Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream

I have had three tins of this blend over the years. Only the most recent one was not bone dry, and this is the first tin of a C&D blend that I have had, which was not bone dry.

This tin? It was very damp with the casing. Smelled strongly of apricot vodka and brown sugar! I thought I was in for a treat! The smoke however, is hands down the most tasteless that I have ever tried. It doesn't taste like anything, just warm steam. Room note however was great, and not tobacco like at all. I had to keep stepping back into the room because it was like cooking quick oats with peaches! However it was faint, and quickly died, leaving a very faint smell. As stated by other reviewers, this blend was crackling from the first match to the last third of the bowl, where at last, a leaf violently exploded, expelling ash all over the floor. That was enough for me, so I dumped the rest. I will try drying it before lighting it up again, but until then, this only gets 1 star, due to its explosive nature, and bland smoke. This had no nicotine to speak of. The strangest thing about this blend was the aftertaste. After about 5 minutes once I was done smoking, suddenly from nowhere it tasted strongly of apricots. The world's first delayed smoke?

I like Apricots and I like brandy, and I like this tobacco. Excellent taste, no bite great room note. A very flavorful smoke if you like Apricots and Brandy.

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The good side is its not a super sweet gooier tobacco, its very dry cool and easy with the tongue. The bad side is its a single note smoke, with tons of "prefume like" aroma. The smell stay in you pipe for two days before fading... It does pleases the surrounding very much though.

Quick review: I only taste hints of apricots and cream. Maybe a little fruity sweetness which seemed to increase in flavour the further down the bowl it burned. It has a little harshness to it that slightly burns my mouth and nasal passages. Room note isn't bad and my wife thought she could smell some apricots.

I've had two bowls so far, and it hasn't made me feel ill or given me nasty tastes. It's ok, but not one I would buy again soon.

One note song that's goopy and burns hot. It does have a very nice room note though.

I bought this in hopes of being able to smoke this around those people that hate smoking. This tobacco smells too perfumey, like those decorative bath soaps. Tastes rather like that too(I was curious, shut up!). Found it rather boring. Good thing I smoked it in a corn cob, because this stuff stays in a pipe for a very long time. I guess if you really like aromatics or are new to pipe smoking, you might like this, but I don't.

Oh! What an aroma! I smoked a tin of this stuff in front of my tent while on holiday in Austria. And I have never had so many compliments for the 'roomnote' which actually was half the campsite 😉 Great tobacco!

Goopy.

The taste started pleasant enough but 10 puffs into the bowl I got a chemical swathe on the tongue of outright terrible proportions.

Images evoked: a femur being devoured by a hungry ant pile

A very nice blend to smoke multiple bowls of. No tongue bite mellow, thick smoke. I love the rice crispy sound when lighting. The apricot flavor is very mild, almost a background note. The Green River Vanilla is in there too, but obviously more subdued than in Green River itself. Great out in public smoke as the room note is wonderful. A touch mild in the flavoring for my ideal preference, but a solid aromatic none the less.