Solani 369: Blue Label

It has a VERY sweet berry-akin taste that is a lot like the casing on x sweet mystery except this blend is not as good.

x sweet mystery is better given the choice. so try that if your looking at solani

Taste good wouldnt smoke it all the time but very nice when company around.

This is the tobacco I smoke when I want something floral and girlie. No, really, I mean that. This tastes like potpourri, but not if you stuck potpourri out of the girlie store into your pipe; but more like, if you took the essence of all the good things about potpourri out of the girlie store and were able to distill it into a pipe tobacco and smoke it. It's fun, pleasant to smoke, easy on everyone around you in terms of odor out of the tin before it's on fire, and odor out of the pipe when it's on fire, and odor out of the ashtray after it's done being on fire. It's not "really" a "real man's" tobacco, but those of us who are confident in our masculinity are comfortable wearing pink shirts and smoking Solani Blue. 🙂

I do see how people might feel misled. The can description is far from the smoking experience. It's a cherry-based casing of some sort, not unlike a lot of the Christmas odors that pop up around holiday season. One of my tobacconists has a cherry-plus-Latakia thing she calls "Flambeau," which is her name for a standard Lane's creation that I'm sure plenty of y'all have smoked. Orientals like Latakia would not be your first instinct to combine with a sickly-sweet casing like cherry flavoring, but when you think about it, they kind of "cancel" each other while also "complementing," just as does that pink gooey sweet-and-sour sauce that they put on Peking Duck at cheap Chinese restaurants. Know what I mean? I like it. Then again, I like eating at cheap Chinese restaurants, and I always found potpourri in my girlfriend's lingerie drawer quite pleasant, too. Guess I'll go put on my pink shirt now, and wear it to lift some weights and open some doors with my skull.

Once in a while you run across a blend that all it takes is one bowl, and you either give the balance of the tin to any unsuspecting person in the vicinity, or you will never be without an extra tin or two in your tobacco cellar. 369 Blue is one of them.

I wish I could describe the the taste (of the casing) better, but I can safely say I have never smelled or tasted anything quite like it. And strangely, this tobacco tastes very much like it smells. The Virginia I can detect through the casing, but not the Perique.

I don't expect many will find this blend to be an "all day" smoke, primarily due to the price, but it's a fine blend if you're looking for something a little different for special occasions.

F. Prefect

Potpourri anyone? I can't believe they waste such beautiful tins on this nastyness. Better off used as a bathroom or car freshener.

It would be nice to know what the content of each pipe tobacco is, how much nicotine, whether additives or flavorings were used. I guess if the government doesn't mandate this it's not likely to happen.

Left to speculation, then, I can only say this stuff is a good, light, flavorful smoke with a room note that people like. It doesn't make your head swim, it doesn't leave a coating in your mouth that inhibits further taste. It does smell very good, both in the tin and as a smoke.

It burns smoothly and slowly, and is very satisfying. One of my current favorites.

Can't improve too much on that first review. I tried this at the March 2002 NY Pipe Convention and it restored my faith in aromatics. A nice cool smoke, delightful taste and aroma without being overwhemling. Fruity with that touch of perique...just magical. This will be a regular smoke during spring and summer...will have to wait to see how it fares in the fall and winter.

Upon opening the tin, an mild aroma of VA and Perique mixed with vanilla fills the air. I'm not sure if the tobacco is actually cased with vanilla, but it sure smells and tastes like it. The ribbon cut allows for easy filling of my Peterson full bent meer, and it lights easily. The tobacco is not overly moist in the can and as such burns very nicely, not too warm, yet it does not need frequent relighting (although that could be technique. The aroma is very much vanillaish (patrons at the local pub have told me so) and it tastes much the way it smells, with a very full strong flavor. The flavor of the VA and Perique is not lost with the topping which makes for a nice all round pleasant smoke. To date Solani 369 is one of my favorites.

wow...misleading tin, misleading marketing...this is the same as these Caribbean Blue Pirates in Tights series mishaps, absolutely overwhelmingly chemical juicy fruit gummy bears, it will ghost a pipe into pieces never to use again. This is so bad. On a positive note: It does make a great potpourri in the rest room. It last's about 2 months as an air freshener.