Peterson Sunset Breeze

I had a tin of this aromatic years ago right after it was introduced to the market. I took notes about Sunset Breeze being intensly flavored with the aroma of sweet almonds (Amaretto).

This time around I found a tobacco with hardly any flavor noticeable. Neither added aromas nor distinct tobacco flavors were to be found. It is not bad or a total waste of money, just lacks any good reason to ever purchase it again.

Sunset Breeze is of medium strength with a tendency to get a bit bitey/dusty when smoked too hot.

A aromatic blend of Virginia, Burley, Black Cavendish & cased with Amaretto. First smell from the tin was caramel / butterscotch, probably due to the Cavendish & Burley. On first light, the same butterscotch / nuttiness were evident and then suddenly, notes of sweet something. Not necessarily the amaretto, more a marzipan-like flavour. Only deeper in the bowl, I could trace the Amaretto - very lightly. For those who like these flavours, probably a good aromatic blend but not my favourite. I will probably not buy another tin.

This is a great aromatic, no doubt. It is loved by your room, nicely cased but just too much. Tobacco -very good- is there and you feel it BUT I have a problem with the temperature. It seems to me that caramelization times and periods of virginias and others do not collide nor harmonize. Thus the whole bowl is a sort of - quite fast - alternate scenes’ sequence with different actors playing separately. Might be nice to others, while for me this was a tiring experience, also due to a very quick burning time. There are TOO MANY worse aromatics than this, but there are several which are far better.

Review after 5 years: I have definitely put down aromatics and flavoured, except for a couple of compulsory exceptions (St Bruno, Epiphany,..) Nowadays, I don’t see any clue in such chemical and perfumed weeds. Downgrading to 1 star, which goes out for my fellows who smoke tobacco rather than creamy soaps.

Sunset Breeze, makes you picture that you are on an Island vacation or on a Luxury yacht somewhere in the Caribbean. 🙂

This was my first tinned tobacco I bought after smoking dozens of our local tobacconist's house blends. I wanted something with an aroma that makes everything smell nice LOL.

Well opening the tin it smelled divine, ameretto was pronounced, nuts and a hint of maple maybe. It was the best purchase I made I thought at the time. It was slightly on the moist side so I set it out on my tobacco board and let it air about 20 minutes or so.

I loaded it in a Big Ben pipe, cannot remember the model but it was bent pipe. My lord was I surprised when I smoked this. I was a new pipe smoker at the time and did not realize that that delicious smells from the tin did not translate to the taste. It was HOT, like in steamy hot. No tobacco taste, no amaretto or tastes of any kind, just pure hot steam. Oh and I made my first acquaintance with tongue bite. Well needless to say, I was left with a sore tongue and a tobacco I did not like.

I tried smoking this a few times, I really wanted to like this tobacco but every smoke was the same. It got put down somewhere and I forgot about it. 4 month or so later i discovered it again but it was dried out, still smelled great though but I chucked it into the bin. It just was not for me, it smoked too hot and too wet.

This blend hits somewhere in the middle of the Peterson aromatic line up. It just really does nothing for me personally, YMMV. Tin note and room note are very pleasing, just has no oomph in the flavor or nicotine areas.

Fine cut tobacco, quite dark. Smells amaretto out of the tin.

Tongue taste (the taste you feel on your tongue when you first get the smoke into your mouth): Very mild, with a slight sugary taste and some citrus hints.

Snork taste (the taste when you roll the smoke around in your mouth and out of your nostrils): Slightly dry, possibly a bit of virginia. Parchment.

All together: Smells nice but tastes too mild. Sometimes difficult to taste at all - a lot of "hot air". Those who are more acutely sensitive to sweet taste might like it, but I need something that has more taste than this one.

The tin smells delicious. It’s not bad to smoke. It’s a bit wet in the tin, so dry it first.

Upon initial lighting, it’s very nice. However, the flavour disappears after a few puffs and you are left with a bland tobacco.

Of the Peterson aromatics, Killarney is the only one worth buying.

If you are new to smoking, don’t start with aromatics.

Try a Virginia like Peterson Royal Yacht or Peterson flake. Or de luxe navy rolls (Virginia Perique). Then move on to My Mixture 965 to try a Latakia English blend.

Then, try an aromatic if you wish, and my suggestion would be Killarney.

So this one was a real downer for me. I had heard great things about it, but admittedly it was mainly about the room note. Ironically I would give this a lower rating on room note than some other blends as well.

Taste wise I found it reasonably flat; "hot air" syndrome. There is a tobacco taste but its not terrifically rich taste wise.

I also found this blend very "bitey" and no matter how I've approached it, what I find is that I am looking forward to the bowl just being finished, just out of principles sake.

Won't be buying this one again -- and admittedly as its my first Peterson blend, it has me a little nervous about others from Peterson.

No recommend to smoke. Unpleasant it bite your tongue. Amaretto smell only in a tin when open it. Tobacco too hot. I will not buy it again. This is a bod Peterson I ever take.