Charatan Four Leaf
(2.20)
A pronounced smoke delivering a robust taste for smokers later in the day.
Notes: Equivalent to Dunhill Aperitif, Charatan Four Leaf is comprised of the ‘Scottish’ recipe that is cavendish, Latakia, Oriental and Virginia.
Details
| Brand | Charatan |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Scottish |
| Contents | Cavendish, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The tin note is underwhelming, with little aroma at all, and no Latakia smokiness.
The mixture is pale brown, dark brown and almost black, with no golden virginias apparent.
Moisture level is good straight from the tin, no need to dry at all.
It lights easily and smokes well to the end, with only the char and true light needed. A cool smoke with no suggestion of tongue bite.
So here I am with my copy of Roget's Thesaurus next to me, but the only three adjectives I need are 'bland', 'uninteresting' and 'disappointing'. I am no Lat hound (my favourite Scottish mixture being Red Rapparee should tell you that) but the almost complete lack of Lat taste was a shock.
I will press the rest of the tin, using my £15 eBay pasta press, put it in a mason jar and revisit it in 6-9 months. If that improves it, I will update this review accordingly.
I have never smoked the Dunhill Aperitif, I bought this 50g tin to tick off another Scottish mixture. The next one in my sights is Robert McConnell's St James Park, also touted as an Aperitif clone. I have a tin on it's way from Germany courtesy of a good friend in Augsburg. SJP is not available in the UK.
Update 16/02/21 - after 5 days in the pasta press (turning the screw morning and night as the tobacco compresses further) I now have a hard disc which smells much more strongly of latakia than it did out of the tin. The effect of the leaf structures breaking down under pressure, who knows. This is encouraging though and I will give it six months in the jar before smoking some and reporting back.
The mixture is pale brown, dark brown and almost black, with no golden virginias apparent.
Moisture level is good straight from the tin, no need to dry at all.
It lights easily and smokes well to the end, with only the char and true light needed. A cool smoke with no suggestion of tongue bite.
So here I am with my copy of Roget's Thesaurus next to me, but the only three adjectives I need are 'bland', 'uninteresting' and 'disappointing'. I am no Lat hound (my favourite Scottish mixture being Red Rapparee should tell you that) but the almost complete lack of Lat taste was a shock.
I will press the rest of the tin, using my £15 eBay pasta press, put it in a mason jar and revisit it in 6-9 months. If that improves it, I will update this review accordingly.
I have never smoked the Dunhill Aperitif, I bought this 50g tin to tick off another Scottish mixture. The next one in my sights is Robert McConnell's St James Park, also touted as an Aperitif clone. I have a tin on it's way from Germany courtesy of a good friend in Augsburg. SJP is not available in the UK.
Update 16/02/21 - after 5 days in the pasta press (turning the screw morning and night as the tobacco compresses further) I now have a hard disc which smells much more strongly of latakia than it did out of the tin. The effect of the leaf structures breaking down under pressure, who knows. This is encouraging though and I will give it six months in the jar before smoking some and reporting back.
Pipe Used:
Vauen 4415 bent briar
PurchasedFrom:
My Smoking Shop, Preston, England
Age When Smoked:
50g tin arrived this morning.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Apr 16, 2023 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
I mentioned on one of my other reviews, that Latakia mixtures are quite similar to aromatics in the way that both are ten a penny, however, not all are equal.
Having never tried the dunhill mixture this is meant to be a replacement for I am judging this mixture on its own merits.
Charatan four leaf can be best summed up as a beautiful Victorian fronted architectural masterpiece, however you enter through the front door and then you realise it is just a facade and there is nothing behind the front.
Opening the tin, considering this is meant to contain Latakia there is no typical Dickensian squalor or campfire aroma, strange, however on lighting up it rears its head, thank god for that.....or so I thought. Very quickly the nice Latakia aroma just sort of disappears and you are left with....not very much. Yes there’s a good mouth feel to the smoke, it is smooth and no hint of bite but then after the initial nice aroma burns off you there isn’t much hint of anything else either.
Room note is none existent, strength is ok but a bit of taste goes nice with it as well.
All in all I was so disappointed with this blend, it just has nothing at all to warrant me making a repeat purchase and with each passing bowl I am finding it more and more of a chore to finish the tin, if tobacco wasn’t so fucking expensive in England it would of been trashed after the third bowl.
Four leaf is meant to contain Virginia, cavendish, orientals and Latakia. For me it contains four other things as well, bland, boring, underwhelming and totally forgettable.
I cannot in good faith even somewhat recommend this one.
1 star and even then I feel it’s too generous.
Having never tried the dunhill mixture this is meant to be a replacement for I am judging this mixture on its own merits.
Charatan four leaf can be best summed up as a beautiful Victorian fronted architectural masterpiece, however you enter through the front door and then you realise it is just a facade and there is nothing behind the front.
Opening the tin, considering this is meant to contain Latakia there is no typical Dickensian squalor or campfire aroma, strange, however on lighting up it rears its head, thank god for that.....or so I thought. Very quickly the nice Latakia aroma just sort of disappears and you are left with....not very much. Yes there’s a good mouth feel to the smoke, it is smooth and no hint of bite but then after the initial nice aroma burns off you there isn’t much hint of anything else either.
Room note is none existent, strength is ok but a bit of taste goes nice with it as well.
All in all I was so disappointed with this blend, it just has nothing at all to warrant me making a repeat purchase and with each passing bowl I am finding it more and more of a chore to finish the tin, if tobacco wasn’t so fucking expensive in England it would of been trashed after the third bowl.
Four leaf is meant to contain Virginia, cavendish, orientals and Latakia. For me it contains four other things as well, bland, boring, underwhelming and totally forgettable.
I cannot in good faith even somewhat recommend this one.
1 star and even then I feel it’s too generous.
Pipe Used:
Falcon
PurchasedFrom:
The black swan shoppe.
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