Tobaccos Peterson - De Luxe Mixture

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Hunter (54)	2011-10-30		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

A long-time aromatic smoker, this one is not overpowering in any sense. You can taste the VA and Cavendish and a hint of the walnut actually makes itself gently felt throughout the bowl. The honey is definitely there, but the vanilla is very light indeed. A very mild smoke, it lights well and burns to a clean ash.

Wife rates it as very pleasant and smells like someone has been baking something - but not a sweet, overpowering room note.

Not my favorite Peterson, but a very pleasant smoke. I will keep this on in my rotation.

20 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	StevieB (2076)	2014-02-28		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Peterson - De Luxe mixture.

De Luxe is a very fitting name for it as it tastes sublime!

It is not at all overly omnipotent in the aromatic department, but for my palate just right. The honey is the most pre-eminent additive but you still get a nice hint of the others. It has a very auspicious sweetness to it which does not overpower the wonderful Cavendish and Virginia flavours. I don't get any tongue bite from it and if inhaled I find the nicotine to be at a good amount. The closest match I can think of is Sam Gawith Black Forest. I will be sure to keep some of this close to hand!

Four stars.

Pipe Used: Mr Brog

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Smoke King

Similar Blends: Sam Gawith Black Forest.

14 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	machinebcon (50)	2012-04-06		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Generally I like light aromatic tobaccos (which would be called 'classic Danish'). De Luxe is one of those 'classic Danish' Peterson aromatics, which has a brilliant chocolate-roasted hazelnut-wafer tin aroma, with loads of Black Cavendish - no "broken flakes" as the blurb says, but a well-conditioned ribbon mix. The smoke is comparably unspectacular, a bit more flavoured than Larsen's No. 32, similar to Sweet Killarney, but less cased than Sunset Breeze or Connoisseurs Choice. Very low nicotine level, at least for me as ex-cigarette smoker. No tongue-bite, but some condensation. This seems to be an optimal morning-coffee smoke, as it is very decent, quite sweet, and leaves a pleasant room note. It burns down perfectly, keeps the walnut-honey taste throughout the whole bowl. Not much punch here, this is a soft, round, creamy, warm and sweet-fragrant smoking experience which I recommend to smokers who don't want to pay much attention to the smoking process, but enjoy a bowl with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. The underlying tobaccos are first class, this is a balanced, unobtrusive composition. I give it 4 out of 5 points!

13 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Greekpipesmoker (201)	2017-01-31		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

A very nice aromatic blend.when you open it you get alcohol citruses and a sweet nutty aroma.comes out at proper moisture pαcks easy and lights easy too.the flavours are between alcohol,citruses and honey with vanilla and nuts in the backround.burns medium and slow.the room note is magnificent....smells like a someone is baking a vanilla cake with alcohol.the taste is very natural and pleasant.the moisture while burning is proper no chance of biting.leaves total ash and a bit moisture at the end of the bowl.the nιcotine level is ok for an all day smoke.a medium to full aroma blend,in a few words a must try!!

Age When Smoked: When opened!

8 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Supo (3)	2015-06-27		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

For starters, the Tin note is exquisite... The melding of (genuine, not cheap or artificial) vanilla and honey steal the show, and that ever so light walnut character combined with the first 2 ingredients, makes this smell like a candy. A candy that I want to wash my face with, or stuff into my pillow so I can smell it while I am sleeping.

While this is definitely NOT your hard-core piper's blend or a major league gamer, it is more akin to just having its own modest place, in the world of aromatic Cavendish dessert-like blends --which the maker seems to have nailed with so many of its reliable blend varieties.

The Virginia's ribbon cut is classic Peterson. Clean and near perfect quality cut, while the Black Cavendish bits look delicious. Have to hand it to the Scandinavian Tobacco Group for blending this one so nicely. The balance of Black Cavendish to Virginia is spot-on, for this tasty little number.

Moisture upon opening the tin, is right where it should be in my opinion (although some people i know found their tins were a tad dry). once transferred to a hermetically sealed jar, I was good to go.

