Stanwell Melange

Upon opening the tin, I was greeted by a fruity-fudge caramel aroma. The taste and aroma on the char light was wonderful....it sort of reminds me of Davidoff Blue, but has more of a nutty vanilla-fudge and coconut taste, and not overpowering. I didn't didn't get the apricot notes at the beginning of the bowl, but found just a hint of it in the middle, but only when I pressed my tongue up against my top palate a few times. It packs fine and doesn't bite. Small sips make the flavor shine.

Toward the bottom of the bowl, the nuttiness prevailed (for me anyway). It reminds me of a Filipino dessert that my mother used to make (that has coconut and a fire roasted taste to it). Maybe that's why I'm liking this blend.

For anyone that likes aromatics or is just starting out, I'd recommend this. This is going in to my rotation for sure.

Open the tin and enjoy. Good for a coffee or tea night/day. Flavor isnt carried right over but you can taste the subtleness of the blend. Smooth half way in but gets a bit frontal with bitterness i have come to find some aroms have. As far as the vitiman n id still look shortly after for another bowl. Its not bad but not great either. Give it a go or not.

Yet another tobacco you can't get in the UK.

So I ordered this from the continent.

It has an amazing open tin fragrance second only to Davidoff's Danish. Indeed it is somewhat Danish in it's character.

A Vanilla/honey bomb that explodes on the pallet. Yes it's true it even comes through in the smoke. How many blends can you say that about ? Not too many.

It doesn't last all the way to the bottom of the bowl. In fact it can go a little sour after rest. It can also bit a bit of a bugger to keep alight.

The really disappointing thing is the room note. I thought after that extraordinary tin opening scent, it was going to be something special. Mrs RW hasn't made any comment at all which I am very surprised at.

A fine blend though and, if you are fond of aromatics, you'll want to try this one for sure. I'm halfway through the tin and it hasn't got boring. I hope it doesn't.

Very interesting taste and one i like. I also like the topping at first char, after that it plays second fiddle.

I gave this one a try, even though I generally don't like aromatics with fruit flavorings. I liked this one. I didn't notice it being particulary hot. I liked the tin aroma and the flavor. My wife gave it a mixed to not-so-good review. She said the tin aroma was good, but the room note was more akin to ... um ... well ... urine. She told me that I'd have to smoke this one outside. I like it, but I'm not sure I like it that much.

Melange indeed. After several bowls, I find the main theme to be of caramel, closely shadowed by almond, then chocolate. Apricot is present but I found that it tended to stay in the back. I certainly appreciate the effort the blender put in to this one. The flavorings performed well and hung in there almost to the bottom of the bowl.

Regrettably I can't award a medal finish to this Melange though, due to the bite factor. The bite wasn't nearly as bad as with Ashton's Rough,, er I mean Smooth Sailing, in fact with Melange I was able to keep the bite *almost* totally at bay... but it was definitely there in the shadows like a panther waiting to pounce.

All in all a pretty good deal at a mere $6 and some change for this tin of fine tobacco. Three stars.

If you smoke aromatics, Melange is a must try. Delightful taste and aroma awaits the smoker with this one-of-a-kind blend.

In a world of so and so's vanilla or so and so's chocolate, Stanwell has come up with something different with this apricot+ mixture.

Recommended.

It is the only tobacco I've found that has a tin smell, smoking taste and room note that are all similar to each other. It tastes like apricots and cream. I used to wonder how it could be said that a blend was creamy tasting. Now I understand. This is not the sort of blend that that you would want as part of your everyday diet - it's more of a occasional nightcap type of baccy. The casing isn't subtle. It grabs you by the throat and brow beats you with an apricots and cream flavored club. That said, this blend is refined in the sense it smokes cool and dry and it doesn't bite. It would be highly recommended if the topping didn't overwhelm the natural tobacco taste quite so much.

I was surprised by how much I liked this blend. I am mainly a virginia/vaper smoker but I was looking for a change one evening. I had a pouch of this that my local tobacconist was giving out when this blend first came out.

I loads extremely easy and stays lit for a long time. I had thought that this blend was too damp in the beginning but it burned like a champ.

I do not get the apricot smell that others get. I usually smell something akin to caramel and roasted marshmellows. My sample was aged for a bit though and that may be the reason for the difference in aroma and taste.

I have bought a couple of tins of this to have around. It won't be my everyday smoke but it is one of the better aromatics that I have tried.