Ok, I decided to try this stuff, Sutliff's Molto Dulce they call it. Mostly because some folks on here spoke highly of it.
I popped the tin and the tobacco? smelled like ...well...an aromatic. Fruitcake or pancakes or some kind of cakey dessert. Overly sweet to say the least. But what surprised me most was how wet it was, In fact it was sopped. I laid it on some paper towels, I had to wash my hands to get this oily/filmy slop off and came back to it later ( about 45 minutes) The paper towel was wet and brown stained - and the tobacco? was still wet as hell. I let it sit overnight and the next day it was just as wet. First thought : loaded with PG. I've never seen a tobacco this saturated in my 45 plus years of smoking. I was honestly afraid to smoke this --- tobacco? Was it heavily cased/sauced so badly and/or was it heavily laced with PG? Or maybe someone dropped it (accidently or on purpose) in used 10-30 motor oil at the factory?
Anyway I decided to smoke some and grabbed a brand new MM cob because i knew this tobacco? would ghost the crap out of a pipe. I packed it lightly to avoid it gooping up. I fired it up and puffed a bit. Lots of odd looking rainbow colored smoke and super heavy on the "aromatic" side. Zero tobacco flavor. First impression? WTF.
Despite the taste, i carried on. Re-light. Then it came. Crackles, pops and sizzles - like I was cooking freaking bacon. It continued as I puffed. My second impression ? WTF. I couldn't help but squint my eyes and shake my head in disgust. I then got that old familiar slimy/oily sweet taste/feeling in my mouth so typical of you know what. PG. Propylene Glycol, a humectant used to keep tobacco moist. Or in this case - SWSS (sopping wet sweet slime) I personally hate the stuff. And this was horrid.
For some odd reason, I carried on anyways - as I really wanted to like this stuff (whatever it was). The "cracking Rosie get on board" sounds coming out of my newly tortured MM corncob got the attention of my lady-friend. She's like, " What the heck are you smoking, Darlin'?" I didn't even look at her, I sighed and slowly set the pipe down like it was a grenade with the pin pulled out. I made sure to set it far away from anything that was living (my dog, houseplants, etc). I finally answered her, " I have no effin clue...it's supposed to be pipe tobacco." She just gave me a funny look with her eyebrows popped up and walked off shaking her head.
I just couldn't do it anymore, I couldn't finish the bowl and I had to get the PG taste out of my mouth, off my mustache and off my dang hands. The shit was possessed and there was no priests close by to perform an exorcism on this stuff. Last impression? WTF.
All in all, this blend went to the bottom of my list as the all-time worst blend I've ever smoked, over taking Paladin Cherry. The open tin is now resting on the toilet tank in the bathroom - as the little lady likes the tin smell. I'm curious to see if this stuff will ever dry out or maybe it'll grow devil horns. Personally i wanted to call Haz-Mat and have it disposed of properly.
Not to be a one-sided review, maybe- just maybe I got a "bad" tin.
OTOH if it ever dries out maybe I'll try mixing it with something to water it down. Maybe put a pinch of it i with some FVF or a straight burley. Then again, maybe not.
In final summary? WTF.
I popped the tin and the tobacco? smelled like ...well...an aromatic. Fruitcake or pancakes or some kind of cakey dessert. Overly sweet to say the least. But what surprised me most was how wet it was, In fact it was sopped. I laid it on some paper towels, I had to wash my hands to get this oily/filmy slop off and came back to it later ( about 45 minutes) The paper towel was wet and brown stained - and the tobacco? was still wet as hell. I let it sit overnight and the next day it was just as wet. First thought : loaded with PG. I've never seen a tobacco this saturated in my 45 plus years of smoking. I was honestly afraid to smoke this --- tobacco? Was it heavily cased/sauced so badly and/or was it heavily laced with PG? Or maybe someone dropped it (accidently or on purpose) in used 10-30 motor oil at the factory?
Anyway I decided to smoke some and grabbed a brand new MM cob because i knew this tobacco? would ghost the crap out of a pipe. I packed it lightly to avoid it gooping up. I fired it up and puffed a bit. Lots of odd looking rainbow colored smoke and super heavy on the "aromatic" side. Zero tobacco flavor. First impression? WTF.
Despite the taste, i carried on. Re-light. Then it came. Crackles, pops and sizzles - like I was cooking freaking bacon. It continued as I puffed. My second impression ? WTF. I couldn't help but squint my eyes and shake my head in disgust. I then got that old familiar slimy/oily sweet taste/feeling in my mouth so typical of you know what. PG. Propylene Glycol, a humectant used to keep tobacco moist. Or in this case - SWSS (sopping wet sweet slime) I personally hate the stuff. And this was horrid.
For some odd reason, I carried on anyways - as I really wanted to like this stuff (whatever it was). The "cracking Rosie get on board" sounds coming out of my newly tortured MM corncob got the attention of my lady-friend. She's like, " What the heck are you smoking, Darlin'?" I didn't even look at her, I sighed and slowly set the pipe down like it was a grenade with the pin pulled out. I made sure to set it far away from anything that was living (my dog, houseplants, etc). I finally answered her, " I have no effin clue...it's supposed to be pipe tobacco." She just gave me a funny look with her eyebrows popped up and walked off shaking her head.
I just couldn't do it anymore, I couldn't finish the bowl and I had to get the PG taste out of my mouth, off my mustache and off my dang hands. The shit was possessed and there was no priests close by to perform an exorcism on this stuff. Last impression? WTF.
All in all, this blend went to the bottom of my list as the all-time worst blend I've ever smoked, over taking Paladin Cherry. The open tin is now resting on the toilet tank in the bathroom - as the little lady likes the tin smell. I'm curious to see if this stuff will ever dry out or maybe it'll grow devil horns. Personally i wanted to call Haz-Mat and have it disposed of properly.
Not to be a one-sided review, maybe- just maybe I got a "bad" tin.
OTOH if it ever dries out maybe I'll try mixing it with something to water it down. Maybe put a pinch of it i with some FVF or a straight burley. Then again, maybe not.
In final summary? WTF.
