Peterson Luxury Blend

I bought a tin of this on my 31st birthday while I was taking my son to the park. I wanted something sweet. I don't really like aromatic blends anymore, but this one surprised me. I also bought a cob in the drug store across the street bc I'm always wary of putting aromatics in my pipes meant for other things. They can be goopy, ruin a pipe until it's cleaned thoroughly. Even then maybe not.

The tin presentation is kinda on the light side. More golden colors than browns. The tin aroma is very pleasant, light tobacco scent with a light whiff of honey and a bit stronger smell of vanilla. It was a little moist, so I dried I for a few mins before packing. It took three chars to get an ash layer on top, but it lit well after that.

It took about half the bowl to get things really going the first time. The flavor intensifies after that a bit. It's still not very strong, but it is very tasty. Well done aromatic in my opinion. Not goopy, not too sweet. It has a great vanilla taste, and the honey is a bit more of a background note to me. Pretty mild flavor even towards the end of the bowl. The topping hangs on almost all way as well.

I would recommend this one to most smokers, as it can work well in mixed company, and you may even be able to smoke this inside without getting your balls broken by the old lady. Also, it goes ok with bourbon. At least knob creek from my experience. I think its pretty tasty, and it probably won't ruin a pipe on you. I would still suggest a cob dedicated to it however. It may be a bit mild, and not very strong, but it's better than smoking in exile during social events. I kept the tin around for some time and broke it out for parties and such. I may get more some day, but for now my social circle seems to have adjusted a bit more to my pipes' prescience.

When I read the tin, I immediately thought I would love this....a blend of three different Virginias, Burley and Cavendish with a hint of orange, honey and vanilla. Well, I couldn't find any honey; not in the tin or in the smoke or on the palate, but surely orange and vanilla. I didn't get the bite as some warned. The room note was pleasant! Funny, my son smelled "rooibos", a South African grown tea. The vanilla was more noticeable in the room note while the orange was more on the palate. Overall a pleasant smoke.

A few weeks later, and I can say...the honey was there. Very nice balance between the nuttiness of the Burley, some sweetness from the Virginia to counter the Burley and the touch of honey, orange & Vanilla. Honeybush!

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A wonderful blend with a subtle, but defiantly noticeable, sweet taste of honey and Vanilla (although less vanilla). The only time I get an astringent taste (I think some may refer to it orange) is if it's smoked repeatable and often, taking too big of a draw and not letting the pipe rest between puffs. For me to get the full taste of the honey casing is by clenching on the pipe in the teeth and ever so gently, slowly and calmly puffing and letting the smoke almost float out of my mouth. Otherwise I get what others have described as orange / citrus (as I mentioned, for me a bitter astringent taste)

Once you've got the hang of it, you will be rewarded with a full flavoured quality aromatic.

I went to my local Russian supplier and asked for a tin of Sherlock Holmes to try for the first time and when I got back to the hotel this was what was in the bag. I was disappointed but tried it anyway and enjoyed it very much. Easy filling and stayed lit throughout. A few flavours going on here. Orange comes through very well.Loads of aroma to. It burns well and quite slowly. Enjoyed it. I think all Peterson tobacco seems to suit me well. It probably wont be a regular though. Old Dublin still does it for me. I have now experienced 8 different tobaccos and touch wood havent yet felt any tongue burn yet I like to pull the smoke over my tongue in short pulls to get all the flavour when testing.

Luxury Blend is an interesting tobacco. Made up of predominantly Va's, but with a bit of Black Cavendish and Burley to keep the Va in check.

The cut is nice, and the tobacco looks good in the tin.

I am not normally a fan of blends heavy on the Va, but this one is pleasant. I did however get reminded of the Va presence on the first bowlful. Yup, got myself bitten. I let it dry a bit and slowed myself down a tad and solved that problem.

Others have said that the casing was too strong. I didn't find this to be so. Like the others, I also never really noticed the vanilla either.

What I did find was a pleasant enough aromatic that burned clean and actually had a bit of complexity to it. Not a lot, mind you, but some. If I wasn't wary of Va bite, I'd consider this an all-day smoke. I prefer to keep my attention focused when smoking Virginia blends just to be safe.

After this tin, I have one more. I'm not too sure if I'l be replacing it when it's gone. Only time will tell.

Nice strong aroma from the tin, vanilla, honey and orange... seems promising. The cut is quite uneven, a mix of smaller and bigger pieces of various shapes.

From the smoke i get about the same notes, but they are slightly subdued. Vanilla is the lead singer while the honey and orange stay firmly in the background. Mechanically it behaves okay, when paced it stays relatively cool throughout the bowl, needing occasional relights. The room note is a winner! Good aromatic.

Recommended!

Well, I regret to say this is another Peterson blend I'm rather underwhelmed with. The tin note is indeed exquisite, but the flavor just didn't come close. Pretty mild and only slightly flavored to my palate. I'm discovering that I am most partial to heavily flavored American style aromatics and not so much to their lighter Danish/European iterations. The burn was good, and I had no problems with tongue bite. The moisture content out of the tin necessitated bit of drying for my taste. By no means a bad blend, but for me there are plenty of better ones out there. I have another tin in the cellar and will revisit it in the future, but for now : 3 stars.

Mix with Peterson University flak in 1:1 ratio is perfect. You can get stronger flavor and nicotine level from the flake and pleasant room note from Luxury Blend.

heavier version of de lux mixture,,and more clear to the taste buds in this blend u can really taste the diffrence between the V and B as well as the cavendish well rounded and decent tobaco for the aromatic lovers,,,i reach out for the tin from time to time to give my buds a decent sweet taste of vanilla nugat chocolate with out hurting my pipe or soring my tongue burn well and leave a clean pipe after ward,,have a constant tin in the cellar