I too am a big fan of Autumn Evening. I don't smoke it as often as I used to but it's definitely one fine aromatic. I never noticed a cigarette taste to it, just the maple topping and some good tobacco flavors. It's also one of the few aromatics I don't give any dry time to because it tends to stay lit pretty decently for me but I usually smoke it in a shallow bowled pipe such as a Missouri Meerschaum Morgan and I pack it on the lighter side using the gravity fill method.