She packs nicely, but takes a bit of effort to get evenly lit in the bowl. I had to relight a time or two after tamping too. As with many of these Peterson Aromatic blends, she can burn a bit hot, and can bite if you start hauling like a chiminea- so use your piping skills to curtail the aforementioned.

Once I settled down, it mellows out, that lovely honey flavor starts to shine through. The vanilla--ever so faint, and walnut not there as a distinct flavor, but I think its enhancing the honey. I would not recommend taking this one all the way down to the end of the bowl, as it can start to raunch-out around 3/4 the way through. Room note is mellow, and vanilla cuts through. Low nicotine methinks, and it leaves a kind of a nice light vanilla taste on the tongue for a while.

Overall Impression: What a nice, mellow and tasty smoke. Liked it so much, that I bought a second tin... This is an anytime of the day smoker, and a nice change-up tobacco to alternate from, if you're into stronger more straightforward smokes. (I treat it as somewhat of a nice, light palate-cleanser...)

This one will be in my regular rotation for a while.

Pipe Used: Brigham System

Age When Smoked: New

7 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Cumarinophil (108)	2015-03-17		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Peterson De Luxe Mixture belongs to a rare type of aromatic, that will allow you to enjoy tobacco taste and a fair amount of strength in coexistence with the added aromas. It is creamy, nutty and slightly sweet, but not annoyingly so. The mixture may develop some edge with the char light, which is going to smooth out after a couple of calm draws.

I liked it infinitely better after I aired it out a little and but it away for a couple of weeks. Pairs nicely with a hot cup of coffee in the afternoon.

Pipe Used: Various with and without filter

Age When Smoked: fresh to 2 yrs

Similar Blends: Peterson Connoisseur’s Choice.

6 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Cold Comfort (14)	2016-12-11		Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

As a novice, I found this a thoroughly enjoyable smoke. It has a sweet, subtle tin note, and pretty much smokes like that for the whole bowl. I had no tongue bite and no lingering aftertastes.

You won't be disappointed, unless you are one of the steely-eyed 'elite smokers' who chew burley and smoke it at the same time.

Pipe Used: Peterson Kinsale

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Tobacconist

5 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	krg1000 (183)	2013-12-13		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

This was one of my first ventures into the Peterson line. A nice little aromatic that can be enjoyed right out of the tin without waiting for it to dry. Of course YMMV. Leaves a nice room note during and after smoking this nice blend. Recommended.

5 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Johannes (5)	2018-10-08		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Well if I had to pick an aromatic, this (or maybe sunset breeze) would be it. The roomnote makes girls sit on your lap, not in a sexual way, but to tell you what they want for christmas. It is balanced and very nice for the occasional smoker, or for an all day blend. It's my go to aromatic, but I don't smoke aromatics that often.

Pipe Used: French mostly

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	moniker (217)	2017-07-13		Mild	Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant

