Since I started checking out blends online, I've been paying more attention to what's in them, and I noticed a significant number of non-aromatic blends (including some English lat blends) that contain minor amounts of black cavendish as a condiment. So I decided to try an experiment. I blended 20% by weight of my go-to black cav, Bennington's #40, into Dunhill Royal Yacht, jarred it for a couple weeks to marry. I enjoy both blends singly, but I find the combination even more to my liking. The backbone is still the sweet Va nic-bomb that is RY, but the cavendish does three things:
1) Adds a layer of taste to RY which tends to get a little one-dimensional if I smoke it too frequently.
2) Makes the room note (which is already fairly tolerable) even more woman-friendly.
3) Bennington's #40 is a cube-cut black cav, which slows down the burning of the RY ribbon cut, making the smoke last much longer.
It also tames the nic hit of RY somewhat. In all, it's a blend that will go in my rotation.
1) Adds a layer of taste to RY which tends to get a little one-dimensional if I smoke it too frequently.
2) Makes the room note (which is already fairly tolerable) even more woman-friendly.
3) Bennington's #40 is a cube-cut black cav, which slows down the burning of the RY ribbon cut, making the smoke last much longer.
It also tames the nic hit of RY somewhat. In all, it's a blend that will go in my rotation.