Peterson Connoisseur's Choice

Upon opening the tin, you are greeted with a delightful smell, a mix between that advertised tropical fruit and chocolate? Smelled like chocolate to me... maybe the rum, maple and vanilla flavour, when combined, smell like chocolate?

Anyway.... I wish the tobacco itself was as flavourful as it smelled. It wasn't a bad tobacco taste, it was just bland. The room note coming off of it was better than the smoke I was draw into my mouth. I find the same problem with University Flake... smells great, taste blah.

Of course, this was only after one bowl, a first impression if you will... I hope it will grow on me. Maybe after some aging and another bowl will be great!

It just seems, to me anyway, that Peterson blends and my palate don't mix. Maybe their blends are too subtle and nuanced for my untrained taste buds to notice. Maybe I am just expecting more umph! out of my tobacco (like Plumcake and Devil's Holiday).

This is one of the better aromatics I have smoked. There is a lot going on in this mixture. However, it smokes hot so take it easy and slow. Also let it dry out for a good half hour for better results.

The room note is wonderful but my wife still will not let me in the house when smoking. If you like aromatics try this one. For me I enjoy "choice" in the evening as my last pipe of the day.

This is the first Peterson I tried and I wasn't disappointed. If I were to describe it in one word, the word would have to be 'yummy'. Smells great out of the tin and lingers consistently throughout the smoke. Its wonderful room note, makes most people turn heads. In fact, having been an avid smoker for years, I do carry quite a number of blends in my collection. But, each time I bring this on, people actually have approached me and complimented on the absolutely lovely room note. The spicy recipe of Tropical Fruits, Maple, Vanilla topped off by rum is well balanced, smooth and easy to smoke. Like with all aromatics, one needs to pace it to avoid any bites. And believe you me, you are well advised to do so because the taste is so good you would want to eat it too! Absolutely, no regrets in choosing this one and am looking forward in exploring other Petersen options too.

It is a one of its kind aromatic tobacco.

One day, while I was smoking it in the streets of a big city in Europe, young people smiled at me while smelling it (you see what I mean, dont't you ?).

I mean, I am sure it is far from being 100% tobacco(it is supposed to have fruit bits or whatever in it).

Otherwise, it is quite pleasant for lovers of aromatics based on virginias.

I'm having a great time, as a new pipe smoker, trying different blends (until the better half said "Don't you have enough for a while?-I think the four pounds I bought -1 pound each of some blends I really like-may have had something to do with that).

This tobacco smells great in the tin, and smells good in the room. Not my everyday smoke, as my esteemed fellow puffer says, it's a little pricey for that...but a great one to have for a change now and then. I like it well enough that I bought three more tins to put away for later.

A good solid 3 star blend, good quality tobaccos, just a bit heavy on flavor my tastes.

I picked up a tin of this tobacco last night and was pleasantly surprised.This tobacco is absolutely wonderfull.If you like CAO/DAN tobaccos,then you will love Connoisseurs Choice.It burns a little on the warm side,but this is one tobacco that I will not keep around due to the cost.It is not available in bulk,and $12.00 for 50g. tins is something that Im not willing to pay and I had to come back and edit my review for that very reason.At the time when I first submitted my review,I was unaware of how expensive it would be to smoke this tobacco.Its good,but NOT THAT GOOD.I will stick to DAN tobaccos Sweet Vanilla Honeydew,and DaVinci.

The tin aroma is very tropical FRUITY. Almost smells like a fruit punch (spiked with rum). The vanilla is there but sits more in the background. The flavoring is quite heavy which IMHO is the downfall of this blend. It covers up that beautiful tobacco too much. I did find that drying the tobacco for about an hour helped bring the flavor down some, but for me, still too much! The best part of the bowl is that bottom 1/3 when the tobacco becomes more stout and can compete with the sauce! This blend is also prone to biting the tongue.

This tobacco is beautiful to look at. Chunks of flake can be found in the mix, which I love. No doubt that very quality tobacco was used to create this blend. The fruit flavor does stay through entire bowl. A good thing for an aromatic. Too many aromatics just burn off leaving you with a bowl of average leaf.

I do enjoy several aromatics, and I smoked two tins of this one. But I won't be buying anymore.

Man oh man there's a lot of stuff going on here. Tropical fruit, Maple, Vanilla and Rum. Virginias, Golden, Reds and flakes. Black cavendish. Throw it all together and what have you got ? Connoisseur's Choice, or should it be called Connoisseur's Aromatic Choice. Either way this is really good stuff. With a little drying out time you will be greeted with a top notch sweet and tasty aromatic smoke with minimal bite. Even when puffed hard all you get is a mild and managable bite telling you to slow down a bit. Quality tobaccos, highly aromatic, very nice intermingling between the two, its all there.

4 stars for the aromatic fan and a must try for the adventurious naturalist.