C&D Anthology 1992-2022
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Thats so funny they broke the website. I collect art and LPs and this is a frequent occurrence upon releases. Never thought I'd witness it in the piping community, but man is that funny.
I just fortuitously clicked on this post and it’s the first I’m hearing of the blend. Crazy that I came at the exact time of its release. Went to go buy some and it’s all sold out or the sites have crashed. 
I took the plunge. Amazing how quickly tobacco sells now!
SPC has it at this very moment, just ordered 3, because I’m really hoping this will be really special.
I got three as well. One that I will send to a friend, other two for me. One to smoke and one to save.
I'm in the same situation as you bro. It's more profitable to go for it, in a pool float, for children. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Before it goes through customs, and cost you more expensive than a trip to mars. ??
I should give you some context for that CRFw/Perique 2021 rating. I'm the only reviewer I know who rates a blend by similar blends in the same genre. I never rate for my personal taste. I recommended (three stars) for that particular vintage because there are better blends in that particular subset of the VaPer genre, so I could not give it four stars. If I wasn't rating blends against other blends, many of my ratings would be different than they are. That would also be true if I rated for my personal taste.Review ratings are subjective. For example the last similar blend to this one, crf w/ perique (2021) he gave 3 stars but every other reviewer gave it 4 stars.
Not trying to talk you into or out of it, the main question is do you like previous offerings from c&d in this genre and does the flavor profile suit you?
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I believe if I give a blend a four star rating that anything else in that particular category has to be just as good, or very, very close to being as good in order to get four stars. There have been times that I have gone back to earlier reviews, and changed the rating because of later experiences when I found more blends in that subset of its genre that were better or worse. Sometimes, that forces a downgrade or an upgrade of a previous rating in order to maintain consistency in my ratings of blends in the same arena. You aren't likely to find that in anybody else's reviews, so it's something to keep in mind when comparing my ratings against others'.
As another example, I'm sure you saw some of my recent revised reviews. Any ratings that were changed was due to comparison not just to the earlier versions, but to other blends in the same genre as well. That, too, was rating maintenance.
Btw, three stars is still a recommendation, and at times I have felt my three star ratings are often somebody else's four star ratings. If I rated for my personal taste, a great many of my reviews would have different ratings than they currently do.
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I ended up buying some and having it sent to a friends house in the States. It will likely be close to two years before I travel back to America, so the blend will have some nice time to age ?