Thoughts about What is Printed on the Tin
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Genres are just marketing terms also. I think of it more as whatever it takes to get someone to buy it without being disappointed.
I really enjoy the graphic pictures. I’m thinking of peeling them off and making a scrapbook with them.
precisely. It's marketing and it's about as useful as the fact the Beatles and Metalica are both Rock n Roll to know something is VA just like something else. I just think it's kind of liberating as a smoker to realize how nearly meaningless all the terms are.
At this point, I know what I like. They could just print the name of the blend on the tin and I'm good with it.
Sometimes if the label is to fantastic, the product may have taken a backseat.
honestly with some brands I get more of a feeling for what a blend is by the name then by what's listed on the label.
I think good tin art is a thing of beauty and I’m sad to see them mess it up with photos of medical nastiness but the descriptions of the tobacco are not always the greatest.
Meh, if I try it and like it doesn’t matter what they write about it on the tin, what the artwork is, or what grisly shit they post as a warning, photographs or ominous descriptions about my penis falling off in my sleep, blah, blah, blah ... I will buy it anyway.
Just my perspective. YMMV.
Meh, if I try it and like it doesn’t matter what they write about it on the tin, what the artwork is, or what grisly shit they post as a warning, photographs or ominous descriptions about my penis falling off in my sleep, blah, blah, blah ... I will buy it anyway.
Just my perspective. YMMV.
kind of reminds me of how all cheap booze describes it's self on the bottle as being smooth. Smooth in the booze trade must mean cheap and almost drinkable.
One of the reasons I waited so long to try some McClelland blends was that so many of them used a number. Stoopid me. At least I got plenty of their Reds.
But the actual contents aren't always listed. Blenders like to add a bit of mystery to their releases. Marketing, marketing, wherefore art thou marketing?
But the actual contents aren't always listed. Blenders like to add a bit of mystery to their releases. Marketing, marketing, wherefore art thou marketing?
I just got some tins of GH&C American Delight with new labeling today. I like the old green and white labels but the new label with the American flag look is neat too. I don't care for changing "Delight" to "Delite" though. It just seems lowbrow somehow.
Outside of some specific things like above I guess I don't really care too much.
Outside of some specific things like above I guess I don't really care too much.
….good tin art is always appealing.... much like the cover art of our old vinyl albums...
…...while listening to the music we enjoyed, we also would also go over the lyrics, read all the fine print, admire the cover itself...etc.....
…...while listening to the music we enjoyed, we also would also go over the lyrics, read all the fine print, admire the cover itself...etc.....
C&D Tins had numbers not all that long ago...
it makes it sound like a weak blend with less calories or flavor.
Hmmm. For the purpose of conversation, let me propose that I don't find the descriptions of blends on the tins (or pouches or tubs etc.) particularly razzle-dazzle or salesman-like. In fact, many of them are rather brief and dry. And on more occasions than not, I've found them useful in sizing up what's inside the tin. I understand, the packaging intends to sell the product. And likewise, that the blending company isn't going to give away any secrets, the secret sauce or the evanescent flavoring. But when they get right down to listing the tobaccos, they are factual. They may just say quality Virginias, not giving the specifics, or Orientals without being specific. I think it helps to know if burley is a condiment in an English blend, or if the blend has three ingredients or seven, or if the base is Virginia leaf of some kind. I find the written information usually accurate, as far as they go, and I'd rather have it than not. I don't see much romantic puffery on tobacco packaging. Usually, after smoking the product, whether I like it or not, I find the description of constituent tobaccos credible. My tobacco lobby check is in the mail. Not.
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