Peretti No Name

The burley is very nutty, woody and earthy with a deep molasses flavor as the lead component. There’s a little grassy, citrusy Virginia in a support role. The toppings are the stars, and sublimates the tobaccos a lot. In the midst of the floral perfume and Ivory soap is anise, along with something musk-like. It’s the same musk-like essence in Mixture #79 and Iwan Reis Three Star Blue, though I know it’s not actually musk. I get faint hints of a tonquin-like addition. There's a minor spice note, so perhaps a little coumarin is residing in the mixture. It may have a touch of wintergreen as well since I know it's in Cuban Mixture, and I get a hint of it here. The strength and taste levels are medium. The nic-hit is a couple of steps past the mild mark. Won’t bite or get harsh. Burns cool and clean at a moderate rate with a very consistent, richly sweet and floral flavor that translates to the lingering after taste and room note. Requires a few relights. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and easily burns to ash. Not a blend for beginners, but those who like this style of tobacco may find it sweet and pleasant enough to repeat it during their smoking day. For them, I would recommend it.

-JimInks

It is soapy, floral and smells as if it has been topped with cheap perfume. The first few puffs are little much, but it settles down and by half bowl is a solid earthy burley with a molasses flavor. After the first few puffs, there is a little spice. I had to look for the Virginia, and there is not much, but it contributes some hay and a sharper sweet to balance the molasses. I must say it grows on you a little.

It is hard to know exactly how to rate this. I am not going to buy a pound. If a case of it washed up on a desert island and it was all I had, I would smoke a lot of it and be grateful. That makes it a solid 2.5.

This one is a great all day, easy puffin' blend. Not too complex but it has that signature Peretti Burley flavor with a good deal of florals added. This is an old school blend and folks that think Lakeland style tobaccos taste like what your Grandmother smells like, you all need to stay away cause you surely wouldn't get along with this one. I find that Peretti blends don't stay lit very easily and the tobacco isn't overly moist or goopy with toppings, still I like to set some out for an hour or so prior to smoking it and I've had somewhat better results. No Name is very similar to Original Mixture in that they both have a floral top dressings but I find No Name has a bit more character and the top notes are a bit more complex, I think I'm tasting rose in there but I can't be certain, I feel safer just describing it as floral. The dressing doesn't cover up the flavor of the excellent tobaccos present it just adds some nuances and makes things interesting. All in all, it's a very good "Lakeland" style tobacco but it surely doesn't give GH&Co. a run for their money as they are still kings of the genre.

I have been a patron of Peretti's for over 30 years. My standard day to day smoke was a Cavendish blend which has stood by me for a long time. Recently I decided to venture out and try something new. This blend indeed arrived with a very strong floral aroma right out of the bag. Almost too much for me, however once I settled down and gave it a try I really enjoyed it. I find that cutting it with an equal amount of Blend 100 mellows out the aroma and creates a very pleasant smoke. I would recommend this to someone looking for something different in their smoking rotation.

I don't know if this is one of the world's finest aromatics but it is one of the strangest.

First off, the strange soapy-floral casing was so powerful at the start that it stank out one of my trusty briars and I had to switch to a cob for a while. Initially, the casing was so strong and overpowering I didn't really like it. There is no exagerating when the taste is described as soapy, cheap perfume.

Oddlly, I persevered and the strange taste began to grow on me. I keep my open bags and tins in an airtight container so usually there is not a big difference in flavor with a blend over a month or so. However, the floral flavor of No Name noticeably wore off over the month. Half way through the month I enjoyed No-Name the best. At present, the flavoring is almost slight and the taste of the burley predominates. At the start, you couldn't tell what the underlying tobacco was.

This weird floral casing is apparently an old school aromatic and I have now tasted it from other tobacco houses. (Sam Gawith Grousemoor comes to mind with a virginia instead of burley base.)

I think this blend is well worth a try but I am not sure I'll be trying it again for a while. Still, I think one of these days might get a hankering for this weird flavor. And I never would if I hadn't tried it. I should also note that I am not a big burley fan but sometimes I like a bit of the burl.

I love Peretti blends, each has a unique flavor and complexity.

No Name is certainly unique and wow is it ever aromatic. This is a burley based blend with some virginia in a granular cut presentation. The topping is not fruity nor is it of the vegetable variety. It is quite a unusual, almost perfumey. Packs easily, burns to the bottom, and is not goopey.

If you're the experimental type, give it a try

LJ Peretti
No Name

It’s Winter of 2024, and I needed to reorder Tashkent and Omega, my two favorite blends from LJ Peretti. I went to my first grad school in the Boston area and always love the accent, so I telephoned to place the order. After the main business at hand, I asked the guy if they had any ‘Lakeland’ blends. He paused and said, well yes, we have No Name. So I ordered one ounce.

I have tried Ennerdale Flake. I have tried Grousemoor. In these cases I was puzzled because I didn’t really get the soapy, perfumy notes that are described as Lakeland. Both were fine but not great, and again, I was puzzled as to why they would be considered aromatics.

No Name is different. It smells and tastes like perfumed soap. Using a pressed (not block) meerschaum to approximate true flavor (and to avoid potentially ghosting a briar), I discovered quickly that No Name is a brilliant accomplishment — a very good Lakeland — and that I do not like Lakeland aromatics.

No Name has a decent rating on TR but my review will only be #17, which is (in my view) an insufficient number of reviews or upvotes to base much of a recommendation. Still, I would say unreservedly, that if you like a Lakeland aromatic, then No Name should be on your list. It’s a stronger version than Ennerdale or Grousemoor, even if I don’t care for the genre.

The base tobacco is more Burley than Virginia and this plays well with the toppings which, as noted elsewhere in the limited number of reviews, are the star of the show here. The Burley structure feels rough to me, though, and not particularly pleasant.

I will give No Name 3 stars out of 4, and will seek for the pouch a new home.

I enjoy a good lakeland on the blue moon. I've never gotten the "soap" description often attributed to these blends, but certainly the perfume and incense notes. For me, it smells like an old perfume from the 1910s - think something that a second class passenger would have worn on the Titanic.

The smoke is pleasant and unmistakably burley based. I won't cellar any, but will buy a few ounces maybe once a year.