W.O. Larsen Selected Blend No. 50 Maple Mixture
(3.12)
This beautifully balanced blend of Virginia, granulated cavendish, toasted cavendish and sweet, mature burley tobaccos is made according to an old recipe that has led the pipe smoker through many ages of pleasure.
Notes: Previously known as "Sweet Mixture". Name was changed to "Maple Mixture" in accordance to EU regulations.
Details
| Brand | W.O. Larsen |
| Blended By | W.O. Larsen |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Caramel, Maple, Vanilla |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch, 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.12 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 33 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 08, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
EDIT: I up this to two stars, after a little air has gotten to it. Still I find it very tangy and a little less stingy. It does have a solid Danish taste. But I won't buy it again.
I really don't like to give hard working businesses a rough time. I generally give most blends 3-4 stars. I like pipe tobacco, any tobacco blend is worth a try in my opinion. But really this blend is stingy and bitey beyond any other I have tried, and I've tried about 50 odd blends. Maybe it's just my tin, it's got 2 yrs age on it, was super dry when opened, but it still stung like hell, added a moisture button for a week, improved, but still stingy.
One of the best Danishes I have tried is Curley Cut Flake no.32...simply Danish, and simply wonderful. No.50 has a similar honey and woody flavor...but with all that sting...what's the point...really I'm amazed this blend has even 1 star from anybody!
I can only conclude I have a super stingy tin, maybe it just doesn't agree with me!...That said, I have tried some other Danish blends very similar in taste and result. I guess Danes are just into having that Scandinavian sauna affect with their pipes too. 0 stars....zero. It will go back on the shelf for a year, hoping either it or I will change for the better, failing that, wish me luck blending this one into something smokeable.
I really don't like to give hard working businesses a rough time. I generally give most blends 3-4 stars. I like pipe tobacco, any tobacco blend is worth a try in my opinion. But really this blend is stingy and bitey beyond any other I have tried, and I've tried about 50 odd blends. Maybe it's just my tin, it's got 2 yrs age on it, was super dry when opened, but it still stung like hell, added a moisture button for a week, improved, but still stingy.
One of the best Danishes I have tried is Curley Cut Flake no.32...simply Danish, and simply wonderful. No.50 has a similar honey and woody flavor...but with all that sting...what's the point...really I'm amazed this blend has even 1 star from anybody!
I can only conclude I have a super stingy tin, maybe it just doesn't agree with me!...That said, I have tried some other Danish blends very similar in taste and result. I guess Danes are just into having that Scandinavian sauna affect with their pipes too. 0 stars....zero. It will go back on the shelf for a year, hoping either it or I will change for the better, failing that, wish me luck blending this one into something smokeable.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 22, 2008 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I had high hopes of this tobacco based on reviews here. I bought a 50g tin and I've smoked it several times but not posted a review because I don't feel there's that much to say about it unfortunately.
Presentation is excellent - classy tin, ruffled paper, card top. Delightful sweet toffee aroma in the tin. Packs and lights easily. Burns evenly down to a fine ash - not goopy at all. It's very sweet in taste but unfortunately that's it, nothing more to it - therefore I find it a bit boring personally. If sweet aromatics are your thing this is a quality product that you probably should try.
I found this tobacco to be very similar in both presentation and taste to A & C Petersen's "Caledonian" but minus the boozy topping and I also reckon Caledonian has a very small amount of latakia to add interest.
Incidentally this is no longer called "Light & Sweet", it is now simply "Sweet Mixture"
Presentation is excellent - classy tin, ruffled paper, card top. Delightful sweet toffee aroma in the tin. Packs and lights easily. Burns evenly down to a fine ash - not goopy at all. It's very sweet in taste but unfortunately that's it, nothing more to it - therefore I find it a bit boring personally. If sweet aromatics are your thing this is a quality product that you probably should try.
I found this tobacco to be very similar in both presentation and taste to A & C Petersen's "Caledonian" but minus the boozy topping and I also reckon Caledonian has a very small amount of latakia to add interest.
Incidentally this is no longer called "Light & Sweet", it is now simply "Sweet Mixture"
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 10, 2007 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I can only agree with OLDTIMER; this is their best. The tin aroma is just awsome and the smell... you don't get enemies with this stuff. Sadly enough you can't find it anywhere here i Sweden any longer. Thankfully Denmark is only 1 1/2 hour away from my home.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 10, 2007 | Medium | Medium | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
For me this is the best Larsen. It has the perfume of box elder and honey. Sometimes and especially in the beginning, it can cause some burning. Its perfume is very good, and tobacco is not particularly humid. Also it does not bother and perhaps the smell in closed areas is pleasant. It is ideal in order to make mixes.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 20, 2006 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Medium | Very Pleasant |
Well, I don't smoke a lot of aromatics and although this doesn't ring my bell much, it's made of top notch leaf and is the crowd pleaser an aromatic ought to be. It starts to pick up a little strength after half bowl and the bite is minimal compared to similar blends. Tin aroma is great and the comments from people around are very positive. I would heartily reccomend this to mild aromatic smokers, but not to VA, VAPer and English pipesters
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 18, 2005 | Very Mild | Very Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant |
Tin Opening-The tin aroma is a light fruit, no one in particular, just fruity/floral. Appearance is mostly brown marble with a few dark strands.
Packing-Packed well into my Savinelli freehand.
Lighting-Two matches and a tamp
First Impression-What first impression? It doesn?t seem to make one. I had to puff a few times to make sure it was even lit because I didn?t taste anything until I hit the ¼ bowl mark
Mid Bowl-Now it?s settled into something that?s very smooth, mild in taste and has no tongue bite! This blend defines aromatic mellow with some chocos present in the taste and the aroma. Even though the bowl feels a little warm, none of the heat hits the tongue. In fact, its so cool, you have to puff more so that explains the heat. Through the mid bowl, it?s a fairly one note blend but the note works.
