Orlik Golden Sliced Pipe Tobacco Reviews

In the 50g tin, this comes in wide, rectangular slices that peel off from the pile like Post-It? notes. In the tin, this smells sweet and musty, with a slightly plant-like aroma. It combines medium- and dark-brown tobaccos and light-coloured, birdseye cross-cuts.

It flakes apart easily and has a soft texture. My tin had been open for a couple of months and the tobacco still didn't dry out very much, to my surprise. It has a bland, earthy taste while in the pipe awaiting the charring light. Upon lighting up, one notices its plain, natural tobacco flavour.

I detect a certain greenish flavour, that I seem to remember in Rattray's Old Gowrie and guess that this is a Virginia blend that might contain some burley. The smoke is fairly thick and rich in texture, though light, simple and slightly sweet in flavour. Now this is a tobacco that really "just tastes like smoke," as I've heard exclaimed before with regards to certain blends.

Although understated, it's not boring. This smokes like the Danish tobacco that it is, in that it has a certain vibrancy and produces a tingly sensation when sidestream smoke first makes it way into the nostrils. I expected it to bite after a few puffs. Nope... in fact, it's really quite a smooth smoke. And an enjoyable one too, in terms of its rich body, despite its absence of flavour.

My only criticism, and a minor one at that, is that on occasion I have found it to smoke a little wetter than I would like. This is medium strength at most and not for the aromatic smoker. The room aroma reminds me almost of cigarettes, but without the acrid quality of cigarette smoke.