W.O. Larsen Signature Vintage Mixture

Fruity, Nutty, Sweet Full Satisfaction for Fans of aromatic blends! a must try...

When you open this tin, you feel like being in paradise. Like smelling fruits and honey. This one is of very high quality Virginia, nicely packed, but... It's much too expensive and very mild for my interests. I tried to combine it with Brebbia Romanza but the result was awful. If you have any suggestion, you should tell me.

My tin was not wet nor in need of any drying time. The tin note is quite pleasing. Vanilla, Cherry, and almonds. Taste, cherry, vanilla, hay, and strawberries.

Tin note is very promising sweet citrus floral scent . Fine ribbon cut. lots of colors in the tobacco. moisture content was prefect. This is defiantly a floral blend of tobacco. The toppings/casings well overpower the tobacco in this blend. If you are looking for fragrant blend this is the one for you. Reminds me of really nice potpourri. Very mild tobacco almost no nic hit to speak of. I would consider this a full aromatic blend but not sweet whatsoever. Full disclosure not my personal taste, but I know there are many floral blends available and this is defiantly full floral in taste. If that's what you are looking for this is it .

I've been tooting on pipes for 40 years, I still couldn't tell you the various things others taste, hints of this hints of that etc. I either like a tobacco or not. Virginia's are sweet that I know. What kind of sweet? No idea. I smoke for nicotine, I get my fix from this blend without torching my tongue and can do several bowls in a day. There is a pleasant feel to this blend, its smooth. Bottom line is that it is good, very good. I bought another after smoking first tin. If I buy 2 you should buy 1.

Updated January 23rd, 2023.

Tin note: Strong smell, which kinda resembled the other two W.O. Larsen’s I’ve had, namely 1864 Mixture and 2018 Limited Edition. Has a strong vanilla smell, with some hints of chocolate and fruit/dark fruit. You smell and know it’s a W.O. Larsen blend. You smell it and you directly detect the generous amount of black cavendish.

Cut & Tobacco: The tobacco is a short ribbon, moist enough. Has mostly brown and black leaves with some golden ones here and there.

Burn: Burns ok’ish, yet will require some relights, because it will bite if you don’t use a filter and try to keep it lit by puffing too much. Better relighting than puffing too much. After all, a cool dry smoke is what we’re after and it will deliver it, but you need few relights.

Taste/Flavor: Oh, there’s a lot of flavor here! In the beginning you get vanilla and raspberries (maybe some strawberries as well) with a bit of caramel, but as you progress, more flavors come, such as dark fruit, apricots, plums and a bit of citrus, but it’s more like a citrus with sugar, like one you’d taste in a well-made Amaretto Sour. And speaking of Amaretto, this blend sometimes give you hints of almonds and nuts as well, maybe hazelnuts. Also, to some extend, it has some light floral notes. Doesn’t taste very chemical like other aromatics, this is the danish style, the W.O. Larsen style. You can even detect the tobacco taste, you can find the virginia, the burley and cavendish. This shows that it has been blended so well that the balance is just perfect.

Room note: Strong but very pleasant, fills the room with a creamy fruity and vanilla smell. Even at a terrace it can be enjoyed by others.

Low on nicotine, it delivers a cool and full of flavor smoke, yet I don’t recommend using a pipe with P-lip, as it will make the centre of your mouth feel creamy/buttery and... soapy. Smoke it from a fishtail and you’ll avoid this. For me, as a non aromatic smoker, I’d say this is a medium to full flavor and taste but perhaps for an aromatic smoker this would be a medium. You really get to taste lots from this one. Good aftertaste, but doesn’t stay long.

All in all, a very well made aromatic that deserves at least 3 stars here.

Outstanding aromatic. Usually i m not a big fan of flavored tobacco, but trying this changed my mind. Perfect ballance between natural tobacco flavors and toppings. Flavors of vanilla and fruit, orange peel and bluberries perhaps, all with slight alcoholic feel. Underneath that is unmistakable burley taste, cavendish and virginia provide sweetnes and smoothness. Doesnt burn too hot and doesnt bite unless you really push it. Produces rich creamy smoke. Comes very dry in the tin a little too dry for smoking but rehydrating a tin of tobacco is really simple.

Smells beter then you smoke it. Not bad, but nothing special. I was surprised from the high points recommendation. Typical Danish aromatic. Probably not buy it again, but different pipers, different tastes.

I’m not smoking pipe long time and can say I really like / prefer English blends, but still trying to find some aromatic blens(s) to satisfy me as well.

The tin and overall apperance is fantastic. Tobacco smells very fruity and promissing nice aromatic experince.

Unfortunatelly it’s not a case. When you light it you get some kind of toilette air conditioner taste, hot air. The taste is not changing through bowl at all, just artifical taste. Besides that, it bites hard.

In my point of view waste of money.