Peterson De Luxe Mixture

Generally I like light aromatic tobaccos (which would be called 'classic Danish'). De Luxe is one of those 'classic Danish' Peterson aromatics, which has a brilliant chocolate-roasted hazelnut-wafer tin aroma, with loads of Black Cavendish - no "broken flakes" as the blurb says, but a well-conditioned ribbon mix. The smoke is comparably unspectacular, a bit more flavoured than Larsen's No. 32, similar to Sweet Killarney, but less cased than Sunset Breeze or Connoisseurs Choice. Very low nicotine level, at least for me as ex-cigarette smoker. No tongue-bite, but some condensation. This seems to be an optimal morning-coffee smoke, as it is very decent, quite sweet, and leaves a pleasant room note. It burns down perfectly, keeps the walnut-honey taste throughout the whole bowl. Not much punch here, this is a soft, round, creamy, warm and sweet-fragrant smoking experience which I recommend to smokers who don't want to pay much attention to the smoking process, but enjoy a bowl with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. The underlying tobaccos are first class, this is a balanced, unobtrusive composition. I give it 4 out of 5 points!

A very nice aromatic blend.when you open it you get alcohol citruses and a sweet nutty aroma.comes out at proper moisture pαcks easy and lights easy too.the flavours are between alcohol,citruses and honey with vanilla and nuts in the backround.burns medium and slow.the room note is magnificent....smells like a someone is baking a vanilla cake with alcohol.the taste is very natural and pleasant.the moisture while burning is proper no chance of biting.leaves total ash and a bit moisture at the end of the bowl.the nιcotine level is ok for an all day smoke.a medium to full aroma blend,in a few words a must try!!

For starters, the Tin note is exquisite... The melding of (genuine, not cheap or artificial) vanilla and honey steal the show, and that ever so light walnut character combined with the first 2 ingredients, makes this smell like a candy. A candy that I want to wash my face with, or stuff into my pillow so I can smell it while I am sleeping.

While this is definitely NOT your hard-core piper's blend or a major league gamer, it is more akin to just having its own modest place, in the world of aromatic Cavendish dessert-like blends --which the maker seems to have nailed with so many of its reliable blend varieties.

The Virginia's ribbon cut is classic Peterson. Clean and near perfect quality cut, while the Black Cavendish bits look delicious. Have to hand it to the Scandinavian Tobacco Group for blending this one so nicely. The balance of Black Cavendish to Virginia is spot-on, for this tasty little number.

Moisture upon opening the tin, is right where it should be in my opinion (although some people i know found their tins were a tad dry). once transferred to a hermetically sealed jar, I was good to go.

She packs nicely, but takes a bit of effort to get evenly lit in the bowl. I had to relight a time or two after tamping too. As with many of these Peterson Aromatic blends, she can burn a bit hot, and can bite if you start hauling like a chiminea- so use your piping skills to curtail the aforementioned.

Once I settled down, it mellows out, that lovely honey flavor starts to shine through. The vanilla--ever so faint, and walnut not there as a distinct flavor, but I think its enhancing the honey. I would not recommend taking this one all the way down to the end of the bowl, as it can start to raunch-out around 3/4 the way through. Room note is mellow, and vanilla cuts through. Low nicotine methinks, and it leaves a kind of a nice light vanilla taste on the tongue for a while.

Overall Impression: What a nice, mellow and tasty smoke. Liked it so much, that I bought a second tin... This is an anytime of the day smoker, and a nice change-up tobacco to alternate from, if you're into stronger more straightforward smokes. (I treat it as somewhat of a nice, light palate-cleanser...)

This one will be in my regular rotation for a while.

