Cult Blood Red Moon

I tossed in a couple of tins of Blood Red Moon to an order because of some things I read here.
It is the first true aromatic I've smoked in 15 years. Almost didn't order it, but thought, what the hell. It's cheap.
I can't believe it. This tobacco is not at all what I was expecting, based on previous horrific experiences.
What an interesting blend. The cherry, chocolate, and nutty flavours as they change through the bowl... stunning. And all without becoming a gloopy mess. How is this even possible? Have aromatics changed?
What I want to know is, have they managed to do something similar with their Abacus blend or others? I just can't get over how good this tobacco tastes. If they could do this with other flavours, I think I'd have a crisis on my hands. It is that good.

I think I'm going to have to re-evaluate my thinking. I can see it being something I need to be in a mood for to smoke, but then, almost everything else I smoke works the same way.
The flavours have really caught me off guard. At worst, I was expecting a steamy mess of burnt tongue and to be out a couple of tins. Best case... maybe something sort of cherry. But this blend is actually fairly complex. I can taste a lot going on throughout the bowl and I just never thought that could happen with an aromatic.
What an idiot I have been! Man. I've smoked more -am smoking some right now- just to see if it was a fluke. It's not. In my opinion, this is an outstanding blend and it is far more than just cherry.
I think maybe you are right Chasing. When I first started, I barely knew how to pack a bowl, let along smoke one without frying my mouth. I found refuge in English blends -which are pretty aromatic in a smoky way- and slowly came back around to where I tried to start. Completely different results.

Peck- Is that actually true? The TK-6 doesn't list cacao/chocolate on tobacco reviews.
Hoosier- I'm going to give those a try when I can.
For anyone considering, this blend was a nice surprise. Fantastic room note that people love, I smoked mine dry right out of the tin without a mess or tongue bite, and the flavours were interesting. The cherry, cacao, and tobacco provided for a really good spectrum of flavouring as the bowl progressed.
I had not paid much attention to aromatics because I figured they would just be a mono blast of hot steam and maybe some hints of whatever topping is used, once in awhile. This blend, in my experience, had an interesting complexity that was surprising to me.
I mainly enjoy flakes of VaPer, and other virginia forward blends. I am an absolute sucker for Haddo's... maybe that explains why I finally gave an aromatic another shot. This won't replace all of the blends I love, but I think it will definitely add to them.

I was recently a tobacco snob too. A blend like this will not bump out my standbys like FVF or Hal O The Wynd, but it will be a nice addition to them. Great to know that there is an even less expensive option. Being a straight up re-package, I'll not pay a markup for some tin art.
It's interesting that the contents are described differently on tobacco reviews. The tin says the cherry and cacao is natural... or suggests it.
I enjoy my tobaccos by sipping. Occasionally, I take a larger puff when my attention wanes and quickly notice a lack of flavour. This happens more or less with all blends I smoke, depending a lot on the type of blend.
Sipping this blend provides, in my opinion, similar complexity to something like FVF or BBF, or any number of other blends that reveal great complexity by taking it very slow. It's obviously very different, but it's certainly not a straight out blast of cherry. It was a very intriguing experience.
It is my understanding that many tobaccos are similarly adulterated (depending on your stance) with various toppings, casings, flavourings. Even blends thought of as "pure," whatever that means. I blissfully overlooked that to enjoy my stance that I firmly did not smoke aromatics.
Until very recently, I had a similar view of what an aromatic was. Crap that had no place in my pipe. In my case, at least, my prejudice was based on... well, I'd have to think more on that. I don't know why I had that prejudice.

Perhaps from an unpleasant experience many years ago? An aversion to hookah bars? I don't know. It seems silly to me now.