Maybe I should try to smoke it outside in the spring or summer, but now, in the middle of winter I find it a bit too flavored.

I think I will just let it age a bit in my jar and try it in the summer, maybe update my review then...
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Feb 11, 2009 Mild Medium Medium Pleasant
If I am not mistaken, I believe this is the same blend that was once sold in the C.B. Perkins pipe stores as Mutiny On The Bounty and was the first "out of the jar" tobacco I ever purchased way back when. As a new pipe smoker at the time, it was one of the first few blends that I ever smoked. I purchased it because the salesman was smoking it and it smelled delicious. It was an awakening to find that as one smokes, you never experienced that wonderful room aroma that attracts so many to the pipe. Never-the-less, I enjoyed this blend very much. Not much in the way of tobacco taste, but the taste of sweet mango and vanilla was always present. Never goopy, never hot; a truly wonderful introduction to the art of pipe smoking.

I still have a small amount stashed away from the last time I purchased it - perhaps 20 years ago! I've since graduated to other, more tobacco-tasteful blends, but on occasion, I take the sample out just for the bag aroma and am immediately transported back to those early days of my coming to the pipe. I wish the local C.B. Perkins was still around as it would have remained a regular haunt of mine. In my immediate vicinity, J & R is the only local that has any pipe tobacco; mostly Mac Baren(many of my favorites)and some American drugstore blends - and lately, not much of either. I truly miss smelling the samples from the glass jars before making my purchase! If HD Mango and Vanilla is the same blend, I recommend it without reservation.

UPDATE: 8-25-09 I recently purchased a tin of HD Mango & Vanilla and would have to say that this is not the same as the C.B. Perkins Mutiny On The Bounty I mentioned in my original review. The HD version is predominantly mango in tin aroma and taste. Not bad, just not the same as the CBP version. In spite of the casings, it did not smoke overly hot - just a mild tongue tingling from time to time. In spite of its flavorings, it did taste of tobacco - albeit mildly so. It certainly was a sweet enough smoke, but not sickeningly so. The mango flavoring remained throughout the smoke, and there was no moisture or dottle to speak of. By the way, the vanilla was indeed a small "touch" since I detected very little in the tin aroma but it did add a nice sweetness which enhanced the mango flavoring. I can give it a personal and solid "recommended with 3 stars" for those times when you want a sweet tasting aromatic as a change of pace. For the true aromatic fancier, easily 4 stars.
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