W.O. Larsen 1864 Perfect Mixture

When you open the tin it has a delicious smell. Of the aromatics that I know, it is one of those that stands out in this regard, especially if you like coffee, since it is the smell that I would say is the one that predominates, in addition to caramel. The problem is when it reaches the pipe and from there to the mouth. Anything that was great before you struck the match will be lost very quickly afterwards. In addition, you have to smoke it slowly or you run the risk, quite likely, that it bites you. On the other hand, the tin (very nice, yes) is 100 gr., So I don't see the moment when I can finish it to keep the lighters in it, since not enjoying it I smoke it very sporadically. The truth is that I would like to give it a higher note because the cold smell is very very rich for me, but unfortunately it has the aforementioned defects of other aromatics. I will try it again to see if I can find reasons to raise it one more star, but for now I give it two stars (one for the cold smell and another for the room note) since right now I think that I will not buy another tin. In a subsequent smoke, the bite issue was resolved using a 9-millimeter filter and a slower-cadence smoke. The rest of the perceptions remain.

Very smooth and elegant smoke. It's worth giving it a try in a genuine meerschaum pipe. What it strongly taste just brings me to my childhood's favorite candy. It was a berlingot type of candy that contains hints of cinnamon. Apart from this, I find the blend overwhelmingly aromatized when in briar, but since meerschaum pipes absorb most of the moist and undesired taste, I only enjoy the blend in meer pipes.

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.

There are almost no fans in China, but people will buy it because of curiosity (Larsen's Chinese translation is very foreign). It has been forgotten in the warehouse for many years.

The tobacco leaves look beautiful and of high quality. High humidity, dry before filling.

It smells sweet when burning, but the fragrance is not my favorite. Nicotine is rare, and if you like, you can smoke all day. After 1/2, the aroma is exhausted.

Worth a try.

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.

This is a classy light aromatic blend, with mainly burley tobacco that gives full nutty taste and chocolaty flavor, the smoke is Not sweet as for an aromatic, it is just well balanced, this tobacco is obviously much less sweetened and less cased than ?Signature Vintage? , there is some walnut and chocolate casing, but really not that much, the smoke is chocolaty and nutty because of the high amount of burley in the mix, this burley makes its presence well noticeable throughout the bowl, and as usual the room note is amazingly delightful.

This is not a heavy aromatic blend, I find it somehow similar to ?Old Fashioned? with more burley tobacco rather than Virginia, and if you like Old Fashioned, you should try this one.