Sutliff Tobacco Company Black Swan

A one dimensional black cavendish blend, though it may need a light drying time. The vanilla topping is supported by a very light fruit prune note, and the sense of eating sweet baked goods. Has almost no nicotine, and won't bite or get harsh. Burns cool, clean at slightly less than a moderate pace with a consistent flavor. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl, and needs a few relights. The room note is so pleasing, your friends might start looking for where you hid the cake. An all day working man's black cavendish blend that doesn't have any chemical taste.

-JimInks

Black Swan is a mild smoking aromatic from the Sutliff Tobacco Company. In the tin it’s look was extremely appealing to me. Jet black in color and the smell that reminds me of chocolate covered raisins. To each their own, but I don’t detect the all vanilla in this one as others have commented. It’s very moist freshly opened and requires that you either leave the tin off for a day or two or plan ahead and give a bowl pack sufficient time to dry. If properly dry this is an aromatic that surprisingly is not goopy.

The charring light produced great billows of smoke and as I inhaled I was shocked at how smooth and mild the smoke was. Now, to me it lacked the flavor I expected from such a rich looking tobacco. The entire smoke I’m left wanting something. I am unable to even describe an aroma for this one. There is something there, but just not enough for me. A guest I had over and sat in the room commented the room note as pleasant, but couldn’t nail down a specific aroma either. I’m sorry to say this one just didn’t do it for me. It’s smooth, smokes remarkably dry, it just didn’t have enough flavor.

I can only somewhat recommend this to a piper looking for a very light, but also a smooth smoke.

As with the previous reviewer, I found this blend burned better after a bit of aging and drying. The room note is quite lovely. The taste is mild and relatively pleasant. I am not usually drawn to aromatics; I often find that my spouse is far more fond of the room note than I am the flavor, and this tobacco fits that description. I found that it is easy to smoke this blend hot. I also found that if I smoke a lot of this in one sitting, I am left with a relatively unpleasant aftertaste - I have found this is true with many aro's, and may only be evidence of my unconditioned palate for aromatics blends. Not an altogether negative smoke; however, as my pipe smoking experience expands, I find myself drifting further away from both this blend and other aromatics.