Deluxe Mixture is a great-smelling and great-tasting aromatic from Peterson that took me 3 weeks to figure out. In fact, based on the pay-off, I’m still messing with it, hoping to get still more and pay still less, as it were. In the tin, Deluxe Mixture is cut to short, moist ribbons that run gold to brown and black, and they are tightly packed. It looks like the Cav and the VAs are about 50/50, and the VA looks like 50/50 portions of flue and air cured leaf. Tin note is a little much initially, featuring dark chocolate, cherry cordial, almond extract, vanilla, walnuts, coconut, and citrus over medium, grassy VAs and dark, sweet/sour Cavendish that I suppose is Burley based. I liked this stuff right away, at least off the match. It’s not “fruity” like the other Peterson aros I smoke, rather it’s “warm” and “nutty”, including the grassy and slightly earthy, savory tobacco. I had trouble keeping it burning straight from the tin, also the burnt walnuts were too much for me too soon, so I let it rest, and I dried it out, more and more, until I got what I think is the best balance of combustion and tastes. For me, this means 3 weeks rest and crispy, also a gravity load in a large, “open” pipe. Given all this, I like to smoke Deluxe Mixture outdoors, under some trees, when the air is still! It lights OK, then I take it very easy, with regular, long, slow draws, poking and tamping very gently, avoiding re-lights. It burns down through most of a bowl with this attention but, for now, I’ve given up on smoking all of it, since my present “technique” still doesn’t get me through an entire bowl without encountering some latent residue from the toppings. For most of a bowl I find Deluxe Mixture simply delightful. It’s somehow honey sweet, ephemeral and bready at the same time, like the lightest imaginable sticky bun, with great interplay between delicious tobaccos and the toppings, especially the walnuts. The VAs are sweet, meadow grassy, and slightly earthy/tangy, and the CAV is sweet and very slightly sour. It’s also nutty, with just a hint of bitter, buttery tannin. There is plenty of smoke, according to the burn rate. Smoking DM, I find both the aromas and the tastes to be more delicate and fragrant, and generally better all-around than the tin note, and the lot is certainly better than the sum of its tinned parts. I suppose this means it’s synergistic. Strength is mild. Tastes include myriad, delicate nuances, yet the whole is medium. Room note is very pleasant. Aftertaste starts with burnt walnuts, slightly bitter and metallic, then it smooths out to the best of the smoke, with a long, sweet, buttery VA finish.

My guess is, most smokers will not be as fussy as I am about the burnt walnuts, so YMMV on this score, also ease of smoking will likely vary, smoker to smoker. I still recommend rest and drying as one option for overcoming “problems”, and I conclude with a qualified, 4 star rating for Peterson’s Deluxe Mixture. I should add, I can see where some would smoke this every day until it was gone.

Pipe Used: various briars; larger preferred

Age When Smoked: fresh rested 3 weeks

Purchased From: 4 Noggins

Similar Blends: Compare/Contrast to other Peterson aros, also 4th Generation Family Reserve.

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Berzerker (28)	2017-06-26		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

This De Luxe Mixture from Peterson is the best aromatic I've ever sampled. It is more walnut than vanilla but it tastes great. This is tobacco of the highest standard and quality. Smokes incredibly well, no bite, no moisture or steam and can be puffed hard. It burns slow, has complexity and is highly recommended. This is worth the money and will not disappoint. My favourite aromatic.

Pipe Used: Savinelle 626

Similar Blends: Perhaps MacBaren's Vanilla Cream, W.O Larsen's Blend 50 or 80..

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-05-17		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

This became my favourite baccy as soon as I lit it. It's the only aromatic I've encountered which smells just as nice when smoking as it does in the tin - if not nicer. I was wafting the smoke towards my nose to breath the lovely aroma in the first time I smoked it. Real presence of vanilla, but there's enough tobacco to satisfy a cigar smoker like myself, too.

This tobacco doesn't deserve the rather low rating it has - put it this way: if you don't like aromatics, you won't like it; if you do, then come on in, the water's fine!

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	BlooFlame (5)	2017-07-24		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is nice to smoke slowly on a cold night on the verandah with your fav' alcoholic drink. Honey and walnut is the major aroma/tastes...the vanilla is very mild. I would buy this again.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Alligator

Age When Smoked: freshly opened

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Roger Xavierq (34)	2015-08-06		Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

This is one of the best aromatics I've ever tried. I bought myself a tin from the Peterson shop in Dublin. I finished it pretty fast, smoking a bowl of it every night. Smells wonderful in the tin and stays faithful to its aroma throughout the bowl. Very well balanced and in a perfect moisture level, it can be smoked immediately after opening. Burns evenly and cool, this blend will most certainly be appreciated by aromatic lovers as well as by people who are not so into Cavendish blends.

For me, this blend brings fond memories from the years I lived in Ireland.

Pipe Used: Ropp Pipo

Age When Smoked: fresh from the tin

Purchased From: Peterson shop in Dublin

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	TallPuffO'Burley (632)	2014-02-03		Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I am very picky about aromatic blends and I do like this one a lot. The flavor of the topping remind me much of Captain Black Royal, but the quality of the leaf and absence of excessive humectants elevate this to another level. To me the level is the top of the chart. Not my favorite aromatic, but four aromatic stars for this one.

