Peterson De Luxe Mixture

An incredible aromatic blend. You can taste the walnut at the beginning of the draw; and it ends with the ``essence`` of vanilla rather than the taste of vanilla; which is actually quite nice.

A great quick packing tobacco that you should keep on hand as a nice afternoon or early evening bowl.

A delightful tobacco with all the flavour I was hoping for. After reading the reviews here it does not fail to please, very impressed.

very good tobacco , i very enjoy to smoke this tobacco , not strong can smoke big full bowl , and the taste is fantastic.

Though I am primarily a latakia/oriental and virginia smoker I have no a priori objection to aromatics. I enjoy,amongst others, Mac Baren`s Navy Flake, Plumcake , Scottish Mixture; Larsen`s Flake cut, Dan Tobacco`s Da Vinci and - dare I say it? - Haddo`s Delight. In fact, if one defines aromatic tobaccos to be those which are not merely heated, pressed or fermented but which have been infused with matter other than tobacco, should not latakia also count as an aromatic since it is scented with the smoke of herbs and fragrant woods?

The pleasure of smoking a pipe is on the tongue and the nose - taste and aroma. I have no problems if fruit, flowers or spirits are used to provide a pleasant aroma. I do not consider gin to be a spirit inferior to vodka merely because it has been flavoured with botanicals. I wonder when some intrepid manufacturer will produce an aromatic scented with that most masculine of perfumes - sandalwood. The crux of the matter is whether the additions to tobacco work or not. And while degustibus non disputandum etc etc, it is possible to distinguish between the quality of aromatics on a variety of factors, most of all the quality of tobacco: no matter how treated, one does put tobacco into one`s pipes and not other substances.

De Luxe Mixture has a rather nice, subdued aroma, rich in the heavier notes. Vanilla can cloy, and it has been tamed. The mixture is an attractive melange of blacks and tans, and burns slowly in the pipe. It would be three star stuff but there is something wanting in the basic tobaccos. Davidoff`s Scottish, by way of comparison, has superior tobaccos. Still, not a bad smoke.

I see this tobacco as quite mild and very pleasant, although you have to maintain it has a moderate humidity, once it dries it is plain as paper, even though it still smells nice.

This blend is nicely done, the vanilla is not sickly sweet or cloying and compliments the stronger walnut. I was unable to detect the honey in it and every tin I have bought is on the dry side, but it humidifies easily.

Another tasteless smoke from Peterson.

Looks and smells great in the tin. Tried making cigarettes from it in the end.

Don't bust a gut to try this one.

NOTE: This type of blend takes time/bowls to appreciate which I think accounts for the disparity of the reviews on this page. I started out wanting to give a rating of 1 because the blend seemed to be so mild it was unsatisfying.

However, good number of bowls in I really started enjoying the subtle flavor of the tobaccos. The first several bowls tasted like I was smoking air. I think this is due to it being a very light aromatic. It's not a "candy vanilla" smoke. Just a hint of vanilla. Eventually I started to really enjoy the taste of the Virginias. Mild tobacco and vanilla flavor. Basically, a mild aromatic and a great blend for the neophyte.

For me, this is what an aromatic should be. Aromatherapuetic...if that is a word. Mild and pleasing to the smoker and those in the vacinity. True, there's no tobacco flavor here, but it's certainly not an unpleasant experience. Highly recommended as a first tobacco for a new pipe smoker or the seasoned piper that can't tolerate the normal aromatic fare. Listen, if I wanted to smoke apples or cherries, I'd dry some and stick 'em in my pipe. A respectable aromatic from Peterson.