Skandinavik Natural Pipe Tobacco Reviews

What a nice, natural raisin-like aroma in the pouch! This is a moderately dry, ribbon-cut tobacco of a darkish-medium brown colour, somewhat contrasty due to the presence of dark and light tobaccos. Although the length and width of the tobacco are consistent, many fragments of broken flake create an uneven texture.

Upon lighting up, some of that sweet fermented aroma is passed on to the smoke's flavour. Subtle, but delicious to my palate. My first impression of this blend was that it had a somewhat spiky, peppery quality and I began to think that this might be yet another rather sharp Danish tobacco.

However, its vibrant taste stops there, remains vibrant, and doesn't really bite. Actually, I find it to be on the threshold of biting and non-biting... I believe this is a Virginia-burley mixture (in very good balance I might add) with its fairly mild taste and stimulating sidestream smoke. As one smokes a bowl of this, the slight fruitiness melds into a more dominant, simpler, light smoky flavour.

It also becomes smoother as one progresses through a pipe full. The smoke has an enjoyable texture, not as thick as a latakia mixture, but not as thin as some lighter mixtures. It's a tobacco you can absent-mindedly puff on steadily without it becoming significantly harsher, unless you overheat it of course. It might have a slight casing and/or sweetening agent added, but it doesn't have any distinct flavour that suggests additives.

The aroma it leaves in the pipe is a neutral, slightly burnt smell and this pretty much sums up how the tobacco tastes when one reaches the bottom of the pipe. I don't know how an audience would receive this blend's non-sweet, all-tobacco aroma. It's another of those mixtures whose room aroma reminds me of non-acrid cigarette smoke. I'm surprised by how much I enjoy this non-latakia blend.

I like it enough to have purchased it several times now and I'm not the slightest bit tired of it yet.