Purchased From: local B & M

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	UncleDoc (8)	2010-06-12		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I`ve tested 7-8 blends from different companies.Honestly this is the best one so far.I really LOVE the essence,aroma and taste of this tobacco.It has a fantastic room note and even my non-smoker neighbor loves it!thanks to Peterson. Very good choice for beginners or veterans.

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	ynrozturk (62)	2010-03-18		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I like this blend and I don't understand the amount of negative reviews this has gotten. If you don't like aromatics, then why review one and give it a horrible score? Makes no sense to me.

Letting this blend breathe out for a bit will make it 10 times better, from my experience. The smell and flavor comes out a lot more natural once it is aired out. Packing and lighting is easy. I just light, tamp, relight and forget about it.

Yes it's light, but you can still taste the tobacco in there, and it tastes, in my opinion, really good. The flavoring is also very nice - not too strong, not too light. Just the right amount of balance.

Recommended.

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Eulenburg (193)	2005-03-23		Extremely Mild	Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

A cliché schlurpy aromatic, like there are 9000 in the market, oozing with fake, chemical vanilla. What, for heaven's sake, is the point??

If you like a decisively aromatic blend with a luxurious high taste, try BLUE NOTE.

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	AJS2323 (32)	2021-07-07		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I haven’t smoked an aromatic since I started smoking a pipe. This was in 2018. I tried the cherry blends, whiskey blends and some clan. I was struggling with tongue bite and moisture. So I watched Mutton chop piper and he suggested Virginia burleys and other types of tobacco which are good for beginners.

I continued this up until recently. I was in town and there was a gent smoking a pipe and he said that it was this blend, it smelt very nice and I thought I would give it a try.

I have only had one bowl but wow this was a nice experience. The tin note is not too overpowering. There are chocolate, fruit, amaretto and vanilla smells. The moisture level is good and it’s quite pleasant to see so many tobacco colours in a tin.

Te tobacco lit fine and the burn was consistent. There was no tongue bite from start to finish. The flavour was also consistent. You get the vanilla and chocolate tones more I would say. With an after taste of coffee. Like when you have just ground the beans. This develops when smacking your tongue to amaretto. It leaves a nice fragrance in your beard and moustache, if you have one. My wife is quite happy about this as I normally go for twists and I like the stoves twist so dark and pungent.

Overall I would say if I had known about this blend when i started off, I probably would have tried aromatics more. That being said maybe a bit more experience has allowed me to perfect my technique which has ultimately lead to me having a better smoking experience.

Pipe Used: MM Morgan

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: My smoking shop

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Ford Prefect (9)	2021-01-05		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

Heavenly room note, pleasant and not overpowering taste, just about enough nicotine and not too much moisture. This is hands down my favourite Peterson aromatic, miles ahead of Luxury Blend thanks to complexity and unique harmony it has. Smoke in public at your own peril, it gets noticed in a positive way.

Pipe Used: Various with Balsa and Meerschaum filters

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the tin

Purchased From: https://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pops Pipe (19)	2017-06-10		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This i liked. Very pleasant tobacco with a pound cake aroma. Tastes like vanilla and honey with the walnut popping in and out. Sweet on the tongue and in the air. This can be an all dayer if your into it. Leaves pipe clean too. This and Luxury Blend are Pete"s two best aros imo.

Pipe Used: Basket pipe

Age When Smoked: new

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Juan Nyte (2)	2014-10-01		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This is my first shot at pipe smoking. I was recommended by my tobacconist to start with aromatics and this was his choice.

Straight up from the tin there is a hint of vanilla and caramelish scent(pardon a novice's nose). I could'nt find the walnut though it was stated on the label.

My first try was horrendous with plenty of tongue bite (my fault naturally). I could not taste anything but during subsequent smokes I managed to enjoy the hint of sweetness from the flavouring (still deciding what is it). The smoke emitted could be rather thick in my opinion.

