Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Loose Cut

This vanilla is a fantastic go to vanilla for the aro lover. It's a loose cut with some chunks of broken flake mixed in. It packs well, lights well, and burns well. Has a great vanilla flavor that is not too sweet, but not too dull either. The Virginias compliment the cavendish and vanilla topping very nicely and has a good spice when pulled through the nostrils. This is a blend that would be solid for the person who does not like strong aromatics and who enjoys Virginias.

This is a great aromatic. The vanilla flavoring is apparent, but not over powering. Burns well and is not goopy at all. Needs just about 10-20 min of dry time and then is ready to go. Can bite a bit, but hey it is Mac Baren. If you like OTC/Bulk goop piles, or steamy stuff like 1Q, this will be a different experience for you. This still has a tobacco flavor and the vanilla casing is their to add to the tobacco flavor, not over shadow it.

Generally indifferent, but at least something to write home about.

This is strange. I smell the cream!!! It is not like other vanilla flavoured stuff. At least is has some personality and presense. My wife likes vanilla blends - she is not overly enthusiastic about this one.

If you like intense aromatics then you might enjoy this. I have not made up mind as to whether I will buy another pouch.

Well, I am going to fall into the "love it group". I usually tend to enjoy full Virginia blends with perique but every once in a while I like a good aromatic. This lit well and I found that I was able to actually taste the tobacco that went into this blend. I was just expecting to taste nothing but Vanilla flavoring from what I had heard! Dont get me wrong there is a definate vanilla flavor to this and the room note is wonderful. (my wife basically hates every tobacco I smoke and she said this one smelled "good") I have smoked quite a bit of this at home now, I think I will take it to work today and see what happens! I like this and would have to say at least give it a try, you might be surprised!

I've had the pouch contents in a small 2 oz jar for about 5 months now. Now with just a few bowls left, I decided to review this blend. First of all, I must say I like MacBaren as a company. They have class and really characterize the pipe as a way of life (just see their website). I hope to get through a number of their blends over time. This is an honest to goodness aromatic blend. I have over a dozen blends in my rotation with both aromatics and english blends, and I have a place in my heart for both types. This blend is a satisfying, medium blend that smokes well, medium nicotine level, HPH 2.

Initially, the draw from the bowl is quite sweet distinct gentle sweetness surrounding the tongue, but adequately smokey with the virginia coming through. It is best after the first half of my medium Brigham bent bowl, as notes of sweet autumn woods come through-- a sure sign of a good virginia. I can find many distinct fruity, toasty, nutty notes in this smoke by this point. Yes, it can bite if drawn too fast, but hey, pipe smoking is an ART after all not for the sloppy and faint of heart, and frankly, I don't mind having to balance the pipe draws to get the subtle pleasures of a well made blend.

I really like when the bowl is tamped down well to form a coal- like texture with the ribbon and cut-plugs fusing to become one piece of charcoal in the bowl. The room aroma is brilliant, as the comments have advised (ironically, I was even told by some ladies it smelled of chocolate!), no lingering unpleasant smell. Even better is the outdoor aroma, when blended with cool fresh winter air. Sure to please all around you. I recommend a pouch of this to any aromatic smoker, just to keep in the rotation.

Very tasty mix of teenie tiny flakes and black and yellow ribbons. High class presentation and a wonderful vanilla bean aroma. It will bite if provoked so it must be smoked slower. Throw a little burley in to cool things down and i'm in a dream. This would be a fav if it had a little more Vanilla flavor. I desire full on Aromatics. Good stuff though, i'll keep a tin around.

This is a quality aromatic. The taste is like a good brandy based vanilla. Very rich and somewhat monochromatic like most aromatics. But with something a little better than most. A good tobacco for mixed company.

Very enjoyable vanilla blend that doesn't forget what's this all about: good tobacco. Burns hot so needs a bit of discipline, but quite frankly I learned how to smoke a pipe with this tobacco because the taste was so good it gave me the motivation to really get into this hobby. Only issue: it can get boring after a while and it prompted me to try other blends. Always nice to come back to it though.

Might sound weird to some hardcore pipe smokers out there, but to me this tobacco shines with a filter. The vanilla flavour comes out a bit too harshly without one. I personally tried it with and without a 9mm balsa filter and enjoyed it much more with it.

Great tobacco to smoke in social settings since the room note is amazing. My house didn't even smell like smoke but more like baked vanilla cookies. Great, great, great.

The best aromatic pipe tobacco ever produced in my opinion, simply put. On my 25+ years of pipe endeavours I have yet to find a better aromatic than this blend. The aroma when you open the tin is fantastic. Not a simple monotone Vanilla topping but a complex aroma that melts vanilla, caramel and probably a bit of coconut? It is not too moist for an aromatic, the cut is a mixture of broken flakes and ribbon cuts. Packs well and lights easily providing a tasty aroma and wonderful flavor profile which is extremely similar to the tin note. French smoking and retrohaling at a slow pace will provide you moments of treu bliss if you like some sweeter moments on your pipe smoking experience. I can also taste the Virginias balancing the blend very well. Does never bite me and provides a good lasting satisfying smoke with a light to medium nic hit. The room note is the best possible I can think of. Love it. One of my top 5 blends. Mr Per Georg Jensen is really a masterblender of sorts!