W.O. Larsen Selected Blend No. 32

Nice sweet Virginia taste with caramel flavor.The flavor is not too strong and it serves as a foil for the tobacco.But we have to be attentive to keep cool smoking to enjoy this as nice stuff. Rich tobacco flavor with a bit of sweetness and moderate strength.This is my type.

As with all my reviews I note my sense of smell is poor and hence my "room note" recorded as "unnoticeable".

A mixed bag of reviews indeed. I wonder why? This is actually a very high quality virginia tobacco. It is tastier by far than the bland and inconsequential Sam Gawith FVF and just about most other virginias out there today. It is similar to Orlik's Golden Slices but better and tastier. It is made by Orlik in Denmark but is a grade above Golden Slices.

To be honest I really can't understand many of the Reviews below but...as always with pipe tobacco...whatever floats your boat. Well, I can tell you, this baccy floats mine. If you are a quality virginia fan - try it.

It has that typical danish honey taste, albeit mild, but also has some quality VA hay and citrus flavors in there too, the casing is sweet but not over powering...a nice Danish, presentaion of the flakes is wonderful,...worth 3 stars...but IMO, could never be worth 4, nice but a little bland.

A very interesting cut, the squares have a lovely marbled look. The smell upon opening is like rich soil but with a slightly sweet undercurrent. The moisture level is just right. The tin art is simple and very appealing only slightly marred by the huge smoking kills in black letters.

The curly flake breaks up very easily if you choose to rub it out. I alternate between rubbing out and just stuffing it in which also works well. I find two squares to be the right amount.

When the match hits it, it always takes me a second to figure out when it is lit, it is that mild a smoke. At first you notice a slightly acid flavour but that fades fast. I don?t recommend smoking this in a pipe with a filter, as I don?t get much out of it with filters. The flavouring is very mild, but I feel that it is a good relaxing smoke, and if you stick with it becomes more complex and rewarding. While the nicotine content is not high, you should feel it by the end of the bowl, unless your regular smoke is Dunhill?s nightcap, in which case I suggest you slap a couple of nicotine patches on while you smoke this and most other blends. The room note is bland and will not elicit much comment, which can be a good thing. It seems to get a little moist by the end but that could be a issue with the smoker.

Overall an interesting smoke, not one I would keep on hand but I will certainly indulge in from time to time.

3 out of 5

Rather attractive squares of curly flakes, of a light brown colour. A vanilla aroma drifts over the fruity Virginia smell. Its fun to rub, releasing the aroma even more, packs easily and lights with no difficulty. The flavour is pleasant, sweetish but extremely mild, rather like one of the really fruity Virginia flakes with a hint of vanilla flavouring. It has a very pleasant room note, the smell of the virginias goes well with the vanilla. Its a really high quality tobacco, excellent if you like a mild flavour, but personally I find it a little too mild. It is unusual, and interesting to see what a Danish blender can do to a Virginia tobacco, the casings are far more subtle than in the other Danish blends I've tried. Very enjoyable, but does not make me want to smoke lots more of it.

Oomph! A bucket of sticky casing sauce just hit my head, and now my breathing organs are galvanized with gooey Danish candy-like flavouring. This is indeed a weird flake. It is the devil dressed as an angel, because the looks of the bright/orange VA is absolutely beautiful and it carries quite an amount of Nic. (that was the angel) Here comes the devil: It burns hot, it does not taste like tobacco at all, It is foul, foul weed indeed!! Even Virginia Flake from MacBaren would go as "natural" compared to this one.

Steer clear of this evil blend, unless you like heavy Danish aromatics made as flakecut..Yuck!!

Jakob Kiilerich, Denmark

On opening the tin, I feel citrous flavour a little fermented, and odour of high quality Virginia. The tin label says that this blend consists of the finest lemon and orange colored Virginia tobaccos from the best district in the U.S.A. and Zimbabwe, of which I was convinced. As other reviewers states above, I also think there is no Burley, which is exceptional among the Danish blend. On lighting tobacco, I feel sweetness of Virginia, and a little nutty flavour. Refined taste of Danish tradition! Without rubbed sufficiently, you will need light it several times. Yet, I prefer smoking this without fully rubbed. And I chose a medium sized pipe for this blend, because I feel that smoking with a large sized pipe weakens it's peculiar taste. Though Danish, if you like Virginian taste itself, this blend is worth trying.

My tin of No. 32 Curly is older and I don’t believe that it is sold in the States anymore. The flakes are not curly in the same fashion as Three Nuns or Gawtih’s Cabbie’s Mixture. They are very similar in appearance to Stokkebye’s Luxury Twist Flake. The scent of the light and medium tobaccos is mostly hay with a lightly sweet, “honey-like” topping. For me the honey flavoring increases as each bowl progresses although it doesn’t totally overpower the blend. It is medium in body with a few high notes too. No. 32 doesn’t bite, but it can burn a little hot if not respected. I enjoy this flake as a change of pace, but prefer the natural sweetness that comes with a fine aged Virginia without as much manually added as this blend offers.

Wow what a tobacco. This one is so good. When you open the tin a really sweet smell comes out. I love it. The tobacco itselfs comes in square cut pieces. To fill the pipe just take one piece out and roll it to a ball. Then put it gently into the pipe. Thats it. The smoke is cool and there are no tongue bites at all. I highly recommend this tobacco to all who loves a pure tobacco with nature sweetness and without any chemical flavouring.