Room note is pleasant. The sweet scent is not overpowering and enjoyed by non-smoker.

One thing I like about De Luxe Mixture is the caramelish smell that lingers on my moustache once I'm done. I think this is a good start for beginners to learn about aromatics. Waiting for my orders from smokingpipes.com.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Trevi

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Habanos

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	sge (2)	2014-09-22		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

A pleasant but subtle aromatic, strong vanilla notes with some nutty after taste. Burns well. Neither unpleasant or particularly memorable. Having said that, I do not usually smoke aromatics, so perhaps I am being unfair. And I have only smoked a couple of bowls so maybe it's a grower.

Room note is wonderful.

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Peterson shop, Dublin

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	pop pops pipe (28)	2014-07-13		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Ok, I taste walnut and honey but where's the vanilla ? I don't know what to say about this blend ? Its cool, smokes nice, smells good, but lacks taste ? Old School Captain Black from the late 70s was better than this ! Its not a bad tobacco I just wish it had more flavor? Can't rate it bad though Because a newbie would enjoy it. I gotta try smoking this for my first pipe of the day, maybe I'll appreciate it more. Until then, I probably wouldn't buy it again unless I was stuck. I'd rather smoke Troost than this !

Gave it a try for my first pipe of the day and it was better. My tin seemed dry though, last time I smoked a Peterson blend it was Irish oak and it too was dry. Its a quick tobacco in fact too quick ! Lasts about 30 min. Stanwells melange is a better blend by far ! The aroma was nice with this, my wife calls it cakey! Its okay but I don't think I'd buy it again.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Umlilo (5)	2013-11-28		Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

I'm fairly new to pipe smoking and have now tried quite a few blends. I was started on some fairly sickly aromatics that fried my tongue even when smoking lightly. I then tried this and found it just right, the quality of the tobacco seems good and I find I can smoke a bowl on one light or two with some tactful tamping leaving a clean ash in the bottom with no gloop.

The tobacco is very mild and having tried some stronger blends I found I was sucking on this when I came back to it to get some nicotine and the chilled feeling only to heat it up too much. That said it didn't frazzle my tongue like some of the heavily flavoured aromatics I tried before.

The smoke produced seems quite thin if that makes sense - fine for smoking in the car - I can still see out of the windows! The aroma in confined spaces is pleasant. I think I have found stronger blends now which I prefer but would say as a new pipe smoker that this kept me on the road to try more after having some bad experiences. I'd recommend this to a new smoker.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-02-03		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable to Strong

I have found out that I am not a big fan of aromatics or black Cavendish but I had never tried an aromatic Peterson, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Upon opening the tin, the smell is sweet but tangy and overpowering. It needs to be smelled from afar I guess.

Packing, lighting are quite easy, it's ribbon cut and not broken flake as the description suggested on the site (not on the tin).

The first few draws are cool and a sweet vanilla flavour tickles the buds and a little bit of walnut taste as well. No honey until mid bowl maybe, but I would characterise the taste more as "mapley".

It gives a slight tongue bite, just so very slight, as I have noticed with most black Cavendish tobaccos (some give worse tongue bites than others). The Virginia here mellows the taste a bit. Mid to end of bowl, the smoke becomes hot, and no one really likes that, right?

I think this could be better smoked in a briar pipe, as the wood might retain some of the tastes I dislike. I will give it a go and update my review if I find anything different.

A bit disappointed I have to say after I had great expectations from this tobacco.

The room note is a bit strong for non smokers and I got a complaint from it!

----------------------------------------------------------------

Update: In my Peterson system pipe, this blend was a completely different experience for me. It was a very VERY cool smoke, no tongue bite, albeit too sweet for my taste. But seriously, it turns out this a good aromatic pipe tobacco.

Is it because of the pipe that I like this tobacco now? Or maybe it is because the tobacco was allowed to aerate and "breathe" a bit? I don't know... Moving it from 2 to 3 stars!

