Dunhill Blends Comparison
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Opened a tin and smoked it: If it looks like Latakia, smells like Latakia, tastes like Latakia chances are good that it is Latakia!
There are many who'll argue that EMP is lat free but I'm not one of those people. There's just enough to make the blend what it is IMHO and if one were to look closely enough it'd be hard to explain away those black flecks. For those who don't know, Latakia falls into the "oriental leaf" catagory, the original blend recipe may have simply listed Virginias and orientals to throw off any duplication attempts.
All in all a great chart and hopefully it'll help those in need of such a reference. I'd also like to see the other Dunhill blends listed. Great job!
All in all a great chart and hopefully it'll help those in need of such a reference. I'd also like to see the other Dunhill blends listed. Great job!
Missing from this chart are several Dunhill lat blends - Standard, Standard Mellow, and The Apertif.
The Apertif,like MM 965, has cavendish in it.
Standard and Standard Mellow do not; I haven't smoked Mellow, but I consider Standard to be a fine example of the "English" blend.
So we might sum up as follows.
EMP - Oriental forward, very light latakia.
London - Oriental forward, more latakia than EMP. "Oriental" blends.
Durbar - Balanced latakia and orientals. "Balkan"
Standard and Standard Mellow - latakia forward. I haven't smoked Mellow; I am assuming it's similar to Standard, but less latakia. "English" blends.
The Apertif and MM 965 Both of these blends are latakia forward,but also have unflavored cavendish. "Scottish" blends. 965 has more cavendish than The Apertif, IIRC, but I haven't smoked it in quite a while.
Nightcap - Latakia forward; perique. More lat than Standard; there used to be a Standard Full. Was that Nightcap without perique? Nic heavy.
Then they are reintroducing - or have - Baby's Bottom as MM1938B (I think). Not sure where that fits in. :
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The Apertif,like MM 965, has cavendish in it.
Standard and Standard Mellow do not; I haven't smoked Mellow, but I consider Standard to be a fine example of the "English" blend.
So we might sum up as follows.
EMP - Oriental forward, very light latakia.
London - Oriental forward, more latakia than EMP. "Oriental" blends.
Durbar - Balanced latakia and orientals. "Balkan"
Standard and Standard Mellow - latakia forward. I haven't smoked Mellow; I am assuming it's similar to Standard, but less latakia. "English" blends.
The Apertif and MM 965 Both of these blends are latakia forward,but also have unflavored cavendish. "Scottish" blends. 965 has more cavendish than The Apertif, IIRC, but I haven't smoked it in quite a while.
Nightcap - Latakia forward; perique. More lat than Standard; there used to be a Standard Full. Was that Nightcap without perique? Nic heavy.
Then they are reintroducing - or have - Baby's Bottom as MM1938B (I think). Not sure where that fits in. :
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