Date Added: Sunday 25 February, 2024
Firstly - these smell FANTASTIC. They're all quite sweet, lightly creamy, deliciously floral, scent-wise.
Though the actual flavour of the smoke isn't as reminiscent of the smell of the tobacco as I'd hoped (though I've since come to learn this is typical of aromatic flavours overall) they are still very, very tasty smokes. I found them to be a great introduction to pipe smoking as they're very forgiving, accessible, and easy to work with in terms of moistness, texture consistency, ready-to-use, and very easy to pack and keep ignited - especially once I discovered the spiral-palm packing method, and the "breathing" method for smoking - the whole process became a breeze (excuse the pun). As long as you're not smoking your pipe too hot (another learned skill of pipe-smoking I quickly found out) there's no harshness or overpowering notes... compared to some others I tried (eg the 'Nothing But Flake' sampler) which were much more of an acquired taste (and texture).
If I had a complaint (which I don't, if I'm honest) - it's tha