Stanwell Melange

Rare Apricot scent and I like this! Can enjoy from novice to veteran. Friendly Price, Proper Quality, Wonderful Aroma and Never tongue bite. Oriental is key of this blend, so become more cheerful if you add the little orient (C&D leaves in my case) and pinch of latakia (if you like). Just too mild for my regular rotation....

The smell in the tin is exactly as everybody is saying, as is the smell when you smoke it. I tried it in a meerschaum, and really liked it - but for me the full potency of the tobacco didn't really make itself known until I smoked it in a Missouri Meerschaum cob. That was when the personality really shone through. The sweetness of the cob perfectly complements the tobacco flavor. I can't describe how incredibly impressed I was with the match. It was a knockout. And I don't do dessert tobaccos and I really don't do cobs too often either. So for me to have this revelation with the perfect match of tobacco and corn cob pipe, was really just something that made me terribly giddy. This was something that in one single bowl made me fully appreciate what every corn cob connoisseur has been on about. Anyhow, I'm sold. This is a tobacco I really liked in one pipe, then super fell in love with in another pipe. So overall, I'm just hugely impressed. But man oh man, a corn cob pipe just really makes this one sing. Later, Melange has proven true to both briar and cob, and has certainly been on demand with finicky pipes who seem to want to keep coming back to it! I also Christianed a new Peterson with it, and the new Pete also took to Melange like a fish to water! This tobacco is certainly going to be a mainstay - all my pipes are in love with it!!

This is a very tasty aromatic, leaves a pleasant room note. However, it burns a little too fast for my taste. All in all, 3 out of 4

One of the first tobaccos I smoked and it continues to be one of my favorites. The tin note is sweet and fruity and the smoke is mild and pleasant. One of my favorites!

Got this in a sampler pack when I started smoking pipes. It was definitely different than the other aromatic offerings in the pack, and I was looking forward to trying it. The tin note is fantastic and almost makes you want to take a spoon and start eating it! It smells like a fruity, sweet dessert; exactly what drew me to pipe smoking in the first place. It packs well, burns fine after a char light, and smokes reasonably cool. Definitely taste the tangy apricot. You'd think I'd be totally happy with this blend, right? No! For some reason, this is the ONLY blend that irritates the heck out of my throat and tongue and makes me cough and cough for hours afterwards. It must be a thing with my body chemistry or something because all the other reviews are so positive. I really WANTED to enjoy this blend, but I guess it's not for me.

Pleasant tin smell, with the apricot/peach notes mentioned by other reviewers. What puzzles me are the many very enthusiastic reviews, as I just find this a so-so smoke, neither notable or objectionable. There are many aromatics available which are superior to this, including Stanwell's own Vanilla. Doubt if I would buy this again, but wouldn't refuse a free tin!

Excellent tobacco if you are an aromatic kind of pipe smoker. Patience while smoking this tobacco and the flavors will come through. The room note is easy on my wife and daughter's sense of smell. A bit pricey but I got it on sale.. Says imported by Lane Limited hmmm.?

Aroma in tin translates to a smooth, buttery vanilla/fruit flavor combo. The very good base tobaccos are reminiscent of those in Stanwell Vanilla. Hints of citrus and raisin also come through, generating a somewhat Creamsicle flavor at times. Cool burn, very tasty when sipped. 3+.

Its my second tabacco and i like it very much. Smoked a couple bags and still didnt learn it. However pipe goes very dirty, feel 100% of it is hard maybe because of my smoking or pipe.

This was my first can of pipe tobacco, it almost turned me off to becoming a regular.

The tobacco can details an apricot flavor, I can not sense anything close to apricot just many types of creamy vanilla.

Smoking this stuff is a challenge, it burns hot and spicy, if you smoke it too slow it doesn't feel like you're getting a consistent puff, and smoke too fast it will tongue bite you hard.

People compliment the smell regularly, I've yet to get anything but positives on this. I had a bicyclist stop down the street just to tell me it smells AMAZING.

I recommend if smoking the Stanwell Melange to not take big puffs, you will be disappointed with the taste and effects on the throat.

This was gifted to me by JonesyPipe, thanks Jeff! The tin note is akin to a coconut cake or a caramel coffee creamer. The flavoring or scent that they are using is quite strong in the tin note and room note when smoked. The actual taste in the mouth is quite lite as well as the nicotene content.I am not a normal aromatic smoker so I could only see myself smoking this on a rare occasion that I go to an aromatic. This is not a bad blend in my opinion it is just that there are so many other great blends out there. When I go to an aromatic it is typically a C&D blend which most are superior to this in my opinion. I would recommend this to an aromatic smoker to try or maybe to someone who is very conscious of non smokers around them.

Nice aromatic, take a small pouch with me once a week as a change up has a little bite definitely a keeper.

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.

I tried the Stanwell vanilla and found it to be exceptional and one I will frequent. Melange is very aromatic with a definite and almost heavy cocoanut. Taste was in the good category, not great.

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.

Such a wonderful tobacco! Not so expensive, but exceptionally good and its perfect room note will fit every place! Highly recommended!

This came with a starter pipe set, and I'm pleased that it did, because I have tended to stay away from fruity flavored tobaccos, leaning more toward vanillas and the chocolatey goodness of a Cavendish, or a nice honey toned casing. However, this tobacco is mild on the apricot and well-rounded. The fruitiness remains in the tin, with just a light citrus note surfacing during the smoke. Mild, smooth, cool and fresh, is how I would describe this tobacco. Definitely will get more of this.