Ashton Guilty Pleasure
(2.35)
This glorious mixture of cavendish, Virginia and Carolina burley carries an irresistible aroma of vanilla, mango, and exotic citrus.
Details
| Brand | Ashton |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Kohlhase & Kopp |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Fruit / Citrus, Mango, Vanilla |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.35 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 10 of 11 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 05, 2019 | Mild | Strong | Medium | Pleasant |
Oh dear. Guilty Pleasure. I consider this the black sheep of the Ashton range.
The tin note is quite sweet and fruity, and the tobacco comes fairly moist, so it will need some drying.
Once you light it, it doesn't take long for the aromatic flavours to kick in. Now, in it's defence I will say, it doesn't taste overly chemical or artificial. However, in my eyes, the flavour of the topping could best be described as "sweet mess". I know it's a fruity aromatic, and it's supposed to be very sweet, but this feels like stuffing an entire handful of gummi bears into your mouth. Too many sweet flavours all at once, to the point where it feels like a bit of a sickly sweet mess. I also didn't get any vanilla.
I can't tell you much about the leaf used in this blend because well, I couldn't really taste much of it. The flavour's all topping with this blend.
It burned relatively clean for such a heavily topped blend and was kind enough not to gunk up my pipe. However, for some reason, despite drying it out to a good moisture, I had some real issues keeping the stuff lit. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say that I might have packed it improperly.
It did leave some moisture and dottle, as you'd expect.
Under the bottom line, i'd say maaaaaybe you like this if you really just want some candy to smoke in your pipe, but even then, there's better options. Like Ashton's other aromatics, which are all better than this.
The tin note is quite sweet and fruity, and the tobacco comes fairly moist, so it will need some drying.
Once you light it, it doesn't take long for the aromatic flavours to kick in. Now, in it's defence I will say, it doesn't taste overly chemical or artificial. However, in my eyes, the flavour of the topping could best be described as "sweet mess". I know it's a fruity aromatic, and it's supposed to be very sweet, but this feels like stuffing an entire handful of gummi bears into your mouth. Too many sweet flavours all at once, to the point where it feels like a bit of a sickly sweet mess. I also didn't get any vanilla.
I can't tell you much about the leaf used in this blend because well, I couldn't really taste much of it. The flavour's all topping with this blend.
It burned relatively clean for such a heavily topped blend and was kind enough not to gunk up my pipe. However, for some reason, despite drying it out to a good moisture, I had some real issues keeping the stuff lit. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say that I might have packed it improperly.
It did leave some moisture and dottle, as you'd expect.
Under the bottom line, i'd say maaaaaybe you like this if you really just want some candy to smoke in your pipe, but even then, there's better options. Like Ashton's other aromatics, which are all better than this.
PurchasedFrom:
Cigarworld.de
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 01, 2012 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Tolerable to Strong |
My review is based on the price and what it is supposed to taste like from the can.
The can cost about double from the "normal" pipe tobacco that are sold in your local supermarket but doesn't deliver on this price. It is said to taste vanilla, mango, and exotic citrus but I haven't gotten any of that taste from this tobacco. Perhaps I don¨t know how to smoke it or smoke it in a bad pipe or something of that nature but it just isn't there. I have once convinced myself that I can taste the mango but I really don't know if this is true or my imagination. It feels like I have some kind of oil in my mount after I have smoked this and I really don't want that. The scent it is given of when smoking is like that of cheap candy you find in the stores. Really not something you want to linger around.
I have had no problem with TB from this tobacco.
If this was half price it would be a decent one but I do expect more from something in this price range. Try it, but don't buy it is my recommendation.
NOTE: where I live you get a tin of Petersons Irish Flake for less then a can of Guilty Pleasure. Prices may wary where you live but I really can't see this beating any brand in the same price range.
The can cost about double from the "normal" pipe tobacco that are sold in your local supermarket but doesn't deliver on this price. It is said to taste vanilla, mango, and exotic citrus but I haven't gotten any of that taste from this tobacco. Perhaps I don¨t know how to smoke it or smoke it in a bad pipe or something of that nature but it just isn't there. I have once convinced myself that I can taste the mango but I really don't know if this is true or my imagination. It feels like I have some kind of oil in my mount after I have smoked this and I really don't want that. The scent it is given of when smoking is like that of cheap candy you find in the stores. Really not something you want to linger around.
I have had no problem with TB from this tobacco.
If this was half price it would be a decent one but I do expect more from something in this price range. Try it, but don't buy it is my recommendation.
