John Middleton, Inc Prince Albert Soft Vanilla Cavendish

BE CAREFUL! This has no flavor! inorderto taste the vanilla, you will burn yourself. The pouch smell is very pleasant... makes ya wanna eat it. My Mother lovesthe smell of this stuff but it's not quite strong enough for my taste. If you wantsoething to smell good, smoke it. If you want a good flavor.... DON'T

I like these line to be those early morning pipe with mi cup of coffee. The taste is very mild but pleasant, lights up easy,lots of smoke, the wife loves the room note but like most OTC tobacco there's just no NC on this fella. The only reason i have it it's because it was given to me.

Have to say it's a good change of pace once in a while.

Just as plain as Capt. Black Gold. Not bad, but not that good either... Hardly any taste, the room not is good though. Thats it.

I'll start by saying that I like Prince Albert its my rescue tobak. (If I have a cold , burned tongue its my smoke) This being said I had never tried the Prince's other offerings untill recently when a friend gave me a bag. Knowing full well you get what you pay for,... Now I hate the thought of saying this, but here goes "I WAS WRONG!" I was only wrong once in my life (I thought I was wrong but later found out that I was wrong)!

This tobacco is a less harsh match for Cpt. Black White, easy to pack and light , no bite, burns easy, but a little fast. A little milder than I usually prefer (thats why its a 3 star) but a nice all day smoke. Having been pleasently surprised I will NOW try the Princes other offerings with an open mind try it before you condemn it, who knows you might be surprised also. (and you would not like to be wrong) hoo-boy

This is a well balanced vanilla burley blend. In the hot weather I've been smoking this in my aromatic pipes and enjoying it quite a bit. I mix it half and half with Velvet for a very aromatic burley smoke. Not too much goop, wonderful fresh (not artificial tasting) vanilla flavor and it's cheap and readily available. Reccomended especially considering the price.

While this is very remenicent of Lane's RLP 6, it tastes better, burns better and has a better price ($5.00 for 9 ounces). If you love RLP 6/Captain Black, then smoke this instead and save some money.

I picked this up with a recent on-line tobacco order thinking it would be like the regular Prince Albert with a vanilla topping. It's nothing like that at all. This is a mix of Black Cavendish (90%) and Virginia Bright and is a very appealing looking Black and Gold mixture. Opening the bag, you're hit with one of the best pouch aromas ever. It's vanilla, but nothing like I've found before. It's very similar to C&D's Mocha or Espresso blends meaning that there's a lot of different flavors coming out that aren't "just vanilla" (or coffee or whatever, etc.). Others have compared this to the Captain, but I think it's much better and way more complex tasting. Taste is sweet and vanilla and the room aroma is fantastic also. It lights fairly easy for being so moist and burns down with no problem and a few swipes of a cleaner. The ash is one of the whitest I've seen in a heavy aromatic and there's very little wet dottle at the end. Price was 9oz for 5 bucks. I think of this as a better version of Lane's RLP-6. I'm really glad I took a chance on this blend now.

This is Prince Albert?s answer to Captain Black. It looks, smells and tastes similar to Captain Black. The difference between the two is in price. I found a place online that sells 9 ounce bags of this blend for $5.00. It doesn?t get much cheaper than that. There is nothing remarkable about this blend; it?s just a good, vanilla flavored aromatic. This is certainly not for those who require complexity in their tobacco or don?t like aromatics but if you want a respectable vanilla smoke that is dirt cheap and will be a crowd pleaser, then it?s hard to go wrong with the Prince.

Update: I've downgraded my review because I doubt that I will buy this again unless desperate. There is just too much good tobacco out there to waste money on this unless you can't get to your tobacconist.

The local Rite Aid pharmacies and Food Lion grocery stores always seem to have this tobak on their shelves. In the realm of "drugstore" stuff PA Soft Vanilla is akin to the Capt. Blacks in looks, smell and taste, but the keyword here is "soft." It wasn't as *bitey* as some aromatics can be. I hadn't smoked this for some time now, until recently, but this one was my "cheapo" of choice in days gone by. I always had a package or two of this around. The broken/ribbon-like tobacco is mostly black w/dark browns and lighter browns w/veins of blonds. The vanilla casing is not overly heavy and poly-glycol seems to have been used in a restrained amount rendering the tobacco moist but not really sticky and wet. You'll still feel it on your fingers, but they won't stick together. Loads & lights well enough and does smoke cool and reasonably dry. Yes, there was a bit of dottle left @ bowls end and a bit of gurgle along the way. Smoking this in a filter pipe would be a good idea. The flavor was pleasant & sweet and LSW enjoyed the room aroma. I tried this again to refresh my memory & I still find it to be a satisfactory smoke, but as I rarely do aromatics like this anymore, I doubt that I will purchase much more of this. I still think it's pretty good though. Mind you, for newbies & aromatic fanciers this would be a very good choice, IMHO, and I feel it's one of the better OTC blends you can purchase especially if your really price-conscious. I've seen it priced in the range of $1.59-$1.89 per tri-fold pouch depending on the area & the store. OK for if you happen to not have any good stuff with you. Used to work for me, but it won't be a habit anymore.