Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Cherry & Vanilla

I don't usually smoke aromatics, but I was with a friend while he was smoking this and was moved to try it by the room note. It's all right if you like aromatics, but I found it hot and cloying. The room note is (to my mind) the only good thing about it. Nowhere near as awful as some of the Borkum Riff aros, but I wouldn't buy it again. By all means try it if heavily cased tobaccos are your thing, though. It isn't too strong and may be a good introductory smoke for the new piper.

Here's one I would never have bought, but got instead as a free sample. Cherry is not a good flavor for me. The addition of vanilla in this case didn't help. As far as cherry aros go it's better than most. The flavor is mild in extreme, unusual for a GH product. The room note is putrid.

Not the worst I've had by far, and I may finish the ounce before I die, but it's not likely.

When I was first smoking a pipe, after smoking a bit of clan, a friend told me to try this. I'm sure he meant well, but as he didnt actually smoke a pipe himself I should have known not to trust him.

Clan is an aromatic I enjoy, as it tastes of tobacco, and the vanilla and licorice simply complements this. But this has no taste of its own, except sweetness and tongue bite. The smell is pleasing enough, but I smoke for myself, not for an audience. It burns rather hot, bites, and tends to drip as it is so sticky.

I have since found some flavoured aromatics I can enjoy, but this one is very disappointing. Kids may want to eat it, I'm sure its less toxic than most other candy...

Absolute rubbish. This isn’t pipe tobacco. It is chemically syrup.

It comes very wet and it needs drying to smoke it. However, the wetness is some gloopy chemical and takes forever to get this dry enough. When it does, it still has the nasty chemical.

Do not whatever you do, put this anywhere near a good quality pipe. If you really have to try it, smoke it through a £5 corncob.

But save yourself the money and disappointment- buy a good quality aromatic.

If you haven’t tried Peterson Killarney, please try that and have a great tasting and smelling aromatic smoke.

If you are new to smoking, start of with a Virginia. Or a Virginia Perique blend before you try horrible aromatics like this - it will put the beginner of smoking.

This was the first tobacco a tobacconist recommended to me. I was fooled by the sweetness of the cherry and the hints of vanilla but was a little disappointed with the smoke. It was too cool for my liking and went out pretty quickly. In terms of aroma it was fairly pleasant but I wouldn't buy it again. I didn't like how sticky/moist the blend was or the heavy sweetness of it. It is a good blend for a beginner because it'll show him what sort of blend he'd really like.

call me a sucker! I am a fan of G&H et al, but this one did not do it for me. Everytime I was beginning to taste tobacco, the topping overpowered it. I'll stick to real cherries, thank you! Now where did I leave my tin of Bob's Chocolate Flake?

Rating 0 out of 5 points...

when you open the pouch you are hit with a very strong pleasant smell of cherry and vanilla.very moist and real pain to light.reminds me of cherry coke.i find this blend is flat.the room aroma is strong.cherry is not for me.

Smells beautiful out of the pouch, but doesnt smoke very well. I found this a real pain to light evenly, and to keep lit. Every so often you get lovely taste of the smooth cherry and vanilla, but more often than not it is just a flat and unpleasant smoke. Bites like a b!tch too. Sad, because there are the occasional notes of beauty from this, but not common enough to make it worth the effort.

As the prior review stated, the smoke is very flat and uninteresting.

Vanilla & cherry coke in a pipe, although the soft drink may burn better.