Do Aromatics Suck?

[SmokingInTheWind]

I have a small stash of aromatics I accumulated when I started out. I am trying to work through them to free up the jars. I just mix in a bunch of 5 Bros, Two Timer or Ryback to dry it out and bump up the nic. It works well for me.

 

[fireground_piper]

Nicotine has no impact on what I like. But I have tried a few very heavily topped and oddly flavored aromatics and I do not understand them. Some of my favorite and most cellared blends are flavored, but a minty hot cocoa blend that cracks and pops as you light it scratches my head to the market that buys it.

 

[bullet08]

Like Virginia Slims, Capris, and Eve cigarettes, they give the fairer sex something to bring them into the hobby. Oh, and Canadian Teddy bears. Let's not forget our grump Canadian friend. Oh, and kids.

I'm joking of course. There are also manly men who probably have smoked Virginia Slims also.

Yeah. Those guys who look at the girls and say "we come a long way, baby" with a wink.

 

[didimauw]

I'm talking about the goopy ones, not the more tobacco forward aromatics from Gawith, or the codger blends.

I've stuck back many jars of a few different blends like this... You know the kind of wet, goopy, aromatics... The kind that couldn't satisfy the nicotine cravings of a 4th grader.

Hell, you might be better off socking back bags of Bouy Gold, like our lawyer does.

Flavor is important obviously, but tobacco gets it's value from nicotine. If not, we'd be smoking lettuce or something.

I was thinking:

• Are aromatics completely useless?

• Do aromatics suck?

Close. Every except burley sucks actually.

 

[Mrs. Pickles]

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Definitely would.

 

[shanez]

There are a lot of really good "goopy" aromatics out there.

 

[hakchuma]

Nicotine. Period. Anything more can be a plus. I’m not a tobacco snob. I’ll smoke nearly anything with nicotine even if it is an old boot soaked in nicotine, I’d grind it up and smoke it in a cob.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Then, its granny panty Lakelands up on the block. Then, I can't taste anything from Virginias up after that. Just enjoy the show, It's camaraderie.

I’ve often wondered, with all the “granny panty” references, how many that use the term freely have ever tasted granny panties

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I’ve often wondered, with all the “granny panty” references, how many that use the term freely have ever tasted granny panties

The term was coined by a member we had here named Harris, but his handle was cigrsmkr. He passed away a time back. Lakelands sauces are made from the same ingredients used in those little pink soaps from the 50's-70's that grannies put in their bathrooms to make them smell better (in their minds). Harris was a weird one, so... I cannot speak to his tastes, but I use the term in tribute, but what I mean is the soaps that grannies used. The smell sickens me, and I've always been perplexed at guys who like them. But, to each their own.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not at all. Without them, pipe tobacco sells wouldn't be lucrative enough to keep the business alive.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I’ve often wondered, with all the “granny panty” references, how many that use the term freely have ever tasted granny panties

It's a reference to floral sachets once used in clothing drawers to scent the clothing kept there.

 

[Sobrbiker]

It's a reference to floral sachets once used in clothing drawers to scent the clothing kept there.

Oh, I know (you’re always so literal). My grandma had ‘em.
Never tasted her panties though.

 

[Pipke]

Not at all. Without them, pipe tobacco sells wouldn't be lucrative enough to keep the business alive.

Best selling pipe tobaccos in the country are aromatics. From Captain Black on down to lesser known brands (outside this forum).

 

[Chasing Embers]

you’re always so literal

Rarely literal, mostly explanatory. Many have no recollection or knowledge of such sachets to give reference to underwear smelling of rose geranium.

 

[Strange Quark]

Pretty much, they suck. The industry went through that period in the 90s of ingredient restrictions that rendered aromatic tobacco far less flavorful. Even some premium blends severely suffered like Gold Block. But the larger problem with these goopy aromatics I think has to do with the way they are processed. They are so heavily cased and then pressed to exude excess moisture that it leaches all the essence of the leaf and most of the nicotine out leaving a "dead" cellulose substrate with its essence replaced by flavorings. In a sense this kind of aromatic pipe tobacco isn't that far from vaping. On the other hand, some of the most common tobacco types in their basic form have extremely high nicotine content that would not be appealing to the common pipe smoker. Green River leaf used to make black cavendish has a natural nicotine content in the 6 to 7% range. It's thick and coarse and can take a lot of processing and soak up casing. In my experiments with whole leaf this processing works fine with burley but destroys the qualities of flue cured.

 

[The Libertine]

I enjoy aromatics as well as non-aromatics. Everything has a place and time. A good aromatic is delightful after a dinner.

 

[telescopes]

Snap, Crackle, Pop is probably the most interesting and fun aromatic out there. Is it goopy? Yes. But it is an interesting if not audible smoke.

 

[brian64]

Yeah. Those guys who look at the girls and say "we come a long way, baby" with a wink.

Yeah, they're the same ones who are winning all of the women's sporting events.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I love a good aro. Some of the Peterson special editions, Gawith twists (aniseed, cherry, rum), their special editions and bourbon whiskey flake, Spirit of Scotland and Mahogany. Wouldn't call any of them gloopy, though. The only gloopy tobacco i've bought was Kohlhase No. 66 and I enjoyed it. Just needed to be dried out.

I find aromatics are a good change of pace now and again.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I'm talking about the goopy ones, not the more tobacco forward aromatics from Gawith, or the codger blends.

I've stuck back many jars of a few different blends like this... You know the kind of wet, goopy, aromatics... The kind that couldn't satisfy the nicotine cravings of a 4th grader.

Hell, you might be better off socking back bags of Bouy Gold, like our lawyer does.

Flavor is important obviously, but tobacco gets it's value from nicotine. If not, we'd be smoking lettuce or something.

I was thinking:

• Are aromatics completely useless?

• Do aromatics suck?

My first thought!