Nording Labrador

Sweet, Sweet, Sweet! If your like me and have a sweet tooth; like aromatics but don't like the sticky goopy residue and want something that burns smooth and even to a fine ash.....this blend is for you. Labrador smells like cinnamon rolls baking and you can smell an open tin five feet away. The room note will please the most finicky folks....very pleasant. In addition, this blend requires very little attention.....a relight at most and Labrador is a good smoke while working or driving when you don't have time to poke, tamp, prod and relight. This blend is good in a cobb or briar. I've smoked several tins and enjoy this blend very much!

Smoking now.

Tin note is a tangy boozy vanilla sweet dream. The tin has been open for a while but the moisture is still perfect. Beautiful Black and Tan tobacco.

The flavor is semi sweet, nutty, vanilla, bready aromatic. It’s delightful. It’s mild, flavorful, behaves well in the bowl. Enough quality tobacco flavor and sweetness without the topping overwhelming. Average relights, taste and topping stayed consistent to the end. It’s a shame they’re gone. If you like aromatics this was a good one.

This is easily the best smelling aromatic I ever had the pleasure of opening. No guesswork here, it smelled identical to a delicious iced coffee a local cafe sells. It is a liquid treat with a perfect blend of vanilla and hazelnut syrup. I had never been more eager to dive into a bowl.

Perhaps my expectations were astronomical, but I was disappointed the flavor didn't hold up to the match. It was still a pleasant smoke with a decent sweetness behind it, but nowhere near the heaven I stepped into while packing it.

While it may not of been perfect (and boy would I of given it 4 stars), the fantastic room note and nose delight edged a 2 star blend into a 3 for me.

This is a very nice, smooth, sweet and tasty aromatic blend. One of my favs.

The flavour is smooth, creamy butterscotchy. Decent quality underlying Cavendish baccy. Not too moist out of the tin, but could use 30+ mins of drying before smoking.

I prefer smoking lat-heavy English and balkan blends, but occasionally I like smoking a good quality aromatic. If you like aromatics like Molto Dolce, then you'll probably like this. If you're mainly a smoker of English blends looking for a high quality aromatic for a once-in-a-while change of pace, then you should try this.

If you enjoy aromatic tobaccos, this is one of those rare 'must-try' blends. It has the absolute best tin note that I've ever encountered, hands down. I could easily open a jar and let it serve as potpourri...but that would mean I couldn't smoke it (and that just won't do). Of course, the flavoring of the tin note is always stronger than the flavoring one gets in the smoke itself, but even the room note was pleasant, light-hearted, wonderful. Despite being an aromatic, the tobacco easily burned to a nice white ash without even needing pre-smoke drying time. The burn was smooth, almost velvety.

The reason for the 3 star review is that there is too much discrepancy between the tin note and the smoke itself. This is an inherent weakness of the strongly flavored aromatics...they simply can never deliver the same taste in the smoke itself. There are aromatics that are more even (though admittedly none that are as strong in tin note as Labrador). Also, as with all strong aromatics, there is always a hint of something chemical (though this is one of the better aromatics).

This won't be a regular smoke, but one that I will definitely buy on occasion in the future.

Not a bad addition to the series, it is a very nice blend that stays lit until the bottom of the bowl for me. The moisture level is okay right out of the tin, but some may want to let it dry for a bit of time. YMMV of course. Recommended.

A bit of a disclaimer before the review. When it comes to aromatic blends, I am accustomed to those that are blended with some Cavendish, so this blend was similar in terms of the pace of puff and overall approach. I smoke a variety of blends, rotating between straight Virginia/Burley, Latakia, and aromatics. In terms of aromatics, Lane's 1-Q is a benchmark for me, not because I think it is a great blend or that it is exceedingly high in overall quality, but in terms of my expectations for an aromatic blend. I keep a tobacco jar of 1-Q on hand for general aromatic puffing, and it seems to perform adequately in that function. All this to give you a better understanding of my specific position vis-a-vis blends in general and Nording's Labrador specifically.

Ok, so on the with the review. Labrador is my favorite out of the Nording aromatics, primarily because it reminds of what 1-Q could be with more careful blending and pressing. From the first 1/3 of the bowl I get the intended flavoring, and unlike the Pointer blend, I don't think the flavoring process creates a harshness in the tobacco. This may be because - as I understand it - Pointer is flavored with an alcohol/liquer, which, I think, brings out a harshness - particularly in the Burley. Burleys and Virginias can puff rather hot, and the alcohol exacerbates the heat and potential harshness.

In the bottom 2/3 of the bowl I get more of the flavor of the tobacco, which is particularly pleasant. Moreover, I still get a hint of the flavoring at least until I get to the bottom 1/3.

I recommend this as an alternative to those who are used to smoking aromatics blended with Cavendish and whose normal puff is a Lane/Stokkebyye blend. Not to say those are bad, my opinion is that they are inferior to the Labrador, primarily because you can enjoy the tobacco base to a greater degree than the regular bulk blends can offer.

sweet and smooth aromatic-no tongue bite-smells and tastes the same-nice burn nice room note. One of the nicest aromatic I've smoked in a while Recommended for aromatic lovers 4/5

Flavors come through, consistent with aroma, with none dominating. Medium flavor, light to medium strength. Burley nuttiness and sweetness of base tobaccos complement the blend well. 3+*.