English blends with nice room note???

[steelman]

English blend lovers....are there blends that are easy to smoke and pleasant to non-smoking friends?

 

[antipodesman]

I have received complements from strangers on Balkan Saseini. It has a nice vanilla note and is quite mellow.

 

[joe912]

An English blend with a nice room note is as rare as the perfect line in motorcycle riding

 

[judcole]

If you try some of the crossover English blends, you might find one that you like and has a pleasant room note. But since I smoke for taste, not room note, I can't be much more help then that.

 

[lordnoble]

Captain Earle's Ten Russians. Or better yet, Peterson Old Dublin... That is, if you find the smell of burning, sweat-soaked sneakers filled with doggie-doo, pleasant. :rofl: Seriously, I have yet to find one. I've found as Jud has. If I'm smoking just for me and my pleasure, English blends are great. If others will be around, I smoke something that has, at the very least, a tolerable room note. Good luck!
-Jason

 

[pstlpkr]

This is one that a lot of English and Aromatic smokers really like. (Edit: Some don't. It's one of those love it or loath it blends. But, it has been around for 200 years; so they must be doing something right.)

There is virtually no room note.
Samuel Gawith Grousemoor

 

[lordnoble]

Lawrence?! Why are you telling him about that blend?! If he likes it, it'll mean less for you! :rofl:
-Jason

 

[uberam3rica]

But since I smoke for taste, not room note, I can't be much more help then that.

Same here. I like the smell of English blends

 

[baronsamedi]

I think 3 Oaks Syrian smells great but it makes my wife ill.

 

[captainbob]

There is a minority of Aromatic Blends that contain Latakia. Cornell and Diehl does list their Aromatics containing Latakia at this address: http://cornellanddiehl.com/aromatic_blends.htm There is a total of only eight aromatic blends containing Latakia. Captain Bob's Blend is one of those eight. I have smoked them all, and all are very pleasing to me. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find "Aromatic Blends Conatining Latakia". I am confident that any one of those will be pleasing. Good luck in your search. My suggestion may help you. I hope so! Searching is so difficult and costly. But, this Forum can help you.

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[choch]

FWIW, my wife loves the smell of Syrian 3 Oaks. She also likes the room note that LJ Peretti's Omega produces. Ditto FMOTT.
On a different note, I think that Peretti's blends are some of the most under-appreciated, and under-discussed, blends around.

 

[billinsfl]

An English blend with a pleasant room note? No such animal!

 

[pstlpkr]

Lawrence?! Why are you telling him about that blend?! If he likes it, it'll mean less for you! :rofl:

You're right Jason... That's what I get for being a nice guy.... :D

But, I have a secret... I buy 3 tins, smoke one, cellar the other two... Have six in storage thus far.

So much for that secret.

 

[spyder71]

There are some tasty sounding blends in there. I only smoke one areo, Nutty Irishman, but I am now thinking about trying a couple others.

 

[rigmedic1]

You could try layering a mild English with 1Q, which would smell nice and taste pretty good, in my opinion, at least. I have done it with Blue Mountain before, and liked the combo.

 

[papipeguy]

C&D's USS Mason is a lat blend with a brandy note. Very nice in my opinion.

 

[barkar]

Best to find an aromatic to smoke around nonsmokers as all my english blends smell like a sweaty saddle or a wet dog.

 

[ravkesef]

I used to smoke Balkan Sobranie (the old days,) and I had any number of people remark on how pleasant the tobacco smelled. On the other hand, there were those who would wrinkle their noses and ask: "Who are you trying to please with that stuff." My answer was simple: "me."

My college roommate used to say: "Other people smoke tobaccos that smell like cherries, like a walk in the woods, and you smoke tobacco that smells like farts!" de gustibus ...

Ditto for aromatics. You will smoke something that has a fragrance of cherries, or vanilla, or some other pleasant substance, and again, you will get mixed reviews.

IMHO: the bottom line is that you should search around for the tobacco that you like the best and smoke it. After all--it's your pipe, and you're smoking for your own enjoyment. Have at it!

 

[clyde]

Smoke PA as a rule. Since I switched to online purchasing I've gone back to English Blends/Mixtures I smoke in self exiled "chicken's lair". Wife says they smell like burning damp autumn leaves. That's as close to a compliment as there is. Like to buy sampler packs that have one or two likely 50 gram samples in the selection. It's a love 'em or leave 'em with English flavor. I'm lovin' 'em. Have to be fair and admit there are some pretty good aromatics now that didn't exist back when I gave them up and they're common in samplers so I'm getting a re-introduction into variety. I recommend everyone should occasionally try a little something different once in a while. The experience can be a pleasant surprise. :?

 

[dhizzy]

My wife enjoy.s the smell of many lat blends