CAO Eileen’s Dream - what am I missing?

[TheZaxx]

Decided this belongs here rather than the new pipe smoker thread since it’s more of a review, I suppose. But mods I’ll understand if it gets moved.

Anyhow, after seeing glowing reviews online, and because if it’s on the internet it must be true, I decided to pick up Eileen’s Dream a few months back.

Straight out of the tin, it smelled fine but tasted terrible. As in, I could taste the tin itself with every puff.

Jarred it for about a month and then gave it another go. Still metallic, and while I only smoke outside, company could barely pick up on the aroma.

Did I get a bad batch? Does it need to sit in the jar longer still (the rest has been shelved since July)? Am I missing something?

 

[Servant King]

It's one of only three blends I've ever had that induced a verbal complaint from wifey. Not only that, but it left a very unpleasant aftertaste and smell that lingered far too long. Ended up giving away the rest of that tin and another sealed one. There are so many tobacco blends nowadays, there's no sense in forcing a square peg into a round hole.

The only CAO blend I've actually enjoyed was Moontrance, and even then, there's a time and a place.

 

[LotusEater]

What Servant King said is spot on including the bit about Moontrance.

 

[spearheadbill]

You will learn to be more discerning on what and where you read things about pipe tobacco on the internet. we all do. Whats missing from Eileens is actual tobacco. it's subpar aromatic

 

[Sig]

I tried Eileens Dream, Moontrance, and one other......I dont care for any of them. I like aromatics and these sounded like they would be great.
I dont know exactly how to explain it, but they were all perfumy, or maybe floral. They all left a bad taste in my mouth, both literally and figuratively.
They have been jarred sinse April. I will try them again in the Spring. If they are still bad, which from experience, they will be....I'll give them away or toss them.
Oddly enough ive really liked the few CAO cigars ive tried years ago. Except the rectangular pressed one. It tasted fine, but sucking on a Lego wasn't very pleasant.

 

[EveningSmoke03]

I've had Eileen's Dream only in its cigar iteration (in a sampler cigar pack with Moontrance, Bella Vanilla and Gold Honey), and didn't much care for it there. In fact Moontrance was the only one of the 4 I cared for.

 

[huntertrw]

CAO Eileen’s Dream - what am I missing?​

Mr. Shakespeare may have the answer, "...to sleep, perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub..."

According to this, I think he may be saying that it needs to be rubbed-out and then smoked when you are sleepy.

 

[shanez]

Personally, I like it. Mine is over 10 years old though, maybe something changed?

Or maybe you're smoking it way to hot?

 

[DeerparkDays]

Lets's add in Sweet Killarney in the mix too.....even down here, if someone gave me a tin, I think I would throw it out!

 

[burleyboy75]

i binge watched a ton of mutton chops videos- he loves eileens dream. i like him, it was cheap, i bought me a tin. That tobacco was just meh to me. i remember him calling out truffles, white chocolate, a bunch of other stuff. i didnt get any of that.

just really mild to me. nothing bad, just bland. im with ya

 

[Servant King]

i binge watched a ton of mutton chops videos- he loves eileens dream. i like him, it was cheap, i bought me a tin. That tobacco was just meh to me. i remember him calling out truffles, white chocolate, a bunch of other stuff. i didnt get any of that.

just really mild to me. nothing bad, just bland. im with ya

Yeah he's big on that one, Maltese Falcon, and EMP if I recall correctly. Also liked Drew Estate Central Park Stroll, which really piqued my curiosity in them, although that was right around the time they folded. But I did find two cellar favorites in Grand Central and Gatsby Luxury Flake, so I'm thankful to him for that.

 

[Waning Embers]

CAO Eileen’s Dream - what am I missing?

Nothing, you just don't like it. Don't let reviews tell you what you should or shouldn't like.

 

[TheZaxx]

i binge watched a ton of mutton chops videos- he loves eileens dream. i like him, it was cheap, i bought me a tin. That tobacco was just meh to me. i remember him calling out truffles, white chocolate, a bunch of other stuff. i didnt get any of that.

just really mild to me. nothing bad, just bland. im with ya

Yeah he's big on that one, Maltese Falcon, and EMP if I recall correctly. Also liked Drew Estate Central Park Stroll, which really piqued my curiosity in them, although that was right around the time they folded. But I did find two cellar favorites in Grand Central and Gatsby Luxury Flake, so I'm thankful to him for that.

I like EMP, and i think I’ll like Maltese Falcon more with age, was a 5/10 for me out of the tin though.

Glad to see I’m not alone with Eileen’s Dream. Sounds like I’ll need to give moontrance a try.

 

[huntertrw]

Don't let reviews tell you what you should or shouldn't like.

To that I say, "Amen!"

 

[burleybreath]

One of the few tobaccos I hurled into the trash at high speed. No resemblance at all to actual tobacco.

 

[Chris T]

I appreciate this discussion. I enjoyed the cigars and had been considering whether to try a tin. Removed from list-

 

[renfield]

At least when we encounter a blend that just doesn’t work it’s not terribly painful to toss it or gift it to someone else.

Life’s too short to smoke a blend you don’t like, no matter how much other people might like it.