Holger Danske Golden Harmony

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.

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.

Okay, this one surprised me. I have recently been going through my "tobacco cellar," and trying blends I've had stocked up for years. This is one I purchased years ago from that wonderful Dan Tobacco catalog that is no more.

Yes, Mango is right at the top of the tin and drips all the way to the bottom in heavy waves. It smokes that way, too. Make sure you use a pipe dedicated to aromatics. The flavor remains long after the leaf (nice, ribbon cut), is gone.

This one bears little resemblance to what I normally smoke. But, I liked the sweetness. I think "fun," is the descriptive I would use regarding how I felt about the couple of bowls I smoked. The rest of the tin will show up at my pipe club's tobacco bar with my compliments.

Found this at my local B&M and just couldn't pass it up as this was on my "must try" list back when I was a strictly aromatic only smoker. Upon opening the tin I was almost knocked off my feet by the oh-so-close to overpowering aroma of the casing. I was afraid that it would be too much, but once I loaded a bowl in my trusty cob I was pleasantly surprised to find that the taste of the tobacco isn't overpowered by the casing. Very sweet, a tad on the "goopy" side I wouldn't smoke this in anything but a cheap cob or a briar dedicated to aromatics. Overall, as aromatics go this is very good. Makes a nice 'dessert bowl'.

This aromatic was a true delight to smoke. This tobacco has no bite and is full of wonderful mango flavor!

This was one of the first blends I smoked when I started pipesmoking again, as my palate was not quite educated, I could really find no real discernable flavoring. It smoked nicely though, and I could tell it was a quality tobacco. There are plenty of domestic blends that can offer similar or better qualities for a better price. The hot looking bartender chicks, however, really dug the room note, so for that, i can recommend it.

This tobacco offers a nice fruity variation on the vanilla theme, even though I'm not 100% sure it's mango I'm tasting, but the vanilla you can definetly taste, and yes it can burn a bit too wet anc cause tongue bite if not smoked properly, but is without a doubt a good tasing nice smelling aromatic, i bought a few pouches, and plan to keep some around for cool evenings. Enjoy!