NOTE: where I live you get a tin of Petersons Irish Flake for less then a can of Guilty Pleasure. Prices may wary where you live but I really can't see this beating any brand in the same price range.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 31, 2014 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
I speak only regarding my personal opinion here. You know, I'm a Peterson fan. Some of my friends managed to tempt me with this one (they say is similar to Sunset Breeze). So... with great effort, really, I managed to get some; and whatever effort I spend in this endeavor it was to much for what I get! I don't know, but I think that even a half price blend like Stanwell melange is many times better than this! The effort was to smoke the entire tin (kind of) with all method off aging/fill it/ dry it/pipe it... etc. before writing this. Well , almost every time at the end of the bowl I end up with something like caramel and fish bones in my mouth and a painful sensation in my chest. I'm sry, I don't recommend it and If you try some at least do it in some company because the room note is somehow pleasant for them, so do that for your companions at least! :))
Pipe Used:
always Peterson
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 14, 2009 | Extremely Mild | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
Firstly let me say that I feel guilty and derive no pleasure from spending money on this garbage. I don't know what I was thinking purchasing this. It really is my fault for hoping that I'd like an aromatic such as this. It smelled nice and fruity in the tin, burned ok and thats the end of any positive notes for this. The volume of smoke was so-so, the flavor was non-existent, nothing, flat! The aroma was bitingly harsh and had no relationship to what it smelled like in the tin...shocker. After smoking just one bowl I threw the tin away and quickly cleaned my pipe hoping this will not taint the bowl too badly. Ashton makes fine cigars, but this example of pipe weed was greatly disappointing.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 25, 2009 | Mild | Strong | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
For aromatic fans this might be your cup of tea. I just had to try it. I didn't care for it. The only Guilty Pleasure I derived was that I didn't pay any thing for it,what a comforting pleasure.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 24, 2007 | Mild | Very Strong | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Mango and citrus are not things I find should be in tobacco. The nutty flavor is great if you can get past the syrup of flavoring infused into this tobacco. I personally enjoy smoking bowls to ash but this leaves a nice gooey clump in your pipe that is a bit difficult to ash. I was told by a fellow at my local tobacco shop that this was comparable to W.O. Larsen Signature, and Dan's Davinci. Well it wasn't. It was more flavor than I wanted in an aromatic.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 27, 2007 | Mild | Strong | Extra Full | Tolerable to Strong |
27MAY07 Update: The more I smoked this tobacco, the more I disliked it. Toward the end, it was like smoking cotton candy. Sickeningly sweet, hot and harsh. When the tin finally started to get down to the last couple of bowls, I poured the remaining dregs into my "All Sorts" container. Thankfully, that cut the overwhelming nastiness of this sticky smoking material.
10FEB07:Creme brulee -- that is what this blend tastes like. A delicious roasted vanilla flavor settles on the tongue, while thick, fragrant smoke fills the room. The topping is strong, but tasty nonetheless. Like a cigar, the bowl burns hotter and harsher as you go along, forcing you to smoke more slowly. Puffs late in the bowl are dense and blue. Not an every day tobacco, but a luxurious treat to enjoy with slippers on and snifter full.
While smoking this blend, I imagine I've retreated to my private den. It is winter, the room is dark, and the heat blows profusely through the register directly behind my leather wing back chair. My Golden Retriever is curled up at my feet, and my eyes glaze over as the room becomes smoky and mysterious.
10FEB07:Creme brulee -- that is what this blend tastes like. A delicious roasted vanilla flavor settles on the tongue, while thick, fragrant smoke fills the room. The topping is strong, but tasty nonetheless. Like a cigar, the bowl burns hotter and harsher as you go along, forcing you to smoke more slowly. Puffs late in the bowl are dense and blue. Not an every day tobacco, but a luxurious treat to enjoy with slippers on and snifter full.
While smoking this blend, I imagine I've retreated to my private den. It is winter, the room is dark, and the heat blows profusely through the register directly behind my leather wing back chair. My Golden Retriever is curled up at my feet, and my eyes glaze over as the room becomes smoky and mysterious.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 22, 2006 | Extremely Mild | Extra Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Overwhelming |
E'gads...... This is an awful aromatic reminicent of the vilest tined mixture of all time Dan Tobacco's "Blue Note". Don't throw your money away on this travisty unless your tastes lean towards sickeningly fruity and over sugared tobaccos....
Truly one of the worst tobaccos I've ever tried...
Yuck I say, preppy
Truly one of the worst tobaccos I've ever tried...
Yuck I say, preppy
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 11, 2011 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Out of the tin... yummy, yummy yummy... I would surely suggest one pack this blend, if they end up taking a, "guilty pleasure" in it, in a pipe with a thick wall because it burns 200 hundred degrees hot... at least it seems. The flavoring of citrus-y fruit and vanilla and mango peeked it's boring head out about mid-smoke; mid-smoke was also the moment when I began my rash of chronic relights, for this blend gets difficult to keep on fire... I don't like this blend, I'll never even nightmare of ever buying it again and... I could easily give this leaf a thumb rating... EVEN IF I HAD NO HANDS. It does leave a sweet residual fragrance though.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 24, 2008 | Very Mild | Strong | Medium | Pleasant |
Ashton uses good quality leaf but there must be something wrong with their blenders here!
It bites and it tastes bad!
Sorry Ashton, but I see no point puffing hot fragrant!
It bites and it tastes bad!
Sorry Ashton, but I see no point puffing hot fragrant!
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