Mac Baren 7 Seas Royal Blend

Smooth, sweet , satisfying, no tongue bite problems. Not a goopy aromatic. Somewhere between goopy-over-flavored/overly-sweet and a light aromatic blend. Underneath the light flavoring, there's a nice toasty cavendish flavor and a slight almost salty taste. Enjoyable. Quality tobaccos make this a nice step up from similar Captain Black blends. Vanilla flavor of course. I enjoyed 7 Seas regular more. A great blend for the new aromatic smoker. An easy option for the more advanced.

This an example of a tobacco that has an exceptional aroma but an underwhelming smoke. If it tasted as good as it smells this would be my go to tobacco. It’s performs well in public but I can’t help but think something is missing. I don’t regret my purchase but once all of it has been smoked away I can’t imagine picking it up again.

I have been smoking this blend in my weekly rotation over the past month and decided to really examine it closely this week. I picked this blend for the name of the maker and I also wanted to try the 7 Seas Blends. This is the first one of the 7 Seas Blends that I have tried. I usually don't smoke an aromatic tobacco, but I wanted to sample some just for a change. The tin note smells like chocolate and cream to me and it is inviting to the senses. As I smoked it the chocolate flavoring and smell came through from the beginning until the end of the bowl. It tasted and smelled like I was sipping on a cup of creamy hot chocolate and I was not disappointed. The taste is very mild which I like, and the room note is mild as well and lingered for awhile after the smoke was over. I was impressed by the amount of thick leathery smoke this tobacco produces, which again is inviting and it burned very slowly. A bowl of an English blend or a Virginia tobacco lasts me about 20 minutes in this pipe bowl and this Royal Blend was still going almost 35 minutes later which was impressive. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this tobacco and will keep it in my weekly rotation. I would recommend this blend to you if you're looking for a smooth, mild smoke which you can sit back and enjoy without watching it closely. I am anxious to try the other Mac Baren 7 Seas Blends which I have purchased!

Great smell to open the package, came with a good moisture. The tobaccos seem to be of good quality. The room note is excellent, my wife praised it. The qualities end here. I think the biggest problem is the additives. Hot burning, at first the tastes are very good, but in the end loses the candy, gets bitter and bites the tongue a lot, probably because of the excess of chemicals. I usually go with some cold drink, but the bite that this tobacco causes disappoints me. I had the same problems with Gold. Probably will not buy more. Captain Black seems to have fewer chemicals, not that it's a big tobacco, but I think it's better than this. Note: I used the internet translator, so I apologize if you are difficult to understand what I wrote.

Royal has been my third attempt with 7Seas line after Regular and Golden, sadly the former always left me with a sore throat and the latter with an unpleasant mouth-feel. Not sure if that's because of the chemicals imployed, a cosmic conspirancy or something but those problems has been predictable after every bowl! Royal is similar to Golden: not a real bite proneness, just an innatural mouth-feel after the smoke such as some medicine do. A pity because the flavor profile (the honey-fruity already mentioned by many) is rather pleasant, when dried out it becomes far friendlier but... At this point my experience perfectly mirrors that of Patryk Georgevitch: it looses its aromas. Bottom line: despite my personal incompatibility, I’d say: try Royal yourself; flavor-wise it’s rather interesting. Me? well, I’m tempted to skip-over every current and future 7Seas offering but I know that curiosity will get the better of me, so I reserve to try Black (not too soon though). Just in the name of science, of course.

This isn't a bad smoke at all. I feel that one needs to appreciate this blend - and the other Mac Baren 7 Seas lineup - for what they are instead of trying to fill in what they are NOT. These blends were not designed to be gourmet, boutique-style blends with exotic flavors or tobaccos. They were designed to be straight-up aromatics, and this blend does a pretty good job of it.

Upon opening the tin, it reminded me a lot of Captain Black but with less topping. It was cut like most other Mac Baren blends, and packed and lit fine. It has more tobacco taste than other aromatics in this particular category, and this is especially true toward the end of the bowl. You have to smoke this one slow though, because the fair amount of VA's will cause it to bite if you aren't careful. The room note is great and it reminds me of the classic American aromatics. I would rather smoke this than many other aromatics on the market if given the choice, and it does the job it was designed to do. Pick up a tin and try it out.

A very underwhelming tobacco. It's an aromatic that doesn't wow in any way. It light smooth and burns well, but the taste and flavor are nearly nonexistent. For being a big selling brand you could do a lot better. Macbaren themselves have a lot better blends too, so don't waste your time on this. I can barely get any taste from this and I've smoked a full pouch.

what a wonderful aroma. Caramel and brown sugar for sure. Unlike what other fellow pipe friends are saying I did not find this blend the same as Captain Black royal. It is certainly a Mac Baren aromatic, similar IMHO to vanilla cream loose cut. Does not have the loose cut plugs though. Moisture contents for me was alright. The blend is beautiful to see... Golden and black leaves meld together. Packs nicely on one of my adorable Vauen's. Lights easily. Room note is pretty decent. Nicotine contents is medium, not light like others perceived. Taste is good, sweet, did not burn very hot for me, blue velvety smoke, by mid to end of bowl some smokiness perceived, of course I am not talking latakia here...but a decent tobacco flavour. Liked it very much. A decent aromatic for sure.

similar to RPL-6 and captain black royal in their sweetness and fruity notes but certainly not CUBE fruity. the aroma is acceptable to many (which is always very subjective to people). the tobacco holds the fire perfectly and smoke on the mild side. if you like your tobacco mild with a sweet touch to it, i recommend this blend.