Which tobacco smells the best?
Posted by Jo on Saturday, 22-Sep-2007
My husband quit smoking twenty five years ago. He sometimes complains about the smell of the different types of cigarettes that I smoke.
I like a mild virginia type of smoke. What is the best smelling tube and tobacco when they are lit? I ordered some tubes that were blueberry but he didn't like that smell.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Jws on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
Seems he doesn't like that fruity stuff. I experimented a bit because people were complaining about the smell too. Pipe tobacco worked decently. It needs to be dried thoroughly and just mixed enough to provide the aroma while avoiding the bitter taste.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Dave L on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
Interesting you should mention pipe tobacco. I recently got a bit of Lane MV-1000 and had previously gotten a can of Sportsman vanilla (...not sold as a pipe tobacco but much more like the MV than any cigarette tobacco). Both have a lot of smell and flavoring, so much that it contaminates the machine and my Smoky cases. After smoking the Sportsman I was smelling it everywhere for days (while at the grocery store etc.). After smoking the MV I was tasting it in other cigarettes for days. Way too much smell and flavoring for me. Anyway, I believe these are called aromatics and while I don't care for the taste of Sportsman, the smoke smells really nice.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Matt on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
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Aromatic pipe tobaccos will haunt your taste buds for quite a period of time if inhaled. I have no experience with Lane MV-1000 and am curious as to where you got it. I've hardly mixed any pipe/cigarette tobacco combos and am by no means an authority but I'd recommend trying some straight tobacco like Samuel Gawith's Best Brown Flake.
The best place I know of for bulk pipe tobacco is...
www.marscigars.com
The best place for tinned pipe tobacco is...
www.smokingpipes.com
P.S. ...take a gander at some of the BEAUTIFUL pipes at smokingpipes.com. If only I had the $500 and up that some of them cost. ( I do own a nice sandblasted Rad Davis though. Call it a guilty pleasure.)
- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Dave L on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
I got the MV from Lil' Brown (bulk tobacco section IIRC). I was trying to find the plainest Virginia pipe tobacco I could, that one wasn't. It has possibilities as a flavoring in a blend. I had something real interesting but it was made from leftovers and damn if I know what was in it.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Matt on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
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The purest and plainest Virginia I can think of is Wessex's Gold Brick Virginia Plug. It's a very labor intensive and fun tobacco. You need a really sharp knife in order to get it into smokable pieces; or you could peel the layers of leaf and use a pair of shears. Great in a pipe, haven't tried it in cigarettes.
Very pricey at $11.33 for 100g.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Dave L on Friday, 12-Oct-2007
I was mostly curious because folks using pipe tobacco in cigarettes had come up a couple of times. I hadn't realized how different pipe tobacco could be. It seems that, even in a best case scenario, its not ideal for cigarettes or stuffing.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Dash on Saturday, 22-Sep-2007
I don't know as the tube makes a whole lot of difference but you might try the Tobacco Stations American mild. I smoke it in a Smokers Gold light tube and it leaves a real pleasant room aroma. I don't know why but I don't find the same thing with their premium mild tobacco.
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- Re: Which tobacco smells the best?
- Posted by Dano on Monday, 24-Sep-2007
I agree with Dash insofar as the tube making a difference in the smell.
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Tops WILDFIRE Strawberry has a real nice smell to it but I don't know if you want to make that you main smoke. Try some clove tobacco, nice smell. A couple of places make Vanilla tobacco which isn't to shabby.