Dunhill London Mixture

A funny thing happened. This past month, I have been switching between London Mixture one day and my favorite blend My Mixture 965 the following day. However, after smoking London Mixture, I soon discovered that My Mixture 965 had become astonishingly tasteless, completely bland and an absolute chore to smoke. I couldn’t wait until I finished the remainder of my 100g tin. It’s as if London Mixture completely altered my palate within a week, reducing my personal favorite MM965 (which I gave 4/4), into a mediocre and unremarkable 1star blend.

Anyway, London Mixture is an excellent blend and is my current favorite Dunhill English blend. London Mixture is a slight Latakia forward, balanced English. The Orientals are quite noticeable, resulting in a fresh and complex smoke, with a faintly mint aftertaste.

It is right on par with Apéritif, considerably better than Good Morning, and far superior to My Mixture 965. It smells like your typical English and has a tolerable room note, smells like burning wood or a campfire in the forest. The smell will linger and I could smell the Latakia on my beard 3 hours after smoking it while I was at the gym today. London Mixture is definitely an all-day smoke, great in the morning with coffee to start your day and even better on a cold snowy night.

Another great english blend!!when you crack the tin you see equal amounts of virginia,latakia and some orientals.the smell is combined between woods,camp fire,citruses and grass with spices.the moisture is perfect,an easy pack and light.while smoking the flavours are very balanced between latakia and virginias.woods,sweetness with fresh fruits,citruses and grass.spices and some sourness comes out too.burns medium with right moisture and peacefull.leaves no moisture and burns perfect till the end.no chance of biting or harshness.the nicotine level is medium and the room note tolerable.(in comparison with other latakia blends).not an all day smoke to me.i really enjoy it after launch with a cup of coffee or tea.it is similar to standard mixture mellow with a bigger amount of latakia and oriental perhaps.defenitelly a must try for english blend lovers!!!

I am and always will be a Latakia fan. What a person puts in his or her pipe says a lot about that person. Dunhill is a favorite of mine from the few I have smoked, I would have to say London Mixture is my go to from the Dunhill line.

At first sight you are greeted with a beautiful array of colors and aromas and are more than stimulating, it begs to packed, lit, and enjoyed.

The "stuffing" is easy and stay's lit well. I like the fact that the Latakia is present thru out pipe with out any kind of overbearing attitude. Folks it's just a great smoke plain an simple not really complex, and more than simple. Mild to medium depending pipe used and how you draw.

This one is, for me, one of the best mixtures from Dunhill. This tobacco is more tasty than Early Morning Pipe and Standard Mixture. As Early Morning Pipe is said to be «lightly stoved» and Standard Mixture is said to be «lightly toasted» (you can really taste it and it makes them the great tobaccos they are), London Mixture seems to be a more oriental-oriented mixture (no bad pun intended here), which makes it the achieved english mixture.

Like all Dunhill's english mixtures, it smokes perfectly well from top to bottom and is highly suitable for the beginner who would like to try an english-type mixture. I would also definitely recommend this tobacco to anyone who already likes other Dunhill's classic blends but has not try this one yet.

I want to state, right up front, that I really like this blend! I had ordered some Dunhill tins from p and c .com on a promotion they had going and, as fate would have it, one of the tins in the order had become unsealed in transit - one of the London Mixture tins. So, I removed the lid and cardboard disk and a beautiful sight and aroma greeted me. The last English tin I had opened previously was a tin of the current Presbyterian Mixture and I thought, wow, this looks very similar. So, I opened the PM tin and set them side by side for comparison and this is what I discovered; THESE TWO BLENDS ARE PRACTICALLY TWINS! The tin aromas are almost identical as are their physical appearances, with the LM being ever so slightly lighter in color. Their cuts are identical and they smoke very similarly, with the LM smoking with a slightly higher register. I would classify both blends as borderline medium/heavy Englishes and definite A+ smokes. If you go back and review my review of Presbyterian Mixture, everything I said there about PM's history is uncannily true for London Mixture: first a strong medium English, then lightened and weakened, then resurrected in recent times to their old glory and more. I give both blends unequivocal four star status and highly recommend that you try both.

