Davidoff Royalty

Alright. First off. I need to apologize to this blend. It was gifted to me many years ago, tried it twice, though it was garbage. Then hid it in the back of my collection.

Man. Do i feel stupid!

Its is some great stuff. To me its a very mellow english. But still has all those perfect "english" qualities i love. I love any stout, heavy, dark, spicy english blends. This isnt one of those. Its very mild, packed with tons of creamy, sweet, spicy deliciousness. The leaf WAS golden with hints of darkness. It is now a rich brown with some black specs tossed in. The tin i have is from 2011. So it has some age on it. Which i think did it good.

I honestly don't remember it this way. But its amazing now!

I dont know much about orientals. But im diggin this english blend. Quality stuff. Just like thier cigars.

Has a bit of moisture to it. But not horrible enough to care. But i do get some pipe gurgle. Not really heavy in the nic department, but there is a nice tongle half way through the bowl. Havent had to relight. Packs beautifully. Burns to a grey/white ash. And smells phenomenal! Lighting and packing is a breeze. Didnt really dry it out. I felt it was perfect straight out of the tin/jar. First few puffs are a sweet and spicy mixture. Then just becomes rich with spice and leather?

I need more of this!

Very satisfying by all means, tastes good, smokes well, a great blend for an all-day tobacco. Earthy and slightly leathery notes really makes you keep on puffing. A great choice for any time of day.

Butter flavouring,are we crazy?Royalty is the most elegant and refined english mixture you can find,that´s the question:to find it.The preposterous indication about butter flavouring must be a tricky invention to scare off honest smoker from this wonder.It reminds to me Dunhill London Mixture but with some rare macedonian leaf of rare quality.Soft and deep,to keep attention to the subtilities hiden in this uncommon smoke.Something special in its class.The little pinch of soft Lat,maybe syrian,is perfect.I couldn´t keep for cellaring,for me is perfect in fresh and I don´t like any change.

When I tried this blend I was surprised because I didn't expect much due to my opinion of Davidoff. What I experienced with the first bowl and all the bowls that followed was an English blend as enjoyable as any brand I can recall. Royalty is a medium English that tastes like what my mind says an English should be. The taste stays enjoyable all the way to the bottom of the bowl. Royalty does not get sour or bitter like many blends do when you get to the bottom of the bowl. The blend is a nice ribbon cut that is not overly moist when you open the tin. It packs and lights without a problem. Royalty is a pleasure in every way.

I have been a smoker of various supermarket brands so cannot rate myself as having a particularly sophisticated pallet but recently decided that I needed a change. Following recommendations, and finding myself in London, I visited the Davidoff showroom, itself a delight, and treated myself to a tin. What a revelation. What a delight. From the first puff I realised what I had been missing. Smokes cool, no tongue bite. Smokes to the bottom of the bowl with no bitterness to a fine white ash. Definitely my tobacco of choice from now on.

I can't believe I missed this one, I smoked a tin some years ago and its still memorable, very nice English oriental, well reputed and rightly so, quality baccy, it all works, the Virginias hold the blend together, similar to EMP by Dunhill. This is a benchmark blend in the oriental category. If you've always been wondering what the difference between an English and an oriental blend, this one paints the picture for you.

What a tobacco! Opening the tin you instantly know you have an exceptional tobacco on your hands. Beautiful buttery smoky tin note, and a perfect gold and brown cut. Packs very easily, burns slowly to the heel without problem. Lighting reveals wonderful sweet, complex, buttery notes (flavoured or not) from the oriental with a pleasant smokiness from the Latakia, which last throughout the smoke. Room note is refined, sweet and smoky, unique. Absolute classic. Every pipe smoker should try it.

Round about 25 years or was it 30 years ? i tried Davidoff English and Davidoff Oriental.

Both stuffs was very flat for me.

So i was very sceptic a few years later as a tobaconist in Munich Germany recomanded me to try the new Davidoff Royalty.

Well i tried it and found it good, but not so much as Dunhill Standard Medium or even Dunhill EMP.

Just a few years ago as Orlik take over from Murray the Dunhill Manufactoring i remembered on Davidoff Royalty to give it another try.

And yes i could stand beside the Dunhills. Maybe my licking has changed and although it was in the springtime (may ?)

Nicotin middle off the road - level as EMP or Dunie Standard. Latakia level as EMP. Taste very much at the same level, plus more nutty butter. One of the few very good summertime English mixtures

And the virginias have a good portion of age from the beginning - a very fine attest for the Manufactur.

They present it in a very fine and restrained tin. The name Royalty ? okay Davidoff stands for quality.

There is a smooth creamy nuttiness to this blend that is most enjoyable. Think cashew butter. The Latakia component is rather condimental, no campfire smoke in your face. By mid-bowl some delicious flavors emerge, almost like rice pudding, which makes me wonder what kind of flavor steering might have been used here for the creamy sweetness. This tasty creaminess also tends to mute some of the higher notes we usually associate with blends having Turkish leaf. Somewhere I read that Orlik uses a butter-flavored additive, which explains the distinctive feel on the palate (not actual butter as that would be unstable, I’m sure). For me this is more of a 3.5 level of enjoyment because it is mostly all mid-palate, without the depth of more Latakia or upper tones from the Turks, but for its sheer distinctiveness I’m giving four stars. Not sure I’ll ever buy another tin, but I’m glad I got to experience this unique blend.