Davidoff Oriental Mixture

The cool thing about this blend is that it's different . Yeah , it's got some top note on it .. plums or whatever , but it's not the run of the mill oriental . People want to rag the davidoff name for what ever reason but on it's own it's a cool smoking well burning blend . If yer looking for " another " oriental blend like the rest ... this isnt for you .If you're looking for something different by way of oriental then it's worth a try . Hell , somebody out there must love it cause it's been around for at least 13 years to my memmory

Typical Davidoff bravado: high priced, designer label, she she packaging, ingenious snob appeal marketing. Like the cigars, not bad, but definitely not worth the $12+ per stick sticker shock. Distinguished Gentleman is correct: plum slivovitz. The tin aroma is what's best about this. Taste is hot and muddy in the pipe, and about all I could look forward to was exiting my car so that I could find a place to spill it out. I don't like the direction European blends have been heading. This is a poor version of an inferior Dan Tobacco product. Even on sale, hardly worth the try. The tin says 'manufactured in Holland.' Could this be Dutch Reformed tobacco?

One of five stars

This one smells out of the tin like Ox Tail soup. The only time I ever ate/drank a bowl of ox tail soup I remember wondering, "where's the beef?" I did not ask the same question after smoking a 15-year old tin of Davidoff Oriental. Plenty of beef in this one with lots of spice and flavor. Davidoff Oriental Blend is difficult to pack without first chopping up the leaf. It burns cool and dry and I really liked this one.

I did find one positive; If you dry it some before loading and lighting, it will produce a cool smoke.

This is "Danish" Oriental. By that I mean a sweet virginia with about four flecks of Latakia included. Ok,maybe there are at least ten flecks of Latakia in the mix. The tin aroma is light and does not smell like an oriental at all. It does however smell like a nice cavendish with a light spiceyness. The cut is ribbon and packs very well,and lights well. The taste is like it smells in the tin,a light spiceyness but very light. The sweetness of the toping and the Virginia is mostly what I taste. Please don't get me wrong,this is not a bad smoke but I just don't see that it should be called an Orinetal. Looking, for a good oriental? Skip this one.

This was my first brand name Oriental, so I was expecting something to sink my teeth into, but what I found was not much. It smells like an orange flavored tea--not good. In Davidoff's defense, I don't like any fruit or berry flavoring in my tobacco, so if you don't mind some orange, bear this in mind as you read.

That said, I wanted something more, something more exotic--more Latakia, less Virginia and other pale tobaccos. But such wasn't the case. This could easily have been packaged as a Danish aromatic, and a light one at that. Again, nothing inspiring or noteworthy.

A GM car with a Rolls Royce price tag is still a GM.

"More a Danish cavendish than an oriental blend." Le mot juste.

I find the lack of individuality and sense of direction of these "corporate" Davidoff blends thoroughly depressing. Is this the way of the future?

It took a few bowls to figure it out and be sure of it, but I get the feeling that someone, not sure who has been trying to copy either this blend or Mac B's Plum Cake....Not a bad thing to do in my book. The only two big differences that are readily apparent after three or four bowls of this baccy are the lack of Latakia, and the lack of bite. I find I don't have to pay as much attention while smoking this as I do the MB. Although, I do miss the Latakia from time to time, so I guess I'll have to keep both on hand! The tin does in fact smell of raisins, stone fruit and some sort of molasses laden cake. If you have ever had B&M brand brown bread that comes in a can, you will be really surprised when you open this. You won't know if you should eat it or smoke it. It really doesn't develop, or "go anywhere" as you work you way down the bowl. It behaves well and the tobaccos are obviously quality leaf. The only big problem I have with this stuff is the amount of sticks and stems I have to sort through when loading my pipe. When I pay almost ten dollars (US) for a 50g tin of tobacco, I do expect a bit more effort to be put into quality control. If you liked the Plum Cake, but had problems with bite, give this a try.

Plums! Orientals and Plums! A strange combination indeed. The jury is still out on this one. This is truly an acquired taste. It packs easily and burns cool. The only thing is the flavor is so strange. I like oriental mixtures and this one is good-not great. If you can get it for cheap it is worth a try.

Davidoff's Oriental Mixture is like no other oriental: but that is no compliment to it. I have never been able to finish a tin. There is something there though which reminds me of the taste and smell of inexpensive hookah tobacco of fifty years ago

The tin of Oriental Mixture that I tried was at least 4 years old, and I think this had a significant effect on the leaf.

A musty, sour smell creeps out of the tin upon opening. The leaf itself is not physically remarkable, actually sort of homogenous brown with a few black specks here and there. That strange exotic scent keeps growing out of the tin, inticing one to pack a pipeful.

Since my tin was aged a bit, the moisture level was actually right-on and one solid light gets a bowl going. This really does seem to be blended by folks who make cigars first and foremost, but I wasn't disappointed. OM is a unique blend that tastes unlike anything else I've tried, and while it doesn't deliver a huge nicotine kick to the head, it does provide some nice cigar-like nuances without having overt, harsh "cigar" flavors.

A special-occasion blend to be sure, but one worth keeping on the shelf.