Dan Tobacco Sweet Vanilla Honeydew

This is a quality cut aromatic, with only high grade virginias lightly cased with (what I feel is mostly coconut). Wonderful aroma. This will bite especially on relight. It burns evenly, leaving a little goop at the bottom, but not much. I will buy more.

Paitence, friends, this is loooooong winded

First two things first. ok, three really.(plus a fourth, then the review) 1. this review is for my wife. this is her all time favorite. 2. Strength is relative, she mostly smokes light smokes. 3. Room note is Very Pleasant,(this site always gets this wrong) and I agree. So, my wonderful wife depends on me sometimes to express herself. I say sometimes because she is an English shy woman. Her tounge is Austrian. She is also a little afraid to be seen smoking a pipe in public, a problem that says much about stereotypes in the collective us, whatever country. Yes, though, she tokes, and she loves the smell of Black Mallory (smoked and un) although she's afraid to smoke it. Review. We first tasted this in Italy. I found a pipe shop in Fierenze(sp) (Florence) and spent 40? on some Rattray's 7 reserve, Peterson's Dublin and Whiskey, and Sweet vanilla Honeydew. That's all the good stuff I could find. (the are two of DAN SVH listed here, I picked the underdog). Never had we smelled anything so tastey, in a pipe or tin. In fact, it was that evening that my wife smoked her fist pipeful. She now owns two pipes. (please don't tell her friends) he he he My thoughts--Though this has great aroma and flavor, for me it has no nicotine and bites worse than any Mac Baren. thanks for your time. . . .smoke it if you got it.;-}

It's... not that bad! I can no longer smoke many of the aromatics I previously enjoyed, notably MacBarens Vanilla Cream (too fruity), but I came across this in my cellar and re-tried it. Sweet and vanilla-y and surprisingly enjoyable as a change of pace.

The cut is very fine ribbons which makes for easy loading and minimal relights. No propylene glycol, no goop. The taste is simply Virginia tobacco and vanilla, no more nor less. No cavendish or seemingly artificial flavoring, no caramel, apricot, "gangrenous horse meat", just vanilla and not all that overpowering (in a year-opened tin, anyway). Some reviewers detected coconut, I cannot.

Of course, one should use a dedicated pipe for aromatics; I suspect it leaves a mark.

The room note is definitely social, as one would expect.

If you need a break from Penzance or Nightcap, this is about as opposite as you can get. For those who just want a tad of vanilla top note, use it as a condiment with your usual Virginia.

Certainly a must-try for the aromatic smoker and the former Captain Black smokers. I won't smoke this all the time, but it will definitely displace a couple other aromatics when I'm looking for a change. High class stuff here.

My first encounter with this blend was a bit overwhelming. The smoke really improved as I worked my way down the bowl. This has the same distinct flavoring system as Blue Note without what others have referred to as a "bubble gum" flavor. I think this tobacco will improve as the strength of the topping evaporates somewhat. If it doesn't lessen over time, this will be an occasional change-of-pace. A quality tobac that burns quite a long time for an Aromatic.

SWEET, SWEET, SWEET! Another great smelling tin by C.A.O.; but also another C.A.O. aromatic that was too sweet for me (like Blue Note). This smells like a flavored, fruity desert and more like vanilla extract than vanilla scented tobacco. The smell was great; the smoke was not. This is what I think it would taste like to pack sugar and vanilla extract into my favorite pipe and light it up.

One of the best aromatics I have ever tried: not my favourite kind of tobacco, but certainly a top quality stuff. The tin aroma is EXTREMELY sweet, like candy: caramel, vanilla, honey, coconut. The positive thing is that it smells like real good additives, not the chemical, unnatural smell of many other aromatics (including Planta Danish Black Vanilla). The look is of a ready rubbed-orange colored virginia: an unusual choice, since most aromatics rely on cavendish, and a good one. This is one of the few aromatics in which you still can feel some tobacco in it, and the natural sweetness of Virginia is ideally complemented by the casing. Upon firing, the taste is not as sweet and dominated by vanilla as one might expect from the tin aroma. It isn't nauseating at all, unlike Danish Black Vanilla. The taste is a careful balance between the virginia tobacco, the vanilla, and a hint of something that may remind of anise. It burns fine, with some wetness but not much sticky goop. Really, I don't like aromatics but this one can't seem to have any real negative points to complain about, unless of course my lack of passion for aromatics. It is also one of the very few blends that my female colleagues at work appreciate, so for someone this might be an added value. But, after all, CAO is always a guarantee for decent tobaccos of any kind... If you like the genre, you can boost my rating to three stars.

One of the best aromatics I have ever tried: not my favourite kind of tobacco, but certainly a top quality stuff. The tin aroma is EXTREMELY sweet, like candy: caramel, vanilla, honey, coconut. The positive thing is that it smells like real good additives, not the chemical, unnatural smell of many other aromatics (including Planta Danish Black Vanilla). The look is of a ready rubbed-orange colored virginia: an unusual choice, since most aromatics rely on cavendish, and a good one. This is one of the few aromatics in which you still can feel some tobacco in it, and the natural sweetness of Virginia is ideally complemented by the casing. Upon firing, the taste is not as sweet and dominated by vanilla as one might expect from the tin aroma. It isn't nauseating at all, unlike Danish Black Vanilla. The taste is a careful balance between the virginia tobacco, the vanilla, and a hint of something that may remind of anise. It burns fine, with some wetness but not much sticky goop. Really, I don't like aromatics but this one can't seem to have any real negative points to complain about, unless of course my lack of passion for aromatics. It is also one of the very few blends that my female colleagues at work appreciate, so for someone this might be an added value. But, after all, CAO is always a guarantee for decent tobaccos of any kind... If you like the genre, you can boost my rating to three stars.

This one surprised me!

08-24-04 Appearance and Tin Aroma: Sweet Vanilla and something else? Coconilla? Nice golden VA rubbed out flake.

Packing and Lighting: the flakes are broken, but still a little stubborn to pack. Lighting was typical two-three lights.

Initial Flavor: Strong casing at first!

Mid-Bowl: VA starts to assert itself, casing mellows.

Bottom of bowl: A slight build up of strength, casing is still strong, can get a little ashy flavored at times.

Overall: This is a nice VA aromatic, sure to quench the sweet-tooth from time to time. I still prefer MC Clelland's 221b Honeydew over this one though. That one is smoother and not quite as sweet, with the leaf a little more noticable in the flavor.I think a get a few tins and age and see what happens in a few years. BTW this finishes dry, but will flavor your pipe, dedicate a pipe to it!

Rating 3.75 out of 5 points.

i really like this tobacco.i love aromatic blends and this one is a good one.to me the tin smell is a chocolate,vanilla mix.while smoking it i can taste a little chocolate every now and then.it burns great and burns to a nice white ash.the room note is very pleasant.a light vanilla scent was how my family describes it.

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i really enjoy mac barens vanilla cream.this blend doesnt have the bite that mac barens does.it burns cool and sweet.if your looking for a great tasting and smelling aromatic tobacco give this one a try.if you dont like it send it to me!