Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream

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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.

A friend suggested that I give this a try. Lights well and burns well a lot of smoke, cloud like. I can't make out what kind of fruit this is I'm not getting apricots at all I'm getting artificial perfume like.... But It smell very good I believe that's why he suggested I try this. I do like the way this tobacco smells very pleasant. The aroma stays with you throughout the bowl. Passerbyers seem to enjoy it as well. I'm surprised how effortless this tobacco smoked, it doesn't goop up. There is no tongue bite here, the one thing that bothered me was the taste there's a bitter flavor that builds as you smoke this and gets worse at the end, it leaves a very bitter kinda bad after taste in your mouth that I don't like at all. And taste is very important when smoking a tobacco. I don't know what is causing this I can only speculate, This is not my cup of tea.

Goopy, wet, heavily cased, and not a bad smoke at all.

Tin note is what the name says, particularly apricots. Reminds me of these healthy apricot yogurts. Very nice smell.

Crackle noises as you first light it, due to the heavy casing. You don't really get any flavor from the tobacco itself, only the toppings. It's a very nice taste and while it diminishes as you go down the bowl, it stays fairly noticeable throughout. A bit of a slow burn.

It comes very wet. I suggest to experiment with drying it out. For me, couple of hours of drying before anything is enough. Flavoring is pretty strong, but the blend as a whole is very mild in strength and mild in body. I haven't gotten any tongue bite, but in any case for getting the most out of the flavors and keep it lit, get into a moderate sipping cadence. No heavy puffing for this one. Tamp lightly too. Surprisingly only requires couple of relights for me. Best in a small bowl for me. I go for a Stanwell 242 (small pot) that is dedicated to aromatics.

Everytime before packing a bowl I feel like I just want to finish this tin and get over with it. However, once I get it going I remember that this is actually a pretty good blend. Not sure I'll buy it again, but who knows. 2.5 stars.

Why? Because I just wanted to see… and the interwebs seem to like it. Jet-black Cavendish (the Cavendish process starts with Burley which is fermented under-pressure with either steam and or a hot ‘sauce’, then dried and flaked); the apricot smells great, not confectionary or coarse. Smokes light and innocuous.

OTHER: I just recently experimented with some BB1938 from Match + some of this + 1Q by Lane: FANTASTIC!

I enjoyed #300 since it burned clean and did not require a swabbing with a pipe cleaner during any of my smokes. The aroma was complimented and I can see how this could be called a marriage saver but I prefer vanilla, chocolate or maple aromatics to fruity ones, in fact I usually do not like fruity aromatics so this was a surprise for me. This really deserves 2 1/2 stars but gets three from me since the quality is there and does not goop up a pipe, that said I won't order it again since there are better aromatics out there (for my taste)

This blend works best when fresh; I found it to go flat when dried out a bit. So if you like this mixture, smoke it up pretty quickly or it will fade into tastelessness. The aroma is fruity, but I detected some kind of "perfumey" note, too; and I found that note a little less than pleasant.

Govern Yourself Accordingly.

Another from the C&D sampler. Very black chunks of cavendish with a very nice aroma from the can. The room note is very pleasant and is a nice blend when you find yourself in the company of non-smokers who might take offence with a bolder latakia blend that I like to smoke. Lights well and leaves a nice ash. A bit of tongue bite as all aromatics that I have tried but not enough to make it impossible to enjoy. This is a nice dessert smoke or a smoke to have in the morning when wanting a mild, flavored smoke. Not gooey but actually burns dry for the amount of sweet taste there is here.

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.