Torben Dansk Blue Note
(2.71)
Mild, golden Virginias, that possesses a naturally high sweetness, are mixed with a mild black cavendish. A fresh flavor of exotic fruits and a touch of bourbon vanilla is added to make this an extraordinarily mild blend.
Notes: Bourbon Vanilla is a variety of the vanilla plant. There is no bourbon (alcohol) in this blend.
Details
| Brand | Torben Dansk |
| Blended By | Dan Tobacco |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Fruit / Citrus, Vanilla |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 250 grams bulk |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.71 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 30 of 32 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 13, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
After reading a couple of exceptional reviews of this tobacco and how amazing it was, what with its blend of Vas and black cavendish, I ordered a tin online about a year ago. I'm not certain that I have been more disappointed with a tobacco purchase.
The first major problem I had with this tobacco is just how present the casing truly was. This is a blend that advertises the presence of virginias for the sake of the virginias, but why are they important if the tobacco is so heavily cased that all I taste is chemicals, "bourbon" (that is, vanilla beans FROM bourbon, not bourbon whiskey) vanilla corn syrup, and berries?
The second major problem I had is just how incredibly uncooperative this tobacco truly was. I tried it fresh out of the tin, and it burned chemically hot and gave me the worst case of tongue bite I've had since I was brand new to this sort of thing. In fact, perhaps it was worse.
Okay, so I just opened the tin. I'll let it sit a bit, that will help, right? No... it still bites like a copperhead.
Fine. I'll air the tobacco out for a while, let it dry. Yet it still gurgled, hissed, popped, and bit angrily.
If I must, I will smoke a tobacco that doesn't taste like much. But if it won't cooperate with me under any circumstances whatsoever, you can darn well forget about it.
This does have a wonderful tin note and may smell like roses to the people around me, but it completely fails when it comes to taste, texture, & bite. I'm sorry folks, but I don't smoke a pipe for bystanders and in my experience most bystanders seem to fall into the "I don't care if you smoke or not" and "OMG CANCER!" (and I'm not sure that I blame them!) categories. There are those exceptions that like to smell smoke, I agree- but they may be fewer in number than they once are. I won't smoke a tobacco that gets a 10 out of 10 to a bystander when I could smoke a 8 out of 10 that I like.
Stick to your tobacconist's blends (Wilshire, or for goodness sakes even black russian), or perhaps one of the W.O. Larsen aromatics.
The first major problem I had with this tobacco is just how present the casing truly was. This is a blend that advertises the presence of virginias for the sake of the virginias, but why are they important if the tobacco is so heavily cased that all I taste is chemicals, "bourbon" (that is, vanilla beans FROM bourbon, not bourbon whiskey) vanilla corn syrup, and berries?
The second major problem I had is just how incredibly uncooperative this tobacco truly was. I tried it fresh out of the tin, and it burned chemically hot and gave me the worst case of tongue bite I've had since I was brand new to this sort of thing. In fact, perhaps it was worse.
Okay, so I just opened the tin. I'll let it sit a bit, that will help, right? No... it still bites like a copperhead.
Fine. I'll air the tobacco out for a while, let it dry. Yet it still gurgled, hissed, popped, and bit angrily.
If I must, I will smoke a tobacco that doesn't taste like much. But if it won't cooperate with me under any circumstances whatsoever, you can darn well forget about it.
This does have a wonderful tin note and may smell like roses to the people around me, but it completely fails when it comes to taste, texture, & bite. I'm sorry folks, but I don't smoke a pipe for bystanders and in my experience most bystanders seem to fall into the "I don't care if you smoke or not" and "OMG CANCER!" (and I'm not sure that I blame them!) categories. There are those exceptions that like to smell smoke, I agree- but they may be fewer in number than they once are. I won't smoke a tobacco that gets a 10 out of 10 to a bystander when I could smoke a 8 out of 10 that I like.
Stick to your tobacconist's blends (Wilshire, or for goodness sakes even black russian), or perhaps one of the W.O. Larsen aromatics.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 03, 2010 | Mild | Strong | Mild | Pleasant |
Probably not my cup of tea, but...is there any tobacco there?
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 23, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Very Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
Chemical taste if you don't dry it. Also it has a tendency to get very gunky in your pipe. The taste once dryed a bit is purely casing. I don't Recomend it even for a beginner. Over all I don't care for it
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 25, 2007 | Very Mild | Medium to Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
With a room note like this tobacco how could you go wrong? Well to start the tobacco is very wet, which should not be a problem just dry it out right? Well if you do that the flavor goes from strong to almost non-existent, and the tobacco on its own is not good enough to justify smoking. Depending on how dry the tobacco gets, it is either a VERY sweet (vanilla and strawberries) or just plain flat. The tobacco does smoke a bit hot and if not taken care of, will either burn your tongue or have trouble keeping lit. The only way to "enjoy this blend is to smoke it in a cob, then you do not have to worry about the wet stick stuff in your fine briar. Be warned try this stuff in private and decide if you like it. YOur wife will love the smell of this one.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 17, 2007 | Mild | Strong | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
sometimes i like aromatics too. but this is too much, too sweet,the smoke is quite warm and dull.it's very difficult to taste the tobacco,i only felt the heavy body of vanilla and aromatic added.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 19, 2007 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I enjoy good aromatics. This is not one of them.
Dan's Blue Note may smell good but then again, so does a scented candle. I don't smoke scented candles either.
This one tends to burn hot, bite and tastes like a seat on a crosstown bus.
My apologies to Blue Note's legion of fans but other than the room note, I have nothing to recommend about it.
Dan's Blue Note may smell good but then again, so does a scented candle. I don't smoke scented candles either.
This one tends to burn hot, bite and tastes like a seat on a crosstown bus.
My apologies to Blue Note's legion of fans but other than the room note, I have nothing to recommend about it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 11, 2007 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
Got some of this as a sample...after so much press...I had to try it.
I really like aromatics, and was hoping this would be the one.
I was disapointed. For the first 5 minutes the odour is divine but it starts to taper from there. Room note after the fact was not as sweet as I expected. A great strolling about town smoke for others I suppose. 3 stars for 'passer by enjoyment'
My Quick Notes:
Very moist from packaging , strangely good/easy to light, very gurgley, extremely wet smoke (bring cleaners for while you smoke), no bite for me, one dimentional tobacco. Hrumph? What am I missing?
**** UPDATE
I can say I tried the famed Blue Note.
It was found lacking.....moving on.
I really like aromatics, and was hoping this would be the one.
I was disapointed. For the first 5 minutes the odour is divine but it starts to taper from there. Room note after the fact was not as sweet as I expected. A great strolling about town smoke for others I suppose. 3 stars for 'passer by enjoyment'
My Quick Notes:
Very moist from packaging , strangely good/easy to light, very gurgley, extremely wet smoke (bring cleaners for while you smoke), no bite for me, one dimentional tobacco. Hrumph? What am I missing?
**** UPDATE
I can say I tried the famed Blue Note.
It was found lacking.....moving on.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 24, 2006 | Mild | Strong | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
A strongly aromatic offering. I could smoke this maybe once a year. It is pleasnt for an aromatic. Nothing like some of the other Dan tobaccos, which are.....um....brutal. Whatever pipe you smoke this in will be your Blue Note pipe, so don't test drive it in your prize Dunhill if you're not sure.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 07, 2005 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
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.
~~~ Whim investment.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 31, 2004 | Mild | Strong | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
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.
country bumpkin in a can.
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