Welcome aboard. Your list of favorites excluding Escudo is pretty similar to my list of must tries. Escudo is a great blend in my opinion. It's one of the few tins that when I crack it open I end up smoking pretty much straight through it with hardly touching anything else. There is something about that one that just hits the spot for me. I am very curious about Cricket and Purple Cow.
I started out thinking Cricket was good but that I’d never likely purchase more. It’s been in a jar a few months now and I really can’t get enough of it. One of the few regular aros I see myself keeping stocked.
A lot of blends especially C&D and G l Pease seem to get better after just a little while. If a blend is ever meh give it a little bit and sometimes it will surprise you sometimes it will still be meh. The cricket sounds like my favorite style. The lightly aro cross over. Still more tobacco then aro but with a little bit something something added to it.
I have to admit that after reading your thread title, that the Stone's song started running through my head, and I expected to be posting hello to the Devil, ha ha.
Hello from Indiana and welcome to the forums!
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