Peterson Luxury Blend

I guess I was hoping for something else in this blend by Peterson. I love an aromatic and even more so with the case of a Vanilla, but the discription did say "and a touch of the all time favourite Vanilla Flavour", there was a very small touch as I never did detect the Vanilla.

The tobacco had the taste was that of a sweet fruity flavor and the aroma was almost too sweet.

The one thing I would recommend if one decides to smoke this tobacco, dedicate a pipe just for this blend alone as it will be in the bowl of your pipe for a long time.

Well I had high hopes for Luxury Blend to be a plesant change of pace from my regular English blends. Alas it was not to be. There may have been some tobacco in the tin, but I couldn't tell as the casing was overwhelming! The taste was of honey and Orange Crush and that's it. The burn was alright, but when a tobacco taste's this bad, who the Hell cares how well it burns?!! I had to use the salt&alcohol treatment afterwards as the flavor hijacked my pipe. I didn't even try to unload this on a fellow BoB, I tossed the remainder into the trash. Zero stars!

Despite the name, I did not find the blend luxurious.

To be fair, it might well be if you are into aromatics. The additives do not come across as too unnatural or strong, but consequently the tobacco remains a hot burner with wet residue.

The smell from the cut is delicious. The room note is good too. And while the honey and vanilla do remain in the actual smoking, they are faint. The smoke is (dimmly) sweet and hay-like from the black cavendish and the virginias.

Do not puff fast on this one.

My first review ever. Let me start by stating, that the tin labeling does not state this as being an aromatic. So to say that I was surprised by the in your face tin note is an understatement. It has an unpleasant odor, reminded me a cheap smelling champagne. My first bowl was direct from tin, no drying time, big mistake. Needed several relight I could barely get a draw before off before going out, so just let it stand in the pipe for 10 minutes or so before attempting to go at it again. About halfway through it finally caught an I was able to put the lighter away. Once a steady burn took place, you can taste the honey. I found little to no bite, and flavoring was pleasant. As far as room note, I have no idea, I'm plagued with never being able to smell my own pipe and rely on bystanders comments. Since no one commented negatively or complimentary I'm guessing the room note is very light and not unpleasant. There was quite a bit of doddle and not very much white ash. Nic level left me unsatisfied. I find most Peterson tobaccos hit or miss and this was a miss. I highly recommend letting this dry before packing. I will dump this into a glass container and come back to it in a month or so and try it again and update my review. With all this being said, if you're on a budget spend your $12 bucks on different blend. I hope my first review of a tobacco was helpful and saves you from wasting your money.

About 8 years ago I visited tobaccoshop in Avignon (France), but they had only Petersons. I tried the cheapest tin - Luxury Blend and then I realized why every tobacco from Peterson had the same price except this one. It was so dull, boring, actually without any taste.

Threw many years Luxury Blend was cheaper than other Petersons in all Europe. Nowadays, they sell it with the same price, but it's not worth of trying. Seriously, get some Sherlock Holmes instead.

I've enjoyed other Peterson blends so I was anticipating this one. Maybe I got a bad tin but this was like drawing hot air through my pipe. I've noticed there are reviews of blends in which some of the critics claim the particular blend was overcased with sickeningly sweet goop and other reviewers say the same blend had no aromatic qualities at all. I wonder if the problem is one of quality control and consistency by the blending company.

According to the label, this blend was cased with orange, vanilla and honey. In an attempt to salvage this tin and get some flavor into it I've sprinkled a few drops of triple sec onto the paper liner and closed the tin tightly for a few days. We'll see how it works in a couple of days.

In the future I'll stick with Sweet Mystery, Peterson's Deluxe and the Stanwell stuff.

UPDATE: Well, the triple sec treatment didn't help at all. I finished the tin anyway but I'm not likely to get another.