Peterson Connoisseur's Choice

In the tin this stuff smells delicious, I didn't know whether to smoke it or put whipped cream on it.

Comes across with a very appealing room note. But all those flavors that were so lovingly applied to this mixture, not to mention the poor tobaccos themselves, are all quickly lost in biting heat and the fog of my own apathy.

I may be too critical. Basically I feel that this mixture is nothing special, but it is priced like it is something special.

Try Boswell's Pipes' aromatic mixtures instead - i.e. Berry Cobbler or Christmas Cookie - The tobaccos and the delicious flavors come off much better in those mixtures.

I seem to have trouble appreciating Peterson's aromatic blends. Odd, because I love their pipes.

An otherwise standard, yet attractive mixture, given some interest and body with the nice addition of coarse strands of broken flake, which goes some way to make up for a somewhat lacklustre base. However, Peterson do score with a massive bouquet that's up there with the very best of aromatics. I can't quite place the fruit, but it's an absolute top-note. Balanced with the equally present maple and rum, there seems to be some serious complexity at work under the tin lid. The sum total of fragrances is akin to Bailey's Irish Cream, and even more so, Amarula liqueur.

Connoisseur's Choice is very much the bigger brother to the Luxury Blend, packing similar, yet bigger flavours, and smoking a great deal hotter, with an incredibly spicy finish, that some are going to find way too aggressive. Smooth it is not, but the pleasing toffee-fruit room note gets a big thumbs up from room dwellers, even if you yourself are left fighting a tad too hard to get a handle on the raw tobacco. The base virginias are a little flat for my liking, but everything else pulls them through to create a relatively pleasing smoke that's like rum punch at the beginning, going through salty in the mid bowl to creamy soap at the end. Moreover, I find a p-lip bit pretty hopeless with this tobacco, and it seems to respond much better to a wide fishtail mouthpiece.

It's a veritable journey into the senses, and although not quite as balanced as some of its closest rivals (perhaps Ashton's Smooth Sailing), it piques my interest enough to allot it three stars. Pretty decent stuff.

While i'm mostly an English blend smoker i have to say i was pleased with this Aro. A friend of mine gave me a sample to try and after i left his place i went directly to my tobacconist to buy a tin to decide what in this blend so attracted me. Well first of all i would like to say that i didn't had any tongue bite which in my opinion is an important detail when speaking Aro . Now to the point , i think it's the well balanced proportions of virginia that got me hooked on this one .While surely fruity it's not strong when smoked and a pleasure to smell from the tin. A very decent addition to my cellar which as i said is mainly English oriented.

A real cornucopia of flavors in this. Between the cavendish, flake, fruit, vanilla, rum and maple, surely there is something in there for you. The broken flake is a nice part of the mix. I dried it out for 45 minutes of a July 2009 tin. Still took a few matches to keep lit. Probably needs a few days of drying with the top off. But it was not a wet smoke, no gurgles, no goop. But curiously it left a lot of black ash residue. This one is a real cake maker. If you want a fast cake buildup this seems to be the fastest I've found.

A very pleasing after dinner tobacco, it has a nice, dark fruity flavor (sort of like plums or something similar) that's very relaxing in the evening. The room note is similar -- a dark, fruity sort of scent that lingers in pockets of air. An all around good tobacco for those who like aromatics.

I am from Romania, and i will write this rewiev in my mother language, because other romanian pipe smokers will read this. It's the right choise for a beginner, like myself. The room note is very pleasent.

Am citit despre acest tutun de pipa chiar aici, pe acest site, indrumat fiind de comentariile de pe forum pipabucuresti. Sunt incepator in fumatul de pipa, dar ma perfectionez pe zi ce trece. Ca orice incepator am inceput cu aromaticele, pentru ca sunt mai usoare si lasa un miros extrem de placut in locul unde fumezi. Connoisseur's Choice este un tutun placut, extrem de aromat, care se arde de la sine, daca fumezi pipa in mod linistit. Il recomand oricarui incepator, iar nu in ultimul rand si celor pasionati de tutunurile aromatice, desi contin unele arome mai mult sau mai putin naturale. Salutari din Bucuresti, Romania.

Have to say that my first pipeful of this was somewhat of a disappointment. Seemed to be a bit of a chemical taste going on somewhere. However now that the tin has been opened and air has got to the tobacco this chemical taste has disappeared and what you are left with is Christmas cake in a tin. Honestly you put your nose in and you just want to put a dollop of cream with it and have it for desert. The tobacco packs well, lights first time and burns all the way through to the bottom of the bowl with little or no effort. The sweetness is evident on the tongue and lots of nice creamy billowy smoke. Which you blow out through your nose and then walk into because you want to smell it. It is fantastic to smoke in company. In fact was at a conference the other day and nipped outside for a smoke during a break with cigarette smokers and they all comented on how nice this smelled. Even non smokers came outside to inhale the lovely aroma. As an aromatic I think I am going to find this one very hard to beat. In my book I cant see myself ever being without at least one tin of this in the cupboard maybe more.

Top stuff, light up and smile at the Latakia smokers.

This Peterson mixture is a delight to the nose in the tin. I found it to be less vulgar and slightly milder mannered than Sunset Breeze (if a comparison is justified.)

In the bowl, it is a little harder to recommend. The gentle nature of this tobacco suggested by the aroma turns out to be rather more boisterous and ill tempered. Although it takes to the match well, and the upper decks are refreshing and autumnal in flavour, before reaching mid-ships I was battling with a very different beast. The word is HOT. My Doctor Plumbs ‘dinky' heated like a cauldron, even when sipped very gently.

This fierce heat was a feature throughout the bowl; to such an extent that I feared my briar might crack asunder.

The room note is delightful, and a sure fire hit with the ladies. Such a shame that the work involved in producing this pleasing note is scarcely worth the effort.

Yes, this is a good aromatic. The aroma, both when opening the tin and during the smoke are very satisfying. Inevitably, it is not the strongest tobacco in the world, but is certainly worth a try if you are into aromatic blends.