Peterson De Luxe Mixture

This i liked. Very pleasant tobacco with a pound cake aroma. Tastes like vanilla and honey with the walnut popping in and out. Sweet on the tongue and in the air. This can be an all dayer if your into it. Leaves pipe clean too. This and Luxury Blend are Pete"s two best aros imo.

This is my first shot at pipe smoking. I was recommended by my tobacconist to start with aromatics and this was his choice.

Straight up from the tin there is a hint of vanilla and caramelish scent(pardon a novice's nose). I could'nt find the walnut though it was stated on the label.

My first try was horrendous with plenty of tongue bite (my fault naturally). I could not taste anything but during subsequent smokes I managed to enjoy the hint of sweetness from the flavouring (still deciding what is it). The smoke emitted could be rather thick in my opinion.

Room note is pleasant. The sweet scent is not overpowering and enjoyed by non-smoker.

One thing I like about De Luxe Mixture is the caramelish smell that lingers on my moustache once I'm done. I think this is a good start for beginners to learn about aromatics. Waiting for my orders from smokingpipes.com.

A pleasant but subtle aromatic, strong vanilla notes with some nutty after taste. Burns well. Neither unpleasant or particularly memorable. Having said that, I do not usually smoke aromatics, so perhaps I am being unfair. And I have only smoked a couple of bowls so maybe it's a grower.

Room note is wonderful.

Ok, I taste walnut and honey but where's the vanilla ? I don't know what to say about this blend ? Its cool, smokes nice, smells good, but lacks taste ? Old School Captain Black from the late 70s was better than this ! Its not a bad tobacco I just wish it had more flavor? Can't rate it bad though Because a newbie would enjoy it. I gotta try smoking this for my first pipe of the day, maybe I'll appreciate it more. Until then, I probably wouldn't buy it again unless I was stuck. I'd rather smoke Troost than this !

Gave it a try for my first pipe of the day and it was better. My tin seemed dry though, last time I smoked a Peterson blend it was Irish oak and it too was dry. Its a quick tobacco in fact too quick ! Lasts about 30 min. Stanwells melange is a better blend by far ! The aroma was nice with this, my wife calls it cakey! Its okay but I don't think I'd buy it again.

I'm fairly new to pipe smoking and have now tried quite a few blends. I was started on some fairly sickly aromatics that fried my tongue even when smoking lightly. I then tried this and found it just right, the quality of the tobacco seems good and I find I can smoke a bowl on one light or two with some tactful tamping leaving a clean ash in the bottom with no gloop.

The tobacco is very mild and having tried some stronger blends I found I was sucking on this when I came back to it to get some nicotine and the chilled feeling only to heat it up too much. That said it didn't frazzle my tongue like some of the heavily flavoured aromatics I tried before.

The smoke produced seems quite thin if that makes sense - fine for smoking in the car - I can still see out of the windows! The aroma in confined spaces is pleasant. I think I have found stronger blends now which I prefer but would say as a new pipe smoker that this kept me on the road to try more after having some bad experiences. I'd recommend this to a new smoker.

I have found out that I am not a big fan of aromatics or black Cavendish but I had never tried an aromatic Peterson, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Upon opening the tin, the smell is sweet but tangy and overpowering. It needs to be smelled from afar I guess.

Packing, lighting are quite easy, it's ribbon cut and not broken flake as the description suggested on the site (not on the tin).

The first few draws are cool and a sweet vanilla flavour tickles the buds and a little bit of walnut taste as well. No honey until mid bowl maybe, but I would characterise the taste more as "mapley".

It gives a slight tongue bite, just so very slight, as I have noticed with most black Cavendish tobaccos (some give worse tongue bites than others). The Virginia here mellows the taste a bit. Mid to end of bowl, the smoke becomes hot, and no one really likes that, right?

I think this could be better smoked in a briar pipe, as the wood might retain some of the tastes I dislike. I will give it a go and update my review if I find anything different.

A bit disappointed I have to say after I had great expectations from this tobacco.

The room note is a bit strong for non smokers and I got a complaint from it!

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Update: In my Peterson system pipe, this blend was a completely different experience for me. It was a very VERY cool smoke, no tongue bite, albeit too sweet for my taste. But seriously, it turns out this a good aromatic pipe tobacco.

Is it because of the pipe that I like this tobacco now? Or maybe it is because the tobacco was allowed to aerate and "breathe" a bit? I don't know... Moving it from 2 to 3 stars!

Was given a tin as winnings in a wager...So, my comments are already biased that I should like this. But, in fact I do. Tinned tobacc's are always a "gamble" for me. Some are very nice but more so I have been disappointed. Not here. A nice tweener smoke for a change of pace. Nice room note and will return to it again. If you're a Latikia fiend don't bother here...but may I say even a novice would enjoy this.

In the hunt for a really mild tobacco I carefully choose this after reading the reviews.

Not really what I was looking for. I can taste walnuts. But do I like nutty tasting tobacco? No, not really. Do I taste/smell Vanilla? Not much, just faintly. Honey? I couldn´t tell... It´s somewhat cool to smoke.

Not the worst, not the best. Maybe I can trade this with some of my friends? Or I just have to use it a bit more frequent?

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Update: I really want something new now. This is boring to smoke. I would say my rating is only 2,5 stars but I give 2 stars. The only good thing about this is it´s mildeness. That Only.

Desperately thinking about ordering from Germany, something much better.

Had I noticed this blend was walnut flavored I would not have tried it. However I was very pleasantly surprised at the taste. The honey and walnut casing is subtle and it actually compliments the taste of the leaf. There is no chemical or artificial flavor at all. There are hints of walnut in the first third of the bowl then the vanilla takes over in a very delicate way. The last third of the bowl is pure baccy taste and it has a nice, satisfying flavor to (sadly) end the experience. It takes a lot of self restraint to resist firing up another pipefull immediately afterwards.

Room note is pleasant and there are no sickeningly sweet incense characteristics. Obviously, quality leaf was used and I can't think of anything negative to say about the blend. Great stuff!