Looking For Nostalgic Room Note

[JohnMosesBrowning]

Last night on the deck I loaded up a bowl of 1-Q knowing my neighbors were outside nearby. When my S.O. came outside to join me I asked her if it smelled like the pipes she remembers her relatives, etc. smoking when she grew up. She said, "no, it smells too sweet, like vanilla or cherry or something." Fair play. 1-Q is sweet. But what does smell like the quintessential pipe smell we all remember growing up with? Just any 'ole OTC blend? Burley with a light topping rather than full blown aro like 1-Q? I have zero sense of the room note of things I'm smoking.

 

[mso489]

My dad smoked Granger all day, so that's what I remember. He was grouchy about anything fancier, so when I passed someone smoking an aromatic or more elegant blend, I thought it smelled good but was a little fussy.

 

[edger]

This is an over generalization but I' have to say that the closest you come to this would be burley. All the codger blends started with this leaf and added their various casings. I remember stopping a pipe smoker on the street because the aroma was captivating. Turned out to be good old Half and Half!

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Try Half & Half, Carter Hall, or something like that. Just a good old Burley-based “codger” blend is probably what you’re after. Depending on how far back your nostalgia goes, you might try C&D Gentleman Caller, which is like an upscale codger blend with deer tongue in it, which apparently was a popular additive at one point in time. Half & Half, and maybe others used to contain it.

 

[ray47]

My wife once told me that when I smoke Prince Albert it reminds her of her grandfather smoking his pipe back in the 50's.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Deertongue blends like Crooner or Engine 382.

 

[philobeddoe]

For me, it’s Captain Black (white), but that’s practically 1-Q. As others have noted, try Prince Albert or Half & Half or possibly even a light English like Early Morning Pipe.

 

[F4RM3R]

Clan aromatic really hits that old time pipey and pleasant room note. The taste is similar and nice.
It burns hot and is very mild(in nicotine), which is why I've only ever had one pouch(the wife picked it up after a suggestion from the "tobacconist") ?

 

[bullet08]

Half & Half.

 

[Misanthrope]

Personally, I've observed that Prince Albert and Carter Hall (to a lesser extent) are the only ones in my stash that get that nostalgic reaction out of others. The Tinderbox aromatics smell more like fancy candles, potpourri, or tire fires, and the Stokkebye stuff smells more like cigarette tobacco. I'm assuming that any blend with similar characteristics to Prince Albert (primarily burley, light casing/topping, etc) would have the same effect.

 

[Tommy Boy]

The old timers my way puffed a lot of captin black and 1Q I guess because thats the smell that sticks with me.

 

[anotherbob]

In my area it was Captain Black all the way and rarely Prince Albert.

 

[FurCoat]

Sir Walter Raleigh comes to mind

 

[sablebrush52]

More than likely some form of OTC, and there were a goodly many of them years ago.

 

[python]

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[carolinachurchwarden]

As others have mentioned, Half & Half, Sir Walter Raleigh and Carter Hall might be the best aromas for creating this sensation and they're cheap and usually easily located at shops, if they carry any pipe tobacco. I actually just enjoy the break from other tobaccos with some Carter Hall or Sir Walter Raleigh from time to time as sort of a palate cleansing I like to do. CH is also pretty good to break in a cob with.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Erinmore/st Bruno is the ye old room note down under.

 

[mso489]

For non-pipe-smokers, the best room notes may be flavorings like vanilla, cherry, and chocolate. It's sort of a pipe shop and ice cream shop association that brings to mind a jolly grandfather figure. It has little to do with what actually tastes good to an experienced pipe smoker. Latakia is pure skunk smell to non-pipe-smokers. I think Perique is sort of an industrial smell, like renting an apartment near a steel foundry. Burley maybe smells like railroad tracks and sweat. Whereas to me, burley smells like Thanksgiving Dinner.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

For non-pipe-smokers, the best room notes may be flavorings like vanilla, cherry, and chocolate. It's sort of a pipe shop and ice cream shop association that brings to mind a jolly grandfather figure. It has little to do with what actually tastes good to an experienced pipe smoker. Latakia is pure skunk smell to non-pipe-smokers. I think Perique is sort of an industrial smell, like renting an apartment near a steel foundry. Burley maybe smells like railroad tracks and sweat. Whereas to me, burley smells like Thanksgiving Dinner.

Interesting, I can smell both of those aromas in burleys depending on the hour/day/underwear color

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Burley is definitely a chameleon leaf. It can have a room note that is soft and mellow, like with many OTCs, Chatham Manor, Peter Stokkebye Cube Cut, etc. It can also be pretty repellent to non-pipe smokers when treated other ways. Examples being Old Joe Krantz, Haunted Bookshop, etc.