Davidoff Flake Medallions

An interesting hint of dried figs at the opening of the tin counterbalanced, in the smoke, by a Black Cavendish which covers the natural sweetness of Virginia and the spicy of Perique. A "bitter" experience. 2,0/5 in my personal rating system.

A very pleasant smoke. Nice tin smell, beautiful looking rolls with the black cavendish eye in the center. Smokes very easily, just fold two coins in your pipe, and here we go. Perfect moist, slow and cool burning, no bite, nice tobacco smell and taste, very mild actually. Maybe DNL has more taste, more presence; however this is a very elegant and mild blend, easy to smoke (few relits) and suitable for beginners as well as experts. No bite. A perfect choice for non-aromatic amateurs. Perfect for my first pipe of the day, around 05:00 pm !

Call me uncouth, but of the few VaPer blends i have tried, this one stands out as my favorite, above Deluxe Navy roll and Elizabethan Mixture. Maybe because i am still new to the world of VaPers, but Flake Medalions gave me the most ''peculiar'' experience, it seemed a better representative of its type, fruity, figgy, spicy. From the tin, it smells like candies (okok candied figs maybe...). I always rub it out and it smokes well, especially outside. I cannot detect the Cavendish, i guess it just mellows the whole thing and gives it a fuller mouth feel, though i wouldnt call this a rich smoke. Rather, it is very tasty, very bright, fruity, in a bold, tasty way. It is not incredibly spicy, just pleasantly so.

I guess Deluxe Navy Roll is a superior baccy, more complex, closer to that neutral, natural tobacco taste, darker in taste, with Perique that is less petulant, but i keep having more fun smoking Flake Medalion... I may be completely wrong in thinking that it is the Perique that makes it differ from those other VaPers, it may be the VAs that are more playful and fruity... i dont care. This one takes me further from the ''core'' tobacco taste and i enjoy it very much.

(it has the added benefit of never making me sick as opposed to other VaPers, which i have to smoke extremely carefully...)

This is a very high quality yet ultimately bland and unsatifying tobacco. I much preferred it folded and stuffed to rubbed out. It packs and burns wonderfully, but the flavors are so muted that I always want to smoke something else immediately afterwards. There are those who like extremely mild tobaccos, and to those I somewhat recommend this.

Most of the reviewers rate this tobacco better than C&D's Luxury Bullseye Flake. I do not agree.

DFM contains quality tobacco, make no mistake. But for the money spent on it, I was expecting something special which it ain't. I prefer Escudo or LBF

Correction! After the tins has been open for a couple of days, I tried it again. I must admit I made a mistake. The taste has improved dramatically and it's now sweet, smooth and soft with just the right amount of perique. I just LOVE it.

I bought this bc it said it had perique in it, and cav which was new idea to me at the time. Also, it was the only pipe tobacco in the store that wasn't intended for rolling tubes.

I found it to be kinda flat. It had all the normal characteristics of a va/per, just not what I wanted I think. Good tin presentation, and it burned nice and mellow though. May be good for a beginner, but there is more flavorful twist va/pers out there.

I resisted posting this review for a long time, but here it goes:

This is Luxury Bullseye Flake. Which is great. Just tinned, branded, and more expensive. Possibly benefits from some tin-aging. And the tin helps the presenation, coins stay more tightly rolled, etc. But it's the same blend, made at the same factory, on the same equipment, with the same tobaccos.

That said, a world-class blend. A must-try for both VaPer and straight Virginia smokers.

But it's still LBF.

(Flame suit on)

I don't mean to be a party-pooper, but after trying this blend in differing pipes with varying methods of bowl packing it continues to come up as a straight Va.

Presentation is classic Dunhill, it's a present, and as always a small joy to open. The baccy is formed well, my tin was aged a year and nearly perfect moisture content.

My concern was in that I expected some input from the cavendish, maybe a small voicing from the Perique-it wasn't there. It was Dunhill flake rolled into medallions with the slightest softening of flavor. That's not a bad thing, btw, it's just that it isn't marketed as such.

I have a tin of Escudo that I'll pop after this is finished, and even if showed itself to be even in taste, it would have a much improved price-point. It's a novelty at best, I won't be buying again.

Objective: Beautifully spun coins. Price was a little high. Coins were wet, but dried out well. Lit well and only needed a few relights. Moderate amount of smoke produced.

Subjective: A very mild tobacco, not unpleasant, but lacking in depth and oomph. Nice aroma from the tin, packed well, no problems there. I just prefer something stronger.