Torben Dansk Blue Note

Whoosh of deep vanilla on opening the tin; very moist; mild bite; felt like smoking a vanilla bean; honestly, I just didn't care for it.

~~~ Whim investment.

Blue Note, from Dan Tobacco, is a terrific blend for non-smokers in that the room note is extremely pleasing. If you smoke for your own pleasure, however, and not for others (I am being cheeky), this is a blend that will have to pass like a cricket ball into the wicket. Indeed, I cannot sing praises for Blue Note. My wife, however, commented on its pleasant tropical coconut odour; I gagged through the puffs--a real turn of the tables. Fortunately, the flavour is not stuck on my palate or in my pipe (after a thorough cleaning of the latter). As I am not a dedicated aromatic smoker (I try one every now and then on a whim), I am giving this two stars rather than one to be fair to those who are aromatic smokers as I gather they will like Blue Note immensely. For me, I will try something else and sing another day.

This is perhaps my second "non-Lane" tobacco. I'd recommend it to a beginner, as the blueberry/peach/marshmallow/whatever taste disappears just before it bites at your tongue. A lot of people have remarked that the tin smells lovely. Personally, I find it rather obnoxious and somehow reminiscent of eating too much cotton candy and getting sick. The "wife rating" is P/T because I generally smoke outside and therefore can't smell it on myself. The best compliment I've received is that it's "better than cigarettes, that's for sure." Not bad for the money, and worth a shot. I'd judge this, while not my personal favorite, likely to be somebody's.

The classy tin and sizable fan base may fool the uninitiated and the Eurotrash, but to any lover of pure tobacco this blend must be considered...

country bumpkin in a can.

A local tobacconist recommended this as a blend whose taste would rival the sweetness of its aroma. Nope. A nice aromatic, but since aromatics aren't my cup of tea I'll probably pass on this in the future.

Blue Note was pretty tasteless to me. Smelled alright, didn't bite, smoked ok, but just had nothing to really offer. If you are just starting out in pipe smoking this is a blend for you, if you have any experience however, u will want something with a little more to it.

Shouldn't tobacco blends actually taste like tobacco? or is it the flavouring that is more important? In this case I think they actually left the tobacco out. But they used good quality flavouring.Pity, but tobacco smoking IMHO means you actually have to taste some tobacco. Where is it in this blend?

Smells like vanilla and strawberries upon first opening. Looks nice..lots of golden va and black cav in there. A little too much moisture..let it air out for an hour and you're fine. The first light is nice and pleasant. Lots of the casing flavor but not too much tobacco flavor. This continues for the first half of the bowl and becomes somewhat annoying. At the halfway point the casing burns off and I'm left with..well..what am I left with? Pretty much nothing. I find the casing pleasant enough if you're in the mood for something sickly sweet but the tobacco blend is either fouled by the casing or just can't stand on it's own. It never develops into anything worthwhile. This blend does nothing for me and I don't plan on trying it again.