CAO Eileen's Dream

I remember the first time I ever had Irish Cream. It was near Christmas and I was about 14, my Nan splashed some in my coffee after dinner without saying a word. It wasn't until I took a sip that I realized it wasn't an ordinary creamer. Now CAO makes some excellent tobacco, and I have smoked some of their cigars so I bought this to try.

The tin is fun. Opening up you see and nice mixture of Cavendish and Virginia. The smell. It's delightful. I can smell the white chocolate, and I do get the Irish Cream. This tobacco comes moist so some dry time will help. However, I've found that one of the best ways to avoid tongue bite on an aromatic is by smoking it in a long-stemmed pipe such as a churchwarden. It does light well, and it keeps a light.

Right after the charing light we get into some nice flavors. The Irish Cream comes up front followed by the chocolate. The aromatic toppings are consistent throughout the bowl. I can taste some of the base tobacco. The Cavendish adds a really nice toasty note coupled with caramelized sweetness. The Virginias are lost a little bit, I think they provide more body than anything else.

The taste. I give this a medium that is edging itself close to a medium-full. The taste is consistent, mouth filling, and lovely. The strength is a fair medium. If I smoke aromatics it's usually in the evening or on a warmer day. The room note on this is amazing and should pull some of your friends in.

After hearing a Youtuber I respect very much recommend this blend, I wasn’t hesitant to buy a tin of Eileen’s Dream. The tin itself is exquisite. I love the art and the color scheme. Inside, there are a few bits of twig, but not enough to discourage me from re-purchasing. Here’s my impressions after enjoying the whole tin…

Opening the tin leads to a great aroma of chocolate and vanilla. I wouldn’t go so far as to say truffles. The Irish Cream is there, as well as hazelnut, but neither is overwhelming. I may be alone here, but I also detected a very faint spiciness, which also came through in the smoke; but more on that later.

The moisture from the tin is slightly damp, but not far off of perfect. Smoking directly from the tin turned out just fine, but the blend definitely improved with a little drying time. The blend packs well. Inside the pipe before I touched a flame to it, I’ll be darned if I didn’t get an overwhelming taste of fig newton cookies. This was out of an unsmoked churchwarden, but your mileage may vary.

The blend lights well, and scores 10/10 for holding a flame. Throughout the entire tin, I only had to relight a bowl once or twice after my primary light. Once lit, the chocolate and Irish cream really come through. The tobacco is sweet, but not overly. Imagine taking dark, bittersweet chocolate and mixing it with a light, unsweet Irish cream. That’s what you’re purchasing in this blend. The tobacco however isn’t so heavily cased that that it kills the tobacco flavor. There’s still a nice Cavendish in there, and it the flavors all complement one another. I also get a slight spiciness in the blend; just enough to let you know it’s there by tickling the throat.

This blend is not overly complex, but is certainly not one dimensional. I wouldn’t recommend if for an all-day smoke. You really have to sip on it gently, or it will bite with a vengeance. All in all, I highly recommend this blend. It will do well in an aromatic smoker’s rotation, or an English smoker looking for a small treat every now and then.

Very enjoyable, heavily cased/flavored aromatic. I wouldn't say it was goopy but it was pretty close, which isn't to say it wasn't excellent. I was a bit skeptical when I bought it because I didn't have a lot of confidence in the CAO brand but it is a really well-done, smokable sweet tooth mix. My go-to blends are English/Balkans but sometimes I like a nice aromatic. This is a really nice classic Danish. Enjoy!

I rate this blend 7 out of 10

It is a VERY sweet and flavorful aromatic. Almost TOO sweet. When I first lit it up it was like eating a dessert....wonderfully delicate. Every single time I smoked this blend around other people I got compliments about how good it smelled. A definite crowd pleaser!

That being said, there is not much actual tobacco flavor coming through to taste, so if you are looking for a tobacco that is mildly aromatic...pass this one on by. If you are looking for nothing but a can of sweet goodness, though, give Eileen's Dream a try!

If you like this tobacco and want to try another that is super sweet and very high quality give Mac Baren Cube Gold a try. It is also VERY sweet and flavorful, yet somehow manages to not cover up the natural tobacco flavor at the same time. Could be a good step up from Eileen's dream toward the ultimate goal (according to some) of moving toward the sophistication of smoking "english" only blends.

A side note: One thing I have learned from reading reviews on this site is that tobacco tastes are very subjective and just because a lot of other people like (or DON'T like) a blend does not necessarily mean it will be one that I personally enjoy...so for that reason I encourage you to please take these reviews and ratings with a grain of salt.

An aroma of Irish Cream smells good when i open the tin for the 1st time. A lightly aroma still smells when i smoke it in my pipe, just like a chocolate mix with whiskey but unfortunately the aroma not consistent until the finish, just not a really journey of pleasure.

So I am smoking as I am reviewing. I visited a wonderful B&M and saw this on the shelf. I decided to go for it without anyarticular reference.

On reading the description I was looking forward to it. Tin note was average. I asked my family to guess the flavoring prior to telling them what it was. No one got it right, but the general concensus was that it had a nice sweet, but undefined aroma. I liked the look of the tobacco, dark with some nice lighter tobacco mingled in.

Lighting was very easy, and I definitely like the thick billowing white smoke. However, at the beginning the taste was definitely undefined, sweet, but not noticeably Irish cream related......a little disappointing at the beginning. A slight bite, but nothing I can't deal with. I'm definitely getting some gurgle, maybe a bit more than I would like.

Towards the middle of the bowl the taste starts to become more defined, and my enjoyment levels start to rise. My initial thoughts of a 2 rating are now moving to a 3!

In conclusion, I can definitely give it a 3, but if I want a more defined sweet taste, I will still stick with my Sutcliff Molto Dolce. I will keep it in my rotation for a relaxing smoke.

I enjoyed this more than cherry bomb, moondance, or bella vanilla. It was wetter than the other three CAO blends, but I thought the taste more complex. It is very sweet--almost too sweet for me. Very nice room note even outside. I would recommend especially for beginning smokers like myself.

Very, very nice. From the moment you open the tin to the last puff. One can really detect the Irish Cream in this tobacco. Packs in the bowl well, and goes well with coffee. A nice morning smoke. You can't beat that. I will try the other CAO tobaccos in the near future if they are anything like Eileen's Dream I'm in for a real treat.

Nice tin note, really has some good looking tobacco leaves. There is some slight broken flake in this that I found. Has some nice chocolate and cream waft to it. This is a very clean smoke for an Aromatic. Right out of the tin, for me at least it smoked to the bottom with only a slight bit of moisture on the heel of the pipe. I liked this a bit less than the bulk Irish Cream I was smoking, and in the end, I will go back to the bulk as it is of course cheaper and a better Irish Creme. Don't get me wrong, as an Aromatic goes this is a very nice one, but bulk in this instance is a better blend.