Deluxe Mixture is a great-smelling and great-tasting aromatic from Peterson that took me 3 weeks to figure out. In fact, based on the pay-off, I’m still messing with it, hoping to get still more and pay still less, as it were. In the tin, Deluxe Mixture is cut to short, moist ribbons that run gold to brown and black, and they are tightly packed. It looks like the Cav and the VAs are about 50/50, and the VA looks like 50/50 portions of flue and air cured leaf. Tin note is a little much initially, featuring dark chocolate, cherry cordial, almond extract, vanilla, walnuts, coconut, and citrus over medium, grassy VAs and dark, sweet/sour Cavendish that I suppose is Burley based. I liked this stuff right away, at least off the match. It’s not “fruity” like the other Peterson aros I smoke, rather it’s “warm” and “nutty”, including the grassy and slightly earthy, savory tobacco. I had trouble keeping it burning straight from the tin, also the burnt walnuts were too much for me too soon, so I let it rest, and I dried it out, more and more, until I got what I think is the best balance of combustion and tastes. For me, this means 3 weeks rest and crispy, also a gravity load in a large, “open” pipe. Given all this, I like to smoke Deluxe Mixture outdoors, under some trees, when the air is still! It lights OK, then I take it very easy, with regular, long, slow draws, poking and tamping very gently, avoiding re-lights. It burns down through most of a bowl with this attention but, for now, I’ve given up on smoking all of it, since my present “technique” still doesn’t get me through an entire bowl without encountering some latent residue from the toppings. For most of a bowl I find Deluxe Mixture simply delightful. It’s somehow honey sweet, ephemeral and bready at the same time, like the lightest imaginable sticky bun, with great interplay between delicious tobaccos and the toppings, especially the walnuts. The VAs are sweet, meadow grassy, and slightly earthy/tangy, and the CAV is sweet and very slightly sour. It’s also nutty, with just a hint of bitter, buttery tannin. There is plenty of smoke, according to the burn rate. Smoking DM, I find both the aromas and the tastes to be more delicate and fragrant, and generally better all-around than the tin note, and the lot is certainly better than the sum of its tinned parts. I suppose this means it’s synergistic. Strength is mild. Tastes include myriad, delicate nuances, yet the whole is medium. Room note is very pleasant. Aftertaste starts with burnt walnuts, slightly bitter and metallic, then it smooths out to the best of the smoke, with a long, sweet, buttery VA finish.

My guess is, most smokers will not be as fussy as I am about the burnt walnuts, so YMMV on this score, also ease of smoking will likely vary, smoker to smoker. I still recommend rest and drying as one option for overcoming “problems”, and I conclude with a qualified, 4 star rating for Peterson’s Deluxe Mixture. I should add, I can see where some would smoke this every day until it was gone.

This De Luxe Mixture from Peterson is the best aromatic I've ever sampled. It is more walnut than vanilla but it tastes great. This is tobacco of the highest standard and quality. Smokes incredibly well, no bite, no moisture or steam and can be puffed hard. It burns slow, has complexity and is highly recommended. This is worth the money and will not disappoint. My favourite aromatic.

This became my favourite baccy as soon as I lit it. It's the only aromatic I've encountered which smells just as nice when smoking as it does in the tin - if not nicer. I was wafting the smoke towards my nose to breath the lovely aroma in the first time I smoked it. Real presence of vanilla, but there's enough tobacco to satisfy a cigar smoker like myself, too.

This tobacco doesn't deserve the rather low rating it has - put it this way: if you don't like aromatics, you won't like it; if you do, then come on in, the water's fine!

I am very picky about aromatic blends and I do like this one a lot. The flavor of the topping remind me much of Captain Black Royal, but the quality of the leaf and absence of excessive humectants elevate this to another level. To me the level is the top of the chart. Not my favorite aromatic, but four aromatic stars for this one.

I`ve tested 7-8 blends from different companies.Honestly this is the best one so far.I really LOVE the essence,aroma and taste of this tobacco.It has a fantastic room note and even my non-smoker neighbor loves it!thanks to Peterson. Very good choice for beginners or veterans.

I haven’t smoked an aromatic since I started smoking a pipe. This was in 2018. I tried the cherry blends, whiskey blends and some clan. I was struggling with tongue bite and moisture. So I watched Mutton chop piper and he suggested Virginia burleys and other types of tobacco which are good for beginners.

I continued this up until recently. I was in town and there was a gent smoking a pipe and he said that it was this blend, it smelt very nice and I thought I would give it a try.

I have only had one bowl but wow this was a nice experience. The tin note is not too overpowering. There are chocolate, fruit, amaretto and vanilla smells. The moisture level is good and it’s quite pleasant to see so many tobacco colours in a tin.

Te tobacco lit fine and the burn was consistent. There was no tongue bite from start to finish. The flavour was also consistent. You get the vanilla and chocolate tones more I would say. With an after taste of coffee. Like when you have just ground the beans. This develops when smacking your tongue to amaretto. It leaves a nice fragrance in your beard and moustache, if you have one. My wife is quite happy about this as I normally go for twists and I like the stoves twist so dark and pungent.

Overall I would say if I had known about this blend when i started off, I probably would have tried aromatics more. That being said maybe a bit more experience has allowed me to perfect my technique which has ultimately lead to me having a better smoking experience.