Finish-Slight hits of wetness arrive towards the end of the bowl and it gets more intense but it remains the one note wonder that it is.
Over all-I was all set not to like this given that the last Larsen aromatic I smoked was horrible. Overall a very good smoke for when the occasion calls for something lighter. It doesn?t have enough flavor for a day to day smoke but it is good and well made without being great.
Packing-Packed well into my Savinelli freehand.
Lighting-Two matches and a tamp
First Impression-What first impression? It doesn?t seem to make one. I had to puff a few times to make sure it was even lit because I didn?t taste anything until I hit the ¼ bowl mark
Mid Bowl-Now it?s settled into something that?s very smooth, mild in taste and has no tongue bite! This blend defines aromatic mellow with some chocos present in the taste and the aroma. Even though the bowl feels a little warm, none of the heat hits the tongue. In fact, its so cool, you have to puff more so that explains the heat. Through the mid bowl, it?s a fairly one note blend but the note works.
Finish-Slight hits of wetness arrive towards the end of the bowl and it gets more intense but it remains the one note wonder that it is.
Over all-I was all set not to like this given that the last Larsen aromatic I smoked was horrible. Overall a very good smoke for when the occasion calls for something lighter. It doesn?t have enough flavor for a day to day smoke but it is good and well made without being great.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 28, 2004 | Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
This is a delicious tobacco in the best Danish tradition. Gently sweet, excellent room note, yet very much satisfying. This is a fantastic choice for those of you looking for something with real tobacco goodness (no black cavendish goop) yet mildly sweet for a nice all-day mixture that is pleasing to those around you.
I am traditionally a smoker of English blends and stronger natural blends. I am not a big fan of modern aromatics. Yet I really like this blend. Try it.
I am traditionally a smoker of English blends and stronger natural blends. I am not a big fan of modern aromatics. Yet I really like this blend. Try it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 24, 2004 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
Now this is truly a great one. I don?t know why I don?t smoke even more of this, because in its style it has everything. Nice tobacco. Can?t quite put my finger on what exactly the casing is, but I can understand why some mention apricot, or pastry. This burns great, without tongue bite, has some tobacco taste, tastes sweet but not overwhelmingly and leaves a great room aroma. Somewhat above the mild line in strength. Everytime I have a less than ideal pipe experience (trying out a new tobacco, or getting bitten after puffing some tobacco too hard or whaterver), I always think ?If only I had filled the bowl with this no50?.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 16, 2003 | Medium to Strong | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I deliberately forced myself not to review this tobacco for a couple of months, because I needed some time to find the right words. Words that are worthy of this fine fine blend. A high quality aromatic by the danish master blender W.O. Larsen. Complex and addictive. That would describe it best in my opinion. Among all the tobaccos I tried, this one resides among the top five. In the tin the smell is that of chocolate and caramel, giving the false impression, this might be a light aromatic, which can be smoked without much care. I cannot stress enough, how important it is that one does not fall into this trap. It is neither of light strength, nor does it allow one smoke it carelessly. It is inforgiving´ and must be smoked slowly or it will taste like smoldering paper or worse. The first half of the bowl, the sweeter nuances are clearly dominant. A taste of caramel with hints of chocolate, almonds and coffee please the tongue and palate. Then the burley kicks in. A nutty and robust burley taste comes into play and harmonizes perfectly with the caramel taste. I suppose, it's also the burley, that adds the generous portion of nicotine. After smoking a bowl of this I eperience the same satisfaction as with stronger natural tobaccos (without Latakia). The room note is a dream. Highest recommandations.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 07, 2002 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Very Pleasant |
Selected Blend N° 50 is very similar to McConell´s Black and Gold, and to Petersen & Sorensen?s Danish Mixture. Golden Virginias, sugary by nature, mid brown matured Burleys (very smooth and discreetly applied) and a sweet toasted Black Cavendish with a flowery taste, combine to produce a very tasty and smooth mixture in the best Danish tradition. It has the aroma of freshly baked pastry and if you like that kind of taste, it is very savoury without being syrupy or goopy.
Like all Larsen´s, the tobacco is of the highest quality. Ribbon cut, and a bit more moist than other similar blends from the same house, it never the less pack very easily, it burns smooth and it smokes clean. The aroma is highly appreciated by non smokers and ladies. Unlike Selected Blend N° 80 (which using similar components, manages to deliver more strength and a more defined tobacco flavour), the aromatic components in this one are more evident and tend to dilute the natural taste of the leaf . It is also milder and more than two or three bowls a day can lead to a certain amount of tongue bite.
As a change of pace within the aromatic range, this one may be an excellent choice. It is entirely different from most drug store blends and IMO far superior than many other Danish aromatics. I still prefer, though, Selected Blend N° 80.
Like all Larsen´s, the tobacco is of the highest quality. Ribbon cut, and a bit more moist than other similar blends from the same house, it never the less pack very easily, it burns smooth and it smokes clean. The aroma is highly appreciated by non smokers and ladies. Unlike Selected Blend N° 80 (which using similar components, manages to deliver more strength and a more defined tobacco flavour), the aromatic components in this one are more evident and tend to dilute the natural taste of the leaf . It is also milder and more than two or three bowls a day can lead to a certain amount of tongue bite.
As a change of pace within the aromatic range, this one may be an excellent choice. It is entirely different from most drug store blends and IMO far superior than many other Danish aromatics. I still prefer, though, Selected Blend N° 80.
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