Fruit Forward Blends?

[Bluemonter]

This is my summer of trying fruit forward blends. 'Figured I'd venture into unknown territory...shake things up a bit.
I'm looking for recommendations, not necessarily cherry blends, but anything fruity..

I've purchased several ounces each thus far of:
P. Stokkebye Peaches and Cream
PS Optimum
Sutliff Black Cherry
C&D Dark Cherry Cavendish
Super Value Cherry Cavendish

I'm trying them all in briars, cobs and clays and finding interesting variations in flavor, but overall I've found that the 'pouch aroma' doesn't quite match up to the taste. Sometimes I can't even taste the fruit.

So, I'd love to hear what fruit forward blends you all enjoy. I've a couple more months of this fruity endeavor, then it's back to English and Balkans.

 

[username]

Rattarys exotic orange now called exotic passion is pretty good.

 

[badbeard]

Lane Black Raspberry -- yep.. I am guilty of liking this blend.
Tobacco Galleria Night Cap has some fruity thing going on.
Dan Sweet Vanilla Honeydew could be maybe seen as fruity, and is a favorite of mine.
Erinmore
Firedance
Boswell Berry Cobbler
Ashton Guilty Pleasure

That is the extent of my fruit experience.

 

[Tar Wheel]

Planta - Anno MMXII (Ripe Marula Fruit).
A very pleasant fruity taste with great tobacco in the background. I’ve been having trouble finding it lately, though.

 

[FurCoat]

Rattarys exotic orange now called exotic passion is pretty good.

I love this blend. It will seriously ghost a pipe though.

 

[anotherbob]

brebbia allegro is a favorite of mine.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Samuel Gawith Firedance
Planta MMXII Ripe Marula Fruit
DTM Sweet Vanilla Honeydew
Boswell’s Raspberry Cream
Boswell’s Berry Cobbler

 

[shanez]

Dan Tobacco Devil's Holiday tastes like smoking a fruit pie.

Rattrays Exotic Passion is fantastically fruity with lots of other flavors. It can ghost a pipe if you worry about that sort of thing. I don't but I also don't chain smoke it in the same pipe.

My favorite tobacco with fruit though is Capstan Gold Flake. This is just a wonderful VA with great sweetness and a nice fruit component.

 

[STP]

Another vote for Rattray’s Exotic Passion?

 

[MarcosEZLN]

Rattarys exotic orange now called exotic passion is pretty good.

I actually find this blend disgusting, tastes like a tropical potpourri candle, but I think it's a good recommendation as clearly some people like it and the flavor is definitely forward.

Edit: forgot my recommendations: SG Firedance Flake is a great Virginia (Best Brown Flake) with blackberry flavor.
4noggins Lord Methley's is good but a little more synthetic berry pie flavor, Virginia/burley/Cavendish.
Gawith Hoggarth Top Black Cherry has a nice, tart cherry flavor as opposed to the cough syrup some blends give.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Solani 639: Tropical "Mango" Flake. It seems that the dropped the Mango and goes by tropical flake now, worth a try and ages well.

Rattrays exotic passion is mighty good as well.

 

[Merton]

Dan devil's holiday is a great aromatic

Lots of folks love Rattray Exotic passion but, for me, it was nauseating and cloying. However, if you can find it you ought to try it as it might be great for you. Same goes for visions of celephais which I found to be capt black grape for sophisticates.

 

[Chasing Embers]

visions of celephais which I found to be capt black grape for sophisticates

It actually out-grapes the Captain.?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Lane Black Raspberry -- yep.. I am guilty of liking this blend.

You would probably like Newminster Blackberry Brandy as well.

 

[spicy_boiii]

The only two I keep a stash of are Devil's Holiday and Firedance Flake.

I find Glengarry Flake fruit-ish the way that certain melons taste.

Good luck, please share your experiences!

 

[Casual]

Luxury Twist Flake for coconut.

 

[Bluemonter]

I had chosen my small list of blends from the tobacco reviews site, rather randomly. I'll look into what you guys have suggested. There's some interesting ones in there.

My normal summer go-tos are Virginias and VA/Per based. A few of the blends in my list have been eye openers.

The Sutliff Black Raspberry (which I forgot to list) was the strangest blend yet. The initial raspberry hit morphs into a perfume/incense thing.... Very weird.
After smoking this blend, I usually reset my palette with The Virginia Cream.
Mmm, tasty...

No Mac Barens thus far... Interesting.
At some point I was considering Cherry Ambrosia. Then I realized I was mired in cherry blends and needed to diversify.

This is an interesting and fun adventure.
Every now and then it pays to break out of that comfort zone.

 

[Bluemonter]

It actually out-grapes the Captain.?

Grape blend?
Wow, talk about venturing outside of my comfort zone.....
Is there a peanut butter blend that goes with it?

 

[buzkirk]

Dan, Devil's Holiday

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Grape blend?
Wow, talk about venturing outside of my comfort zone.....
Is there a peanut butter blend that goes with it?

Wilke’s has a peanut butter aromatic that’s supposed to be pretty good.
Mixing it half and half with Visions of Celephais might would make a PB&J blend…?‍ ?