Torben Dansk Blue Note

I cant always find CAO Moontrance. So this is my fall back. Similiar, to me, and very pleasurable as well. This is alittle milder, I think, but still satifies my desires. Again, this is an all day everyday type for me. She Who Must Be Obeyed has stated this is ok, but the leavings and dottle smell like Marlboro butts. Room note for Her is "ok".

From an aromatic room note standpoint, this has to be one of the most remarkable tobaccos to ever come along! Unfortunately my smoking -taste- experience of this tobacco was kinda bland. It burned well but my palate was not turned on by this number. If you want to impress a non smoker with a great pipe tobacco odor, this is the one.

I have heard so much about this blend and wanted to try it. Even though my tastes are leaning to more English type tobaccos, I will always enjoy an occasional aromatic.

I tried the bulk blend. This has a very fruity smell. Packs well and took two charring lights to get it going. Keep in mind I was outside on a slightly windy day reading a book, so this may have influenced my rating. I will rate it again later.

I was trying to be cautious about tongue bite and didn?t want to puff to aggressively. It kept going out on me. It went really well with my flavored coffee though. I made it about half way through the bowl as I realized I was beginning to puff to hard and fast in the attempt to keep it going. I dumped it out and noticed some moisture build up in the bottom. Hey, it?s an aromatic, after all.

I think this would be a great indoor smoke. Something to please the people around you and without any outside influence, something you could take your time and enjoy without being worried about tongue bite. I didn?t get bitten, but I also didn?t finish the bowl.

Try it, you will either like it or not.

I managed to get a sample of this in bulk, and was excited to try this very much reviewed blend. I was immediately taken back by the smell in the pouch, vanilla with vinegar possibly, I could detect no bourbon flavor or smell.

Upon lighting I was disappointed to find a standard aromatic on the level of Captain Black Gold. I was further confused by the room aroma, smoky, like an English, not at all fragrant; so this isn't even pleasant for those around you. I won't be buying this again, but it might do something for you, a tobacco liked by so many must have some appeal.

10/08/2004:I don't smoke this often but I am uprating it to that catagory because it is tops in its' class...which is Aromatic tobacco. The initial smell on opening the tin is...room deoderizer! Really this stuff is pungent! Handle with care. This is a great aromatic tobac. Smoke it in a cob or Grabow. I think the scent would permeate anything it comes in contact with. If you like strongly flavored, sweetened tobacco blends with some real tobacco taste ....this is it! If you are not sure try to beg a bowlfull before purchasing. I think this is one of those love-it or hate-it blends.

11/16/2006 Update: No longer in my rotation. Too "over the top" in scent and flavor. Still recommend for Aromatic lovers.

Somewhere alone the line, Blue Note seems to have become the world's most popular premium aromatic. Every pipe smoker I know has tried it and a fair amount love and swear by it. I suppose that I can see why. When, for the latter half of the twentieth century, aromatic has meant a base of poor quality Burley treated with all manner of preservatives and flavoring agents that really only serve to ruin a pipe, a full flavored aromatic made with high-end Virginias and black Cavendish such as Blue Note would indeed be an enthralling discovery.

Once again, the ingredients of this blend are of the highest quality and what I can determine of the flavoring is indeed natural, complex, and even inspired. There is one thing that serves to detract from all things in Blue Note's favor, however. This is that it burns hotter than a bank robber's pistol. Virginia tobacco hath a high sugar content as it is and will burn hot if improperly prepared or smoked; the sugary syrups that are heavily ladled onto Blue Note in blending only augment this. In years of smoking Virginia I have rarely experienced tong bite, but Blue Note torched me every time. As a result, any nuances of flavor that could have been experienced either from the leaf itself, or from the well-intentioned aromatic agent, were rendered moot. Another unpleasant aspect was how I had to keep setting my pipe down because the bowl and even the stem kept getting literally too hot to handle.

There are some good aromatics in this world. I find that the classic American school of blending has done them the best. The Base tobacco must be Burley of the finest quality, bright and red Virginia are veritable condiments, and the aromatic agents, whatever they may be, though deer tongue and liquorices were always popular favorites, were not sauces so much as essences sprayed over the blend. Such was the pinnacle and such does Blue Note fail to achieve.

Regards,

A. Morley Jaques

I only recommend this if you have no use for you tongue. I finally smoked this tobacco, it is extremly dry in the tin. and let me say, the stuff did burn, but it tasted like my favorite china black fire cured. and it burned the hell out of my tongue.

at least it was free.

Rooty,tooty, fruity vanilla. If you love full aromatics, this is a nice one. Burns drier, and has better tobacco than most blends of this genre. It should as it is tinned, and is not cheap. Too sweet for me, but the quality is good.

Except for the price, this is a fairly good smoke. I find that it burns well and has a decent room aroma. It's taste is a little unique but not at all unpleasant. The smell of it, as some have mentioned, does stay with the pipe for awhile. I don't like to spend much money on tobacco, call me cheap. I generally look for good bargains or sublime experiences and this one is neither to me. It was worth a stop in my tobacco tour and I am sure it appeals very much to some people. The people in the tobacco shop told me that it is the best selling aromatic from Dan Tobacco. I find that there are other smokes at a fraction of the price, like Prince Albert Cherry Vanilla or a Captain Black blend for examples, that I can fire up when I smoke to please my wife rather then myself. There are always lots of good things to spend the dollars on that I save.