W.O. Larsen 1864 Perfect Mixture

Based on a 1 oz sample. For my generous friends who might be reading this, thanks for all the samples. My smoking room looked like a baggie factory for awhile! But this is the last one. Anyway, this golden brown ribbon had a glorious "baggie note" of exotic flavored coffees, such as hazelnut, caramel, butterscotch, etc. It was pretty dry and my experience is that they come dry in the tin, as they are wrapped in a non-airtight baggie within a beautifully appointed metal tin.

Flavor was very good but a bit too mild for my taste. The scents above came through in the taste buds as well. A hint of a tongue sizzle that had to be toned down with sipping, but nothing serious. From time to time, a slight alcohol flavor (rum, perhaps) came through, but all the flavors were light and airy. I found this one not as good as their Old Fashioned, which had more flavor. But this one was nice for the morning - perhaps not first thing but later morning before lunch, or as a light dessert blend. I did mix some heavy burley with this once to disastrous effect, but that was certainly more my fault than the blend's. Try this one if you like light aromatics where the flavoring doesn't overpower the underlying taste of tobacco and you don't want to go through a pack of pipe cleaners per bowl. Good, Danish-style aro. When it comes to this genre, the Americans could learn a thing or two from our European brothers on how not to strangle the tobacco with sauce.

I wonder if the presentation of a fancy gold bag and elaborate tin have distorted my impression of 1864, since one can't help but think, "I am about to consume a high end product". The smell is indeed wonderful. A not-too-sweet, orange graham cracker, chocolate bakery affair. Here is an aromatic of distinction.

The thicker cut ribbons and perfect moisture, made for easy packing and quick action. The topping dials back once lit, and the Virginia and Burly bubble up. It got a little biting, but was otherwise mild. For an aromatic, the flavor is quite mild. I can see some using 1864 as an all day smoker, but for me it just wasn't something I would huff repeatedly (though I can't put my finger on why).

My first time through I smoked it quite quickly, which turned it into a run-of-the-mill 2 star experience of little note, however; I recently smoked a bowl on a hot summer day and took my time, which allowed a more nuanced flavor to come through, bringing it to a possible 3 star moment, but for the most part it was a 2 banger.

A mild and light smoke with some nice flavors. There's just a touch of natural flavor in the form of a nuttiness from the Burley and a citrus tang from the Virginias. That citrus note may be from the topping, hard to say. A mild toasty note from the Black Cav. The topping sublimates the natural flavors to a large extent. I get mostly the amaretto, cocoa, coffee and orange. Overall, the flavor profile is pleasant, but seems light and lacking in depth. I have a little trouble with the heat, but not enough to deduct points for it. Has a consistent burn. 2.5 stars. I'm gonna round down to 2 due to the lack of depth.

Mild in body. Mild to medium in taste. Flavoring is mild to medium.

This one is hard to pin down flavor wise, sometimes is very fruity sometimes is very Virginia and sometimes is just hot air, in big bowls has tendency to become muddy flavor wise in smaller bowls the tendency is to go lemony, for an aromatic the tobacco taste is presence but the nicotine is null, it packs easy and smokes easier but there's nothing that grabs me. Would I buy again... Nah the search for the perfect aromatic is still afoot!

I did not find 1864 to be the perfect mixture, but it was a rather pleasant, light aromatic with a touch of dark chocolate and a general flavor of wood smoke with a slight hint of peat.

I would smoke this again if given another sample, but it will not be a tobacco I purchase for myself, I would rather smoke Captain Black Blue, when I am in the mood for a woodsy aromatic, especially at the current cost of a tin of Larsens tobacco.

I'm not one for aromatics, so far liked all my English blends and threw away many aromatics after the first ball sadly enough.

But I wanted to like this one so much, partially because didn't want to throw anything else away and because the box was so beautiful.

When I opened the tin/bag I smelt something that reminded me with Erinmore. I was terrified, I hated that tobacco and it ghosted my pipe with a nauseous after taste for months.

Then I started detecting other aromas, walnut flowery scents.

I lit it up and things kept getting better. The room note was very pleasant. The taste not citrus/pineapple like Erinmore which scared me.

It reminds me of macadamia and hazelnut flavored drinks.

Not wet (which is great some people found it to be, but mine was somewhat dry), smokes warm and doesn't leave a mess.

I don't have experience to say more, but overall fine aromatic. If that's your thing then its recommended.

The tin aroma is great. This is probably the best tin aroma for a cased tobacco that I have encountered. The tobacco is of a coarse cut.

It smokes very well and dry. The casing does not obstruct the tobacco taste.

What prevents me from giving it 3 stars is the mildness of it.

This is best suited for the amateur of medium cased tobaccos that are low in nicotine.

to be honest, a quite unexiting tobacco.

the tin note is very pleasant with mostly amaretto and caramel-chocolate notes

when smoking the tobacco all i get flavour-wise is some nutty burley and hayish virginia with a slight touch of alcohol and small whiffs of caramel. i personally have a hard time detectng any of the other advertised aromas for this blend, let alone the orange aroma (maybe they forgot it in my batch?)

for a conclusion: a very mellow but unexciting smoke, which i will not buy again

First is always the tin, W.O Larsen have some of the most beautiful tins very classic. With a old picture of some kind and the name of the tobacco.

The smell of the tobacco is nice, alot of fruit, citrus. I get the same in the taste, very much citrus and thats it. Maybe there is to many different things in the tobacco that i can taste it.

The price is to high for this tobacco here in Denmark. The price is 25 euro for 100 grams.