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?