Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake

this is nice hight quality tobaccos for english smokers who wanna smoke some aromatic to fresh the taste. when you open the teen you smell very pleasent notes of vanilla, honey, raisin cake. extremly mouth watering aroma and you can taste this aroma in your tobacco. sweetness of tobacco is very mild. if you smoke hotter, you can taste the earthy, sweet (like honey or vanilla) and nuttiness of burley . it is not chamical gloopy at all. you taste natural tobacco and topping is not over powering. room note is very pleasent and like vanilla cake. yummy.

upon opening, a very pleasant vanilla aroma emerges, the tobacco is drier even with additional moistening, after lighting, this aroma relatively disappears, but you can feel it there, the smoke is thick, full, cool, the tobacco burns well throughout the smoking period. I smoke tobacco, but I won't buy it again, it's not one of my favorites, but for those who like aromatics, maybe yes

Blends that have added scents are added for room note, not taste. The taste is the tobacco used. Novice smokers are always let down because it doesn't taste as the labels scent says, The Virginia's used in this and all Mac Baren's blends is of the highest quality, seeing they have boat loads stored. This is a great blend, if you know how to smoke a pipe and enjoy Virginia's with a touch of Cavendish, you'll love it

I really like this tobacco. I wanted to love it. I have added it to my rotation. I am primarily an aromatic smoker but like the ritual and preparation of plug and flake tobaccos. I am always on the lookout for plug and flake with pleasant casing. I'm not too keen on burley blends as they usually are a bit cigarette like to me. I really love Cavendish style Virginias and this Mac Baren Vanilla flake ticks all my boxes. I just wish the vanilla flavor carried into the smoke more strongly. I got a 1.75 oz tin from my local shop. The packaging was great. Tidy flakes in gold envelope inside nicely shaped tin. The flakes are perfectly shaped. One flake is exactly the right amount for most of my pipes. I sometimes fold and stuff but I like to cube this one. I use a VERY sharp knife and cut the flakes against the grain for very small cubes, almost granules. I pack the cubes into my bowl using the three hand method so its more loose at the bottom and tighter at the top. This seems like really high quality tobacco. The tin note and room note are fantastic in my opinion. I've had people ask what it is because they like the smell. It's a sweet, vanilla smell as you would expect. I left my packed pipe sitting in my guitar studio overnight as is my habit. The relative humidity in the studio is 40% which is great for my guitars and is what I like my tobacco to be right before smoking. I like about 65% for storing/aging tobacco. This stuff burns slowly for me and I sip it. I haven't experienced any tongue bite. It took several relights to finish the bowl. The middle third of the bowl is my favorite. I find the smoke to be cool and flavorful but a bit thin. Also the vanilla flavor could be MUCH stronger for my liking. I think if there were a bit more Cavendish I would be happier. Still, it's my favorite flake to date. It's fun to prepare and is a pleasant, mild, all day smoke. The nicotine is barely noticeable and doesn't make my head swim like 3P (my favorite plug so far). I think you'll enjoy this if you like Lane 1Q or Captain Black original. It's nice to find a flake with an aromatic bent. I'm still looking for a sweeter one.

These reviews are more so for my reference in my venture into pipe smoking. More noticable flavour and smell. Nice sweetness not too overpowering. Can be blended well with other tobaccos. Good room note. Recommended but there's better things out there.

This is an OK smoke, but if you like Virginia’s it might speak awesome to you? The vanilla isn’t going to set any records in the flavor department, at least for me, but you do get subtle sweetness and some of that is just because of the Virginia and cavendish.

I smoke Virginia’s only on rare occasion, and this is no exception. Virginia’s seem to take time to master and maybe I just don’t have it yet. They are lighter in many respects - but they also seem to burn hotter. So, mastering how to smoke it seems to matter. I try, oh do I try.

With this one having a vanilla topping and some cavendish and burley... the added tobacco can’t be much considering this, at least IMO, is closer to a straight Virginia.

Comparing to soda... this is like club soda to 7-up if 7-up is to Dr. Pepper.

Is it sweet - yes. Does it really taste like vanilla? Not to me. More like sugar. I don’t see keeping this in stock other than what I have left. Maybe one day I’ll smoke it and say - wow, look what I’ve been missing. But, most likely I’m going to say “yeah, I tried that - it wasn’t for me.”

I was really pleased with this tobacco when I received it. Wrapped in gold paper, it was greatly impressive. The scent of the flakes was wonderful, and probably one of the best vanilla notes I have encountered.

Then I decided to light up. The first few puffs were great, then came the the famous bite. My tongue felt roasted. So I put it away for about a week and tried again. No luck. The burn would not abate and was worse than before. All I can say it must be me - the way I pack it or something. I will keep the box and let it age.

The underlying VA is there, but the main point of this is the vanilla. The flakes are easy to break up or fold. Those fans of OTC vanilla-flavored blends will find this an easy transition, while others will likely find it neither overly-sweet or overwhelming is the vanilla. Those who get some bite from Cavendish may find it present here as well, but only a bit.

I've recently smoking the loose cut of vanilla cream and I have found a few differences. First of all, the tin note is so tasty I just want to eat it. It crumbles and packs very well. It keeps lit rather well. The aroma is pleasant, I really enjoy walking back into a room after having smoked this blend. When it comes to taste and flavor, it is a bit bland. There is some slight sweetness from the Virginias, and a little honey & hay like, but it is more than subtle. The vanilla is very mild, it comes through in small whiffs and doesn't stay long. When it is there, it's very nice and, to me, tastes like malted milkshakes. I always find some dottle at the end, but it's not particularly wet. For the most part, the loose cut and the flakes are very similar with minor differences, but those minor differences make a big impact. All in all, it's nice, but could have been a bit better.