Dunhill Tobacco

[woodsroad]

I liked Dunhill Nightcap much better than the Peterson version, but it might be because it was aged?

There are no “versions”.
Only the labels changed.

 

[woodsroad]

Pipe smokers keep insisting that Dunhill decided to distance themselves from tobacco. But it's just not true. BAT sells and continues to sell Dunhill cigarettes. I think it's more accurate to say the Dunhill wants to distance itself from pipe smokers.

It is most likely that it cost BAT more to administer the licensing agreement with STG than they were making. I have a little experience with such matters, and see this as the likely culprit.

 

[kcghost]

A deal is never done until the accountants have their say. And what they have to say is never good.

 

[Fumatore]

Hope I'm not ranting or off topic but I believe it was sometime in the early 90’s I started smoking Dunhill blends probably 75% of the time (MM 965, Standard Mixture Medium, London Mixture, Nightcap, Early Morning Pipe, and Elizabethan). They were Murray blended and the quality was unsurpassed.

When Murray sold to Orlik the Dunhill blends went to hell IMO (some say that Orlik didn’t have much quality control and some Danish blends got mixed in the blends but I don’t think so, I believe they just used cheaper or other tobaccos. The only one I found that was reasonably close to the original was Standard Mixture Medium.

Too, I remember that Murray’s MM 965 always used a BROWN Cavendish in the blend and whatever was in that Cavendish mix I do not believe was carried forward. I also believe Murray’s 965 used a sweeter and high quality Macedonian tobacco (I recall the ads for the blend mentioned the claim).

The STG and Peterson blends I have tried lately may be somewhat better but none that I have tried remind me of the quality of those old Murray blends I listed above. Of course it’s been awhile.

 

[capitano]

hi smokers
just to update from my lovely weekend...
i believe the loveliest point in the world.....
...ok, No.1& 1167 still 50 years plus, but .....

 

[Davy]

Square Tins just purchase the last 8 tins

If they're the square tins they could be at least 7 years of age or so, maybe more depending when the B & M bought the batch.

 

[Servant King]

This thread has reminded me how much I wish Peterson had picked up Aperitif along with the others. Quite the bummer, and I can't be the only one who feels this way. Maybe Sutliff will come out with a match blend some day...

 

[monty55]

hi smokers
just to update from my lovely weekend...
i believe the loveliest point in the world.....
...ok, No.1& 1167 still 50 years plus, but .....

You should start a new thread with this post under Pipe Tobacco Discussion. Very nice!

 

[jpmcwjr]

If you do so, please let me know via PM so I can cleanup this thread.
And thanks, monty55.