Ultimately, I find very little dottle and a fairly dry bowl at the end, most unlike most ‘sweet’ aromatics
The only drawback I have found is that the smoke can be often not quite as cool as I would prefer, however I have never experienced any bite. You will be hard pressed to find anything finer if a light aromatic with a proper tobacco taste is what you are looking for.
Latelly i am in an aromatic blend mood.once the tin breaks a wonderfull smell of cream and caramel comes out.a deeper smell adds some citruses and nuts.the blend has nice texture with some broken flakes included,high moisture and some drying time is needed because it can’t be smoked as it is.after dried it packs and lights easy with some relights needed through smoking.while smoking i expected a taste consisted only from the flavouring but thats not true.virginias stand equally with the cavendish leading to a nice combination.the virginias are mostly citrusy and lemony working great with that cream caramel taste.i also got some alcohol notes.the burleys add some nice nuts and cocoa notes making the overall taste nice.generally the flavours combine well and natural leading to a nice smoking taste.burns at medium speed and hot to ash with some moisture being created at the filter.nicotine level is medium and the after taste tongue bite but if you puff fast there might be some harsh spots.the room note is very pleasant.generally i enjoyed this blend though it best site might ghost a pipe easilly.not an all day smoke unless you prefer highly aromatin blends.
Peterson aromatic blends usually are heavilly cased and this one is no exception
I should have learned from my experience with their Sherlock Holmes blend, but oh well. This tobacco has a wonderful caramel tin note. Other than that, it’s pretty useless. The worst tobacco that I have ever tried by far. The first puff isn’t so bad. After that, your taste buds become so steamed that you cannot taste anything. I gave this tin away too (although it would have been a great potpourri just to leave out on the nightstand). No more Peterson blends for me. Lesson learned this time.
Nice tin aroma. Fruity and perhaps a bit nutty [burley?]. Always a hot burn. Lacks depth although a ‘woody’ taste becomes apparent as the bowl heats up. Try something else!!
A delightful tin note masks what is otherwise a flat, one-dimensional tobacco. Good for potpourri and tongue-bite. Peterson makes some fine blends. Unfortunately this is not among them.
I had high hopes for this tobacco. It smelled nice in the tin. It was hot as hell to smoke, even when I tried smoking it very slowly. Pretty much tasteless also. I tried three bowls before giving the rest away. Will not buy again.
I found this blend to be deeply disappointing — for some reason it just doesn’t taste good — it smells nice in the tin but this does not translate into the smoke — it didn’t bit just smoked wet and sticky — when I allowed it dry a bit in the tin the taste didn’t improve although it obviously smoked drier. At this stage I am going to give up on the Peterson range as I have yet to find a tobacco I like in it.
The room note was barely noticeable and nothing to write home about
Update I have really tried to like this tobacco but it has achieved an almost unique distinction — I threw it out — it was that disgusting. Avoid at all costs. As far as I can see it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, the room note is foul also so not a crowd pleaser.