W.O. Larsen Selected Blend No. 32 Curly Flake

(3.14)
Curly Flake. Balanced and fine sweet in the taste pipe tobacco. Finest, lemon yellow and orange colored Virginia tobaccos from the USA and Zimbabwe are pressed and rolled after the conditioning. After long maturation into square bars pressed and in flake slices cut.
Notes: This is now sold as "Selected Blend No. 32".

Details

Brand W.O. Larsen
Blended By Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Manufactured By Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Blend Type Straight Virginia
Contents Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Curly Cut
Packaging 50 grams tin
Country Denmark
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.14 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 07, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Indeed a typical curly (flake) cut. The smell upon opening is like rich, sweet, honeyish. The moisture level is just right. The flakes breake up very easily if you choose to rub it out. I normaly just stuff one flake in a smaller bulb (Peterson 999) and enjoy a nice sweet smoke. I strongly recommend smoking this tobacco in a pipe with a filter, as the flavors are more pronounced. Overall flavour is mild to medium, but I feel that it is a good relaxing smoke, and if you stick with it becomes more complex and rewarding. The room note is exceptional, rich and pleasant. Overall the tobacco is my reference for a DANISH tobacco style and one I would keep always on hand.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 12, 2014 Mild None Detected Medium Very Pleasant
W.O. Larsen Special Blend No.32 Curly Flake.

The appearance of the tobacco is delightful, the flakes having a curly/wave like pattern to them and giving off an almost caramel like scent. The rubbing of this tobacco is a complete pleasure, the moistness is supreme and it is easily processed into a brilliant texture to smoke without taking up much of your time.

Once filled it lights up splendidly, giving a good/even burn leaving a pure white ash. The smoke is of a fairly medium build, neither too thick nor thin and even if I strain the life out of my pipe it still doesn't bite me! Vitamin N is good as it doesn't blow your mind into orbit, is not too little and can be inhaled with ease. The flavour is exceedingly pure in it's Virginia status. I don't get any extra qualities at all, only a very ample hay/grassy Virginia character. The room note is also unadulterated Virginia and this would be great to smoke in presence of others as it is not at all heavy.

This smokes very clean without causing a lot of cake, this is another reason it would make a great regular tobacco.
Pipe Used: Peterson
PurchasedFrom: Smoke King
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 10, 2014 Medium Extremely Mild Very Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
Smooth Virginia taste, the caramel taste is there in the background. Mild mannered and inoffensive, but for me it is a little bland. Good as an all day smoke though.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 11, 2009 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
Caramel is the first thought that comes to mind on lighting this, what a shame I don't like caramel, otherwise I could rate this much higher.

Quality of leaf is very good along with moisture content, the square flake rubs out nicely and I allow the tobacco a little drying time in order to be rid of the caramel topping. After half an hour or so it's ready for lighting and the caramel goes to the rear allowing a very fine quality leaf come to the fore.

Straight from the tin or part dried, this is a creamy smoke, not always pleasant (IMHO), but creamy all the same. Fully dried out, this is still creamy and still without bite, unfortunately for me, the caramel is still lurking in the background and every now and then seems to pop up as if to say "Am I the taste you don't like then ?" and of course, when fully dried, has a propensity to burn at speed.

I will not buy this again simply because I do not like the taste, but I could see many others loving it, therefore three stars.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 13, 2020 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
I smoked this back in 2004, and have just found my notes as well as a tin that I squirrelled away to mature. I remember being very impressed with the unusual presentation, curly flakes but not rolls. As if they'd screwed the baccy up in bunches which they'd loaded haphazardly into the press. Looked cool!

There was a sweet Virginia aroma with perhaps the faintest hint of vanilla. The tobacco was very mild indeed, and I found it a little dull but nice on a hot day. It was easy burning and people seemed to like the smell. That used to matter to me...

When I crack the ancient tin I'll update this.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 08, 2015 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
W.O. Larsen No. 32 Curly Flake is a mildly cased pure VA that delivers a very pleasant taste of pure tobacco spice and tang. The casing is working its magic predominantly in the background, subtle, supportive, enhancing the natural Virginia sweetness. Could be some honey/vanilla/cream, slightly different from the Mac Baren casing in taste but of similar intensity. Satisfying strength, no bite and one of the easiest flakes to handle complete this amazing experience for Virginia lovers, VaPers and fans of aromatic blends alike.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 14, 2012 Mild to Medium Very Mild Medium Pleasant
Not a real review, because when I opened my tin, I found that the seal had been compromised, and the tobacco was, alas, bone dry. Rather than trying to rehydrate it, I instead mixed it 50/50 with some C&D Pirate Kake, doused that mixture in Frangelico and Malibu Coconut, and let this meld, creating a Latakia aromatic, something I have experimented with before.

Now, obviously this means that I have not had this tobacco on its own, and can't really evaluate it on its own merits, but it did, even given its initially dried-out state, make an excellent Virginia base for my blending efforts, so at least from this I can conclude that it is a good tobacco.

Maybe I'll get the opportunity to try it from an uncompromised tin someday, but also I'm glad that I was able to find a use for my "spoiled" tin. The Latakia aromatic is quite good, and I have enjoyed several bowls.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 17, 2011 Mild Very Mild Very Mild Unnoticeable
A pretty dull looking tobacco this one.

Nice tin aroma. A faint sweet caramel is about right.

It's a well behaved blend, well cut for easy rubbing out.

Really quite pleasant, doesn't really taste of anything, doesn't smell of anything much and doesn't bite.

An unassuming blend well worth trying, but not really worth going out on a limb and buying a bloody great tin.

Thank goodness for 5g samples.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 07, 2011 Mild Extremely Mild Mild Very Pleasant
I don't know flks, this one was strange. A broken Virginia flake that I swear has some kind of added flavoring that I found to be off-putting. Smoke slowly to enhance the flavor (what little there is). I just believe there are a lot more quality broken Virginia flakes in pipe smoker's land than this one.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 20, 2010 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Pleasant
I am sure I did a review on this tobacco and it has seemingly disappeared. Oh well.

I really like this virginia blend. Indeed, it is one of my favourite tobacco's. However, I think (as per other reviewers) it might not be to everyone's taste. The caramel flavour is noticeable but since I like it - that's fine!

The tobacco lights very well and burns smoothly and lasts well. Now I am a "hot smoker" (a real puffer) and this tobacco burns slowly and very well for me and that is a big plus since many tobacco's don't burn as well as this one. I find it doesn't "bite" as some virginia's and that is another plus for me.

There is nothing else I know of "out there" quite like this blend. It is unique and I think it should be valued for that reason alone. At the least if you haven't tried it give it a try. If you are a virginia fan you may very well discover a new favourite.
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