The nose in the tin was clearly English blend with a hint of fruity flavours coming through. Lighting was easy. Indeed more mellow that the other Dunhill's I'v tasted, but in NO means inferior. At the start of the bowl, a soft mellow English blend was evident. Further through the bowl, more Turkish tobacco was evident which complimented the smoke. A definite smooth silky / creamy taste; well balanced - neither the Latakia nor the Oriental overpowers anything. Definitely a winner if you like English Blends but not overpowered by Latakia. I think this will be an excellent cross-over as the Latakia / Oriental is not so strong as in "heavy" English and Balkan blends. I like the more robust Latakia / Oriental, but this has a special place for the milder relaxing sundowner.

EDIT: I've done a comparative review on a fresh and cellared tin on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-rjioFw-A

I was introduced to London Mixture after a number of years of smoking both Dunhill?s 965 and Balkan Sobranie?s Original Mixture. While these two were?and at least 965 still is?amongst my favourite cold-day smokes, I usually reach a point in which I find them overwhelming. When I first tried LM, I was impressed by the elegance of its flavour, its rather ?toasty? zest, and the straightforwardness of the mixture as a whole. Not exactly an all day smoke, but closer than the other two. Initially I thought of it as a ?lighter? version of 965, and slightly stronger than Early Morning. However, after smoking it for a while, I have discovered LM stands completely on its own. It has a very particular presence, with a whole range of flavours gradually emerging from the bowl. Even when smoking a number of bowls, it is not overwhelming. For me, it is a meditative tobacco, with a wonderfully rich smokiness, at times spicy, at times slightly sweet and tangy, very rewarding always. Unlike 965 and BS, London Mixture tends to burn drier, and I find it easier to pack and light. If smoked slowly, it can really develop a potential that I have not found in other Latakia-Turkish-Virginia mixtures (save, perhaps, for Rattray?s Black Mallory). I wouldn?t have it as a first smoke, but once you light a bowl it is difficult to wish for something more. Yet, it is a tobacco that leaves the pipe clean, and the palate satisfied, without rendering it parched. IMO it is one of those tobaccos?very much like Light Flake, Brown Clunee and Old London 100% Virginia?that stand in a category of their own. Highly recommended!

Spicy, yet not harsh, this is the apex of oriental mixtures. Very English, full but not too pungent, a perfect blend. Enough has been written about it here, so I can only add that if you are into English blends, this one has to find a place in your rotation. Should it be too mild, Nightcap is the one to go for. I have made it part of my three favourite English blends, alongside Early Morning Pipe and - of course - Nightcap.

Addendum: I have packed my pipes straight from the tin (jar, actually) without any preparation and the blend has always burnt without any relights.

Well, I’ve opened the London Mixture tin a few days ago, after 2 years sitting untouched. I’ve smoked a few bowls and somehow created an opinion which I’ll try to describe as correctly as possible, because it is a classic, important and special blend.

Lets begin with.. the beginning. Upon opening the tin I felt the smell of leather and wet wood, very little latakia smell and more turkish, but nevertheless it’s a very pleasant, interesting smell.

The tobacco is just a bit wet, it can be smoked directly from the tin but I prefer to keep it between 5 and 10 minutes to dry (no need to leave it longer). It has a medium cut, with a few shorter ribbons. We have the three tobaccos, latakia, turkish and virginia in 3-4 colors, ranging from yellow to brown to black, all equal in quantity. From my point of view, this already denotes a balance in the tobacco.

Lighting it is very easy, needing only a flame, two at most. The taste, even from the beginning, is mostly oriental/turkish, but plays nice with the latakia, each of them coming in evidence one at a time, but subtle. It has a very balanced taste, very pleasant, very... elegant. Although it’s a balanced taste, this doesn’t mean it’s weak or medium, it’s actually pretty pronounced, somewhere between medium to full. In most part you feel the taste of burnt wood, smoky and sweet, but also a little spice that makes you think it has a little perique in there.

Burns ok, but it can ask for one or two relights. The taste however, remains unchanged to the end of the bowl.

Medium to full at taste, medium at strength, but what can we say about the room note? It is, in my opinion, a very pleasant smell, not something typical for latakia so it doesn’t bother.

Personally, I like it a lot. It’s a shame it’s no longer in production, it’s a special tobacco. A real classic.

P.S.: Goes great with beer!