I recently bought a bag of Pipeandcigar.com's "Best of the Rest" that smells a bit like a strawberry milkshake. I thought "who in hell would want that smell in their tobacco"? The answer was "enough people that they actually make a tobacco that smells like a strawberry milkshake".
Now, on occasion, I'm struck with a great idea. Usually, the impracticality, legality or sheer stupidity of the notion dissuades me from pursuing it. Nonetheless, I've come up with a few pipe tobacco blends that I'd love to see come to fruition. I invite you to add your own potential favorites to the list.
1. Elderly couple. That unique aroma of your grandmother's house: Mothballs, liniment, home cooking and notes of plastic slipcovers.
2. Old Spice. It's an aftershave, it's a deodorant, it's a pipe tobacco.
3. Gym Bag. But in a good way.
4. Vegan Honeymoon. That sweaty, personal aroma with hints of asparagus and brown rice.
5. Carbureted. A rare scent these days: Carburated 6 cylinder engine exhaust.
6. Woolworth’s. Popcorn, plastic toys, hotdogs and parakeets. A walk down memory lane.
7. Old Hardware Store. Pestacides, paint and bone meal with undertones of fertilizer and weeping dynamite.
8. Spring Thaw (Road Harvest Blossom). That certain something when you combine wildflowers and thawed roadkill.
9. Thursday’s Surprise. When you find out that the trash didn’t get picked up.
10. Tube Set Remember the smell of an old TV or radio warming up? How hard would that be to capture in a Burley-dominated mix?
11. Shoe Store. 'Nuff said.
Now, on occasion, I'm struck with a great idea. Usually, the impracticality, legality or sheer stupidity of the notion dissuades me from pursuing it. Nonetheless, I've come up with a few pipe tobacco blends that I'd love to see come to fruition. I invite you to add your own potential favorites to the list.
1. Elderly couple. That unique aroma of your grandmother's house: Mothballs, liniment, home cooking and notes of plastic slipcovers.
2. Old Spice. It's an aftershave, it's a deodorant, it's a pipe tobacco.
3. Gym Bag. But in a good way.
4. Vegan Honeymoon. That sweaty, personal aroma with hints of asparagus and brown rice.
5. Carbureted. A rare scent these days: Carburated 6 cylinder engine exhaust.
6. Woolworth’s. Popcorn, plastic toys, hotdogs and parakeets. A walk down memory lane.
7. Old Hardware Store. Pestacides, paint and bone meal with undertones of fertilizer and weeping dynamite.
8. Spring Thaw (Road Harvest Blossom). That certain something when you combine wildflowers and thawed roadkill.
9. Thursday’s Surprise. When you find out that the trash didn’t get picked up.
10. Tube Set Remember the smell of an old TV or radio warming up? How hard would that be to capture in a Burley-dominated mix?
11. Shoe Store. 'Nuff said.
