My First English Blend Has Arrived

mrlblackbird

Might Stick Around

Oct 17, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #1

And now I'm eagerly waiting for my Missouri Meerschaum cob. Regarding my Dunhill Early Morning Pipe, I've got to say, I'm really not a fan of the odour it gives off. Is it a fairly common thing to find the smell of English Blends unpleasant when you first start with them?

 

marmal4de

Lifer

Feb 20, 2011

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Richmond, BC

• Oct 20, 2011

• #2

I don't like EMP, unless of course it has an extremely healthy pinch of blending lat. The Orlik production IMO is terrible. As for the smell, it'll grow on you.

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

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Birmingham, AL

• Oct 20, 2011

• #3

Welcome to the Dark Side!

:D

 

mrlblackbird

Might Stick Around

Oct 17, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #4

Lawrence, I laughed so hard it hurt. Classic :lol:

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

9,694

31

Birmingham, AL

• Oct 20, 2011

• #5

LOL!

I love EMP.

That was my first foray into Latakia as well.

::

 

gecko13

Part of the Furniture Now

Feb 2, 2011

898

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Goodyear,AZ

• Oct 20, 2011

• #6

My first experience was "ewwwww", what heck is this, "Smells like something from the barn floor." About an hour after my first bowl, I wanted more. And so it began; my continued spiral into the dark side.
:puffpipe:

 

harrier52

Can't Leave

Aug 7, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #7

Yes the smell at first is very bad. It actually kept me from trying it for nearly a year or more. But finally i couldnt get the satisfaction i was looking for in an aromatic and said the hell with it. I packed up a bowl of Old Dublin ignored the smell and found out it was great. To date ive yet to smoke anything without a good dose of lat in it since that day. Now I also enjoy the smell to. Everyone else hates it but oh well.

 

bigvan

Lifer

Mar 22, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #8

I never thought latakia blends smelled "bad", just "different". Not at all sweet or fruity like aromatics; to me they smelled like pencils. Not pleasant, but by no means unpleasant either.
But I grew up around my father and grandfather (both of whom smoked pipes) so maybe you have to be "raised in it".

 

gecko13

Part of the Furniture Now

Feb 2, 2011

898

1

Goodyear,AZ

• Oct 20, 2011

• #9

After my initial period of olfactory indoctrination into the dark side, I find the smell of most English blends very acceptable. If I could get it in cologne or bath spray form I'd probably give a bottle to my wife. (I can say things like that on here since she can't see my posts.)

 

philip

Lifer

Oct 13, 2011

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Puget Sound

• Oct 20, 2011

• #10

I enjoyed the earthy flavor and aroma of the first English/latakia blend I tried. SPC Plum Pudding. It reminded me of younger days playing in the hay.

 

morlader

Can't Leave

Mar 2, 2011

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Cornwall UK

• Oct 20, 2011

• #11

I am a fan of Sam gawiths Latakia blends and I find the smell OK.His Balkan Flake is really smokey out uf the tin.I have not tried any of the Dunhill blends so I can't comment there but SG smells just fine to me,but then my nose is firmly on the dark side ( I did drift away for a while but soon came back again ) :: btw looks like you upset Jeremy Clarckson

 

judcole

Lifer

Sep 14, 2011

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33,509

Detroit

• Oct 20, 2011

• #12

The worse it smells, the better it tastes. :puffpipe:

 

loneredtree

Part of the Furniture Now

May 27, 2011

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Sierra Foothills

• Oct 20, 2011

• #13

I have enjoyed the smell and taste of lat from my first encounter with the stuff. It is why I started pipe smoking. For most, it is an acquired taste,like beer. I have 4 tins of 3 year old EMP to work through before I try the Orik product.

 

rigmedic1

Lifer

May 29, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #14

My first was Dunhill 965, and I couldn't believe what i had been missing. 90% of my stash is Balkan now. Aros are great for the ladies, but Latakia is for me!

 

markw4mms

Lifer

Jun 16, 2011

2,176

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Bremen,GA

• Oct 20, 2011

• #15

90% of my stash is Balkan now.

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Same here, but I do still enjoy an occasional bowl of an aro, especially if I'm going to be smoking in the car if my G/F is with me.

 

ohin3

Lifer

Jun 2, 2010

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #16

@bigvan: I too think of pencil shavings when smelling English blends. I tend to get it in the smoke as well.

 

stryder

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Aug 24, 2011

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• Oct 20, 2011

• #17

To me unfired I get BBQ smell, then fired a hint of smoke in the smoke...I know sound weird but English has grown on me as well. Still like a nice aro especially around the ladies.

You might contact Sterling and discuss with him. He is a master of understanding what you should like and does business the old fashion way - customer is king.

 

baronsamedi

Lifer

May 4, 2011

5,688

5

Dallas

• Oct 21, 2011

• #18

It's like a certain other activity. Once you get past the smell it's all good. The smoke is vastly different than the tin aroma.

 

stryder

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Aug 24, 2011

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• Oct 21, 2011

• #19

Shame shame but very freak'n true baronsamedi!

 

lordnoble

Lifer

Jul 13, 2010

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• Oct 21, 2011

• #20

It's funny... My daughter commented on my "stinky" blend (H&H Blackhouse) that she caught a whiff of from outside and asked why I smoke it if it smells like that. I told her that the good smelling ones are for everyone around me and the stinky ones are for me because they taste good.
-Jason