Wessex Burley Broadcut

I'm not usually an aromatic smoker, but this was sent to be by a kind friend so I wanted to give it a shot. It smelled great in the pouch, as most aromatics do, but failed me on the palate. This was a basic burley blend in which the VAs were lost and the smoke was overpowered by the strong cherry/vanilla-ish topping. Good volume of smoke and a little bit of tongue bite. This was just too candy-like for me to enjoy regularly...but I will break it out if I want something sweet.

Not a great burley blend by any means. The Cavendish is the most predominant flavor with the Virginia adding a mild bite now and then. Vanilla flavoring is apparent bur applied sparingly. It's an ok smoke but nothing that makes me want to buy it again.

I hate to be that person, but it looks like I'm the first person here to really dislike this blend.

Starting with the tin note, I get a nice chocolate aroma, but then there's some foul chemical scent, as well as something that I should not put in words on this fine website, but let's just say that my dog likes to drop it once or twice a day. Yes, sorry.

After preparing the tobacco to the right moisture and cut (fairly dry, pretty crumbled), the tobacco is ready to be smoked.

Unfortunately, the smoking notes aren't much better than the tin notes. The natural chocolate coming from the burley unfortunately disappears, giving way to a generalized chemical and slight cocoa. Really not getting anything else, including my dog's dropping, so thank god for that. Burley Broadcut is ok, not disgusting, just.. Nothing really there aside from this hospital chemical flavor and a bit of that cocoa. Reminds me a little of Lane Ready Rubbed, formerly Edgeworth. In other words, if you take Prince Albert and add some weird metallic chemical flavor to it - this is what you might get. Definitely burley-forward. Not getting anything from the Virginia Cavendish.

The best thing about this blend is that I got it to a moisture level and cut that makes it smoking fairly fast, therefore helping me to finish it quickly, although it smokes cool and the bowl doesn't get hot. Minimal relights, if any at all. No tongue bite.

Mild in body and strength. I can't detect room note, but my wife said, and I quote, that it's "really really really stinky".

Well, this was already too many words spent on a blend that I don't like. Again, I don't find it disgusting. I just don't find it enjoyable either. And for the general style of blend, I'd go with one of the drugstore blends that I already like, are easier to get, and are far more affordable.