What is the most "incense like" blend

[backwoodsjack]

To all,
Please give your opinion on the most "incense like" non-aromatic blend you have smoked.
I am referring to the flavor of oriental leaf and latakia, but if there are other blends i'm open.
Thanks,
Joe

 

[bonehed]

My wife mentioned that the scent of Syrian Latakia smells like incense. I was smoking McClellands 3 Oaks Syrian.

 

[prairiedruid]

Another vote for 3 Oaks Syrian; a tasty smoke and it does leave a lingering incense quality in the air.

 

[pitchfork]

3 Oaks Syrian is a good one. Pipes and Cigars Magnum Opus is another (I think it's the Yenidje that does it). I haven't smoked it, but Orient 996 smells like incense. Even my wife (not a smoker) remarked how it smelled like church (RC).

 

[backwoodsjack]

thanks guys,
Anymore?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

GLP's Ashbury is very insense-like to me. Also, Penzance, SOTE, and STC's new Bengal Slices have an insense-like quality, IMO. Ashbury is my absolute favorite among those mentioned.

 

[supdog]

Here's what Russ said in an answer to that same question in an email a couple of years ago.
"The incense-like aroma comes from the combination of Latakia and Orientals, usually Macedonian-type."

You can go to P&C and type macedonian into the search functionand see what comes up.

 

[aldecaker]

Star of the East is the most "incense-y" blend I smoke.

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

Frog out on the town is mine.

 

[gloucesterman]

Peretti's Century is a moderately robust English with that incense room note. It was always one of my favorites and it's available as a bulk tobacco.

 

[backwoodsjack]

Can someone tell me, is 3 oaks syrian quite similar to wilderness?
Just curious.

 

[rcstan]

I find Penzance and Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding to have that incense thing going on with them.

 

[aldecaker]

Strange. I never find Penzance at all.

 

[rcstan]

aldecaker
Penzance gets incense-y if smoked fairly slow in a shallow wide bowl ( like a Prince ), and it has to be at the right moisture too, otherwise it tastes ( to me, a mainly VA smoker ) just like any other Lat blend.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yenidje Highlander

 

[drrock]

My vote goes to Ennerdale Flake...

 

[andrew]

Frankincense or myrrh tho??? Apparently Margate has that quality I hear, I have a pound of it but haven't gotten around to trying it.

 

[hakchuma]

Ennerdale flake. It almost ended my pipe smoking career. Not only that, it also made me feel little bit ashamed to be human.

 

[thedudeabides]

Margate has a distinctive incense-like quality. Some say it has no Virginia (others disagree), but either way it certainly has the Latakia/Oriental thing going....

 

[kimbiker]

Ennerdale no question