As a newer pipe smoker who has been migrating toward VAs and away from aromatics, I was nonetheless excited to try this one. I have had good experiences with aros on the milder side (Peterson Connoisseur's Choice, Ashton Winding Road, Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake etc.), but had quite awful experiences with the goopier, saturated aros, one of which was another CAO blend, Cherrybomb. However, one of their others, Moontrance, is a favorite of mine in that genre, so I cracked the tin of ED and went in not knowing what to expect.
Unsurprisingly, fantastic tin note. This is one of the several reasons I enjoy a good aromatic blend. Also unsurprisingly, many aros need significant dry time out of the tin. ED was no exception, but that just gives me more time to enjoy the tin note. I know the drill with aros; pack lightly, draw lightly, and draw less frequently than I'm tempted to, lest my tongue cite provisions to me in the sections of the Geneva Convention banning torture. And you know what? I did a fairly good job of it, but as for enjoyment...I thought it was "just alright." Not a disappointment like Cherrybomb, but also not satisfying, like 1Q for example. Just a generic sweet taste, but very nebulous, nothing definitive. I prepared myself for a completely soaked final quarter of the bowl, and my preparation was rewarded with precisely what I expected. As I said, I know the drill with aros. SP.com should sell mini-wetvacs. They'd clean up, no pun intended.
As I was dumping the detritus, I began to notice a rather funky room note. I hadn't noticed it when the tobacco was burning (I only smoke outdoors), but after it was finished and no more smoke was in the air, this scent hit me out of nowhere, and it wasn't a good thing by any stretch. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I thought I might've been imagining it. Once I went indoors to put my accoutrements away, I received confirmation; it wasn't just me! My wife, who usually enjoys the room note of just about every blend I smoke (even the stinky Lat bombs), mentioned that I smelled like an old man who had been smoking bad tobacco all day! It smelled like something overtly artificial to her, way more so than anything else I'd ever smoked (including Capt. Black Cherry even), and I couldn't help but agree at that point. She noticed the same thing I did, but phrased it in such a way that I immediately hopped in the shower while my pipe was cooling down outside. I don't need that s**t! The shower took care of it, but I was left to ponder this for the rest of the evening. What was that thing?! Was it an entity, like the BO in the Seinfeld episode "The Smelly Car?" Perhaps, as the great Nigel Tufnel once put it...best to leave it unsolved.
Needless to say, look for my post this week in the Tobacco Sale section of the forum (two sealed tins plus most of a third). I think I'll stick with the myriad other aromatic options I have, for the sake of my tongue and my marriage.
P.S. Errr....has anyone else noticed this?
Unsurprisingly, fantastic tin note. This is one of the several reasons I enjoy a good aromatic blend. Also unsurprisingly, many aros need significant dry time out of the tin. ED was no exception, but that just gives me more time to enjoy the tin note. I know the drill with aros; pack lightly, draw lightly, and draw less frequently than I'm tempted to, lest my tongue cite provisions to me in the sections of the Geneva Convention banning torture. And you know what? I did a fairly good job of it, but as for enjoyment...I thought it was "just alright." Not a disappointment like Cherrybomb, but also not satisfying, like 1Q for example. Just a generic sweet taste, but very nebulous, nothing definitive. I prepared myself for a completely soaked final quarter of the bowl, and my preparation was rewarded with precisely what I expected. As I said, I know the drill with aros. SP.com should sell mini-wetvacs. They'd clean up, no pun intended.
As I was dumping the detritus, I began to notice a rather funky room note. I hadn't noticed it when the tobacco was burning (I only smoke outdoors), but after it was finished and no more smoke was in the air, this scent hit me out of nowhere, and it wasn't a good thing by any stretch. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I thought I might've been imagining it. Once I went indoors to put my accoutrements away, I received confirmation; it wasn't just me! My wife, who usually enjoys the room note of just about every blend I smoke (even the stinky Lat bombs), mentioned that I smelled like an old man who had been smoking bad tobacco all day! It smelled like something overtly artificial to her, way more so than anything else I'd ever smoked (including Capt. Black Cherry even), and I couldn't help but agree at that point. She noticed the same thing I did, but phrased it in such a way that I immediately hopped in the shower while my pipe was cooling down outside. I don't need that s**t! The shower took care of it, but I was left to ponder this for the rest of the evening. What was that thing?! Was it an entity, like the BO in the Seinfeld episode "The Smelly Car?" Perhaps, as the great Nigel Tufnel once put it...best to leave it unsolved.
Needless to say, look for my post this week in the Tobacco Sale section of the forum (two sealed tins plus most of a third). I think I'll stick with the myriad other aromatic options I have, for the sake of my tongue and my marriage.
P.S. Errr....has anyone else noticed this?
