Peterson De Luxe Mixture

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.

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.

Appearance: the 50 gram tin was released in the summer of 2021. However, for the aromatic blend, its age doesn't matter much. An evenly ribbon-cut blend of several varieties of Virginia and Cavendish, which is almost half of the blend. Unlike most Danish blends, this one does not use burley. Flavor: the manufacturer certainly didn't lie. Mixed notes of honey, walnut and, to a lesser extent, vanilla stand out against the general background of tobacco odors proper - a bit of hay, a bit of dough, a bit of cocoa, a good portion of prunes. The overall bouquet is very persistent, it doesn't wear off even after an hour of air-drying the tobacco. Taste: definitely the sweetish taste of the cavendish with notes of prunes and a slight tang of rum is dominant, almost overpowering the rest of the notes. Virginia is hidden under the cavendish so deeply that its woody and herbal tones are almost unnoticeable at first. By the way, the topping has almost no effect on the flavor of the mixture, giving only at the beginning of smoking an additional sweetness, which disappears quite quickly. Gradually, the notes of virginia become more noticeable, although it remains a minor component. The tobacco has practically no sharp changes, smokes cool, but is unstable to overheating, although its insignificant strength provokes to take a longer drag. Unfortunately, in this case it predictably immediately starts to become bitter. The tobacco burns out into light gray dust almost completely, leaving not a single drop of moisture in the pipe. The aftertaste is distinctly woody, but not persistent. The smoke from tobacco has a pleasant biscuit-honey odor that stays in the room for a long time. The bottom line. Pleasant smell, mild tobacco taste, low strength... It would seem, we have the perfect tobacco for beginners? The only downside is the fact that a little more strength would be good for the tobacco. But for a beginner this blend is quite suitable.

Peterson's got a lot of great tobacco, a few nasty ones, and then there's this. I can't decide if I really like it or not. It's very middle of the road. However, I am optimistic and will recommend this to anyone looking for a spicy, sweet, winter blend. This one is like a spice cake, or gingerbread. Some love it, but for most of us, it's something we like, but don't go crazy for, even if we only get it once a year. For starters, the tin note is very prominently cased smelling. It has a familiar sweet scent belonging to our humble, sweet chum, Black Cavendish, and a very prominent anise like smell. Although I'm not the biggest fan of anise, I'm sure someone out there is. Regardless, the smoking quality could be better. It's rather wet and sticky, so let this one dry as it is heavily cased. That being said, it isn't a casing that's nasty, like Captain Black's Cherry. This one is done right. Cased aromatics, no matter how finely crafted, are going to taste/smell like cased aromatics any way you slice them, but I digress; De Luxe is sweet, full, creamy, and toasty, but you'll soon realize that the amaretto scent/taste is not easily suppressed. When burned, it tastes like anise, and it's very noticeable. No subtlety with that baking spice flavor. Pumpkin spice, Nutmeg, Ginger and Anise are all flavors that can be found in this blend. Despite its claim to feature Vanilla as its main staple, that flavor kind of takes the back seat during this ride. It's there, but its not singing along with the radio up in front. It's back there playing GameBoy, only periodically raising its head to ask, "Are we there yet?" Although this may sound negative, I will say it again, I can really see how someone could love this, it's just not my cup of tea. Word of caution though, it smokes hot, as is characteristic of cased aromatics. However, smoke this stuff slow, and it tastes just like those spicy cookies your grandmother makes every year. You look forward to them, realize after going a year without them, there's always something charmingly off about them. But that's why you like them. They're not your favorite, but you can't imagine Christmas without them. This blend is good when there's snow on the ground, and the smell and delightful flavor will distract you from Jack Frost nipping at your toes. I recommend pairing this with a mulled wine, hot cider or even some egg nog.

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.

From a purely aesthetic point of view this is a wonderful tobacco. Jet black Cavendish intermingled with golden strands and reddish leaf, not only elegant, but visually very enticing. There is Peterson quality here alright. Short ribbon cut and tightly pressed, I was surprised to find this is a tobacco with lower moisture content than Irish Oak or Old Dublin.

Tin aroma is very sweet, in a nauseating-borderline-kind of way. It is not Captain Black Royal, but there is no mistaking as to the deep cased nature of this mixture: virtually no real tobacco smell, the basic impression is that of a heavily vanilla cased leaf, with some other sweetening ingredients added (presumably, a very muted honey and walnut essence).

Flavour wise, you really have to be an aromatic lover to enjoy this mixture. It is exceedingly sweet (albeit not in a goopy or steamy form) from the moment you light it up to the last strand in the bowl. Though less aggressively, it does remind me of Captain Black and Middleton's Sweet NuttyVanilla, two mixtures I have smoked in the past due to the scarcity of other blends. However, the added honey/walnut essence tends to temper the excessive sweetness, and somewhere near the mid bowl mark I am able to taste an ever so mild tobacco flavour that almost makes the experience worthwhile. But no sooner do I taste it than the vanilla flavour settles down again, unfortunately ruining the whole thing.

Due to its low moisture content, this tobacco smokes rather dry (not cool), and it should be noted that it does have the virtue of not biting, unless you puff enthusiastically. This is certainly a crowd pleaser, as the room aroma seems to have a hypnotic effect on those around you. The ladies don't seem to mind it, to the point that they may even look your way, with a smile and wink. Other than that, I would not recommend this blend except as a beginners' tobacco or to those who have yet to experience the heavenly simplicity of a pure Virginia flake or the earthly grandeur of Latakia-Oriental mixtures.

The cold smell is delicious with notes of caramel, vanilla, fresh nuts and cream. It is noted that the flavorings in this mixture are of quality and very precise to achieve this blend.

Now, in my opinion. I find mixing a lot of black cavendish with a little virginia to be a monotonous and a bit boring smoke. Of course, your guests will be happy to enjoy your company while you burn this tobacco.

E.S