Solani 333: Festival

Very pleasant blend from Solani; possibly a soul sister to their Sweet Mystery blend (which is another sleeper success of Solani). A classic mild continental aromatic, with Virginia and Black Cavendish the main melody and Burley rounding off the bass lines. Whatever 🙂 ... As usual with Solani blends, the tin aroma is promising but not overwhelming. The tobacco, while almost too moist on opening the tin, lit up OK with only one relight needed. Improves on leaving the tin for a few days after the first smoke. Mild leaf with plum, a little blackcurrant and possibly vanilla overtones - not overpowering but well-balanced. Burned well till the end. Among the Northern European blends it is a clear winner against MacBaren aromatics due to absence of bite, while it is as pricey as WO Larsen aromatics. In summary, almost an ideal mild continental aromatic with dry fruit overtones, which benefits from a short amount of air drying first. This one impressed my other half, who said "now this is a tobacco that I do not mind". Luckily, as I will have some more.

The plum definitely comes out in the smoke, along with some flavors similar to deep red wines. Cool smoke with no bite. Burns nicely throughout the bowl.

I received several ounces with some estate pipes, rehydrated it & set it alight. Wife LOVES the room note, which I don't get very often, so that's saying alot.

Sadly I understand this tobacco is no longer made.

Sugary and sticky but not wet, this could be topped with actual plum juice concentrate, and I would not be surprised. The smoke is sweet, not fruity, with the cavendish in balance with the other tobaccos, not leading them. This blend is a strange one which reminds me of frosting or icing. Not many aromatics can pull this off without being overly, if not sickly sweet, which this blend is neither. It is about as sweet as eating an actual plum.

A rock solid 4 stars, and the number one aromatic recommendation for an introduction to the genre.

The room note is phenominal. And does not smell like any other aromatic.

Love this stuff. Very fruity on the nose, and a bit sticky for some, but one of my favs. Room smells wonderful after. Burns nicely too

This is one of my all time favourites. I like all the Solani blends but this definitely is my favourite. The sweet black cavendish is like velvet in the mouth. The dressing is subtle but definitely present, fruity sweet with a lovely plum aftertaste. Five star tobacco in my opinion but each to their own, diversity is the spice o life. Saying that it leads to some disastrous mistakes but that’s another review, all I can say is suck it and see, I doubt you’ll be disappointed. ( unless you like barbecued leather tasting baccy)

Just got this tin today must say im really positively surprised smells and tastes really nice all the way through the pipe. Reminds me alot of vauen Crunchy blend with the nutty but still Mirabelle taste not quite an all day smoke as it becomes quite sweet after some time.

I bought this as part of a rare online order just to try something different and it turns out it is - an aromatic that I really enjoy. The flavour in the pipe matches that of the smell in the tin. It burns well but not too quickly, leaves a pleasant room note and there's not a hint of bite. I think I'll be trying more Solani.