I had a post last year i attached below. There are many interesting suggestions. I followed the advice from @smokeyweb buying this space suit. it works pretty well. I am living in greater Seattle area, Pacific NW...
You get what you pay for. AliExpress has millions of good vendors and zillions of bad ones. You cannot just generalize them. I would suggest go thru the ratings and check how many they have sold. I will never buy from those sellers/products with less than 5 selling history with under 4.5 stars...
I have a Dunhill billiard smokes fantastic makes me want to buy more Dunhills.
I also have a Freehand made by a 12-year-old kid that smokes wonderfully well! I met the kid at the 2019 Chicago Pipe show and his mom sells me the pipe. She mentioned that he is still learning all the pipe making...
bought a estate calabash online. I believe It has been somoked by a aromatic smoker for a long time. I have tried to clean it with alcohol many times but it still has a ghosting smell of aromatic. I have never bought any smoked pipe since then.