W.O. Larsen 1864 Perfect Mixture

We go way back. The first time I opened the black box I nearly wept. The room note is unmistakable, especially if your grandmother was Sicilian and made the worlds best Cuccidati. Fig, toasted nuts, chocolate, whiskey, amaretto and toasted tangerine peel.....and a shot of expresso afterwards. Sometimes you might get a little bite back, but that is what happens when you challenge Grams! I wouldn't trade this blend for anything else.

I've been through half of the tin already and still confuse. This is been one of the complex blend for me. First of all two different notes from the tin and jar. I have put some quantity in jar which gives wasp of dark chocolate and tin smells like old chocy crackers. Smoking is a pleasant experience and sometimes you get some mix of toppings taste and other time just a dark chocolate. Nuttiness of Burleys plays a role until after half way of the bowl relights not a pleasant affair but for me taste remain till the end of the bowl. Again it's a mix of quality tobaccos and a complex blend and one would be figuring out what taste he's getting till end of the bowl. A must try for the Aromatic fans and occasional change of taste.

The different flavors everyone wrote about in this blend are non existent; the topping in this blend is clearly dark chocolate, a little whisky, a little vanilla, and some triple sec in the background, which is more dry or "salt" and alcohol than orange. There is no amaretto nor almond to speak of, and all the toppings except the chocolate are very mild, with the chocolate applied mildly. The nuttiness in this blend could be mistaken for almond, but is entirely the burley. Burns a little hot,but not too hot, and can bite if puffed aggresively. The room note is to die for, very aromatic. Smells of dark chocolate and sweet burley.

Definitely a top notch smoke. I think it is losing 1 star for bite in a regular briar, but is really a four star if used in a meer or churchwarden, so it gets 4 stars.

My favorite aromatic note is chocolate in the room note, and this has it in spades.

I’m not a huge aromatic fan but this is great. Delicate but tasty and doesn’t have that sharp aromatic “twang”. Definite chocolate notes, citrus, soft whiskey. But what I like is it does not overpower the tobacco notes. Definitely a good Virginia.

One of my favourite tobaccos. Good nutty aroma, burns well, feels natural. Fantastic!

Very fine Virginia leaf carefully blended with a fermented Black Cavendish and the best Burleys from the America's cased with mysterious flavoring. The fermented Black Cavendish is considered, by some to be the Danish Perique only much milder. The Air Cured weed is a coarse cut and packed in a Gold foil/plastic bag and inserted into a Danish Contemporary style 100g tin.

Blended by Orlik for Larsen, 1864 is a modernized version of one of Larsen's early popular blends. This blend however closes, or not, the original can stand on its own which it does. This "Cougar" of an aromatic, has brought me back the aromatic world, and is now near the top of my rotation. W.O. Larsen's Old Fashioned and 1864 have both earned a place high in my top ten. 1864 is a true tobacco lovers leaf with a Chocolaty richness to be savored. As with Old Fashioned you get what you smell in the tin, that is to say; you taste what you smell. 1864 is one of the best in my new aromatic adventure.

It would be a waste of you time for me to do a long wordy description about the taste. If you like what you smell when you open a tin, then you are sure to like this smoke. The smoke is full bodied enough to compel and satisfy. Were it not for Old Fashioned then1864 would be my most favored aromatic. I can think of no more to say other than, if your feel an urge to retry a few aromatics or are trying them for the first time; do not pass this one by. But if you do pass it up that only leaves more for the rest of us.

I'm not going to go into details of it tasting like this or that which I believe is a bunch of hype. Oh it tastes like chocolate or what have you since I didn't pick up on anything like that at all I thought it had somewhat of a caramel, vanilla taste myself. I know I have to savor the scent on every opening of the tin. This is a delightful blend and I would highly recommend it to any smoker that wants to explore an aromatic blend that is a pleasant smoking experience.

W.O. Larsen 1864 is amazing.

It is sweet; but not in the way that McClelland's mixes are sweet like too much ketchup and vinegar on your fish and chips. It is sweet like a Belgian waffle slightly toasted and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

1864 is sweet like a fine Italian asti spumante and not like a German eiswien.

This tobacco refuse to bite my very susceptible tongue. If you like a relaxing smoke with no worry about regret buy this and give it a try.

A smoke with a decent natural tobacco flavor. Very nice package, beautiful tin with gold foil pouch. Lots of yellow virginia leaf. Nice room note. Consistent flavor throughout bowl.