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	modelmanmodels (12)	2012-01-25		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Was given a tin as winnings in a wager...So, my comments are already biased that I should like this. But, in fact I do. Tinned tobacc's are always a "gamble" for me. Some are very nice but more so I have been disappointed. Not here. A nice tweener smoke for a change of pace. Nice room note and will return to it again. If you're a Latikia fiend don't bother here...but may I say even a novice would enjoy this.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-07-24		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

In the hunt for a really mild tobacco I carefully choose this after reading the reviews.

Not really what I was looking for. I can taste walnuts. But do I like nutty tasting tobacco? No, not really. Do I taste/smell Vanilla? Not much, just faintly. Honey? I couldn´t tell... It´s somewhat cool to smoke.

Not the worst, not the best. Maybe I can trade this with some of my friends? Or I just have to use it a bit more frequent?

---------------------

Update: I really want something new now. This is boring to smoke. I would say my rating is only 2,5 stars but I give 2 stars. The only good thing about this is it´s mildeness. That Only.

Desperately thinking about ordering from Germany, something much better.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Arkie (129)	2011-01-21		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Had I noticed this blend was walnut flavored I would not have tried it. However I was very pleasantly surprised at the taste. The honey and walnut casing is subtle and it actually compliments the taste of the leaf. There is no chemical or artificial flavor at all. There are hints of walnut in the first third of the bowl then the vanilla takes over in a very delicate way. The last third of the bowl is pure baccy taste and it has a nice, satisfying flavor to (sadly) end the experience. It takes a lot of self restraint to resist firing up another pipefull immediately afterwards.

Room note is pleasant and there are no sickeningly sweet incense characteristics. Obviously, quality leaf was used and I can't think of anything negative to say about the blend. Great stuff!

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-12-31		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

As an aromatic lover, and according to my palette: this tobacco sports a brilliant tin note, made my mouth water upon tasting the wonderfully sweet but not overwhelming flavor, produced a pleasant room note, and made me want to refill my bowl. A sweet sensation lingered in my palette when finished, underscored by lightly roasted tobacco. I walked away with no tongue bite.

The tobacco lit well and burned to the bottom of the bowl just fine, leaving a nice, grayish-white ash. At the time of this writing, De Luxe Mixture has proven itself to be my favorite aromatic. I tried Peterson's ever-popular Sunset Breeze the same day, and I still prefer the De Luxe Mixture. Smoked down to the last Virginia flake in my Peterson's Killarney Dublin.

This tobacco goes well with Tom Petty's Highway Companion album.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Xeneize (275)	2010-03-22		Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant

This is one of the best aromatics I've tried, and maybe the mildest in flavoring. In fact, it's one of the few aromatics in which you can actually taste de base tobaccos, and those Virginias and Cavendish are a pleasure to savor.

The subtle flavoring, the mix of honey and vanilla (I can barely taste walnuts here) is pretty unique, and the tobacco burns easily with no tongue bite whatsoever.

It's 3/4 only because there are similar tobaccos at much lower price.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-12-20		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I am glad I did not read the reviews on this tobacco before I purchase - I might not have bought this one. After years of smoking MB Burley London I have finally branched out to trying other tobaccos - thanks in most part to the guys on Pipe Smokers Forum. I purchased a tin of this while on a recent trip to Philadelphia. I generally try to smoke a sample bowl are two of a tobacco before purchasing but bought this one without.

I liked the smell when opening the tin - reminded me of MB Black Ambrosia of which I have smoked one tin. This tobacco was slightly dryer than I like upon opening. The smell of honey and Vanilla was nice. I did not get the "soapy" smell that others have mentioned.

This tobacco packed well into my Dunhill Cumberland and I packed it a little tighter than normal based on the feel of the tobacco. Easy to light it burned almost to the bottom of the bowl without a relight. Definately a light smoke. It took a few minutes for the vanilla and honey flavors to register. I doubt you could make this bite unless you really tried.

=Update= After putting this aside for a couple of weeks I smoked some more. The more of if I smoke the more I like it. I have upgraded my recommendation and have decided to keep some of this in my regular rotation.

I agree that it was very very light on the tobacco taste but I found this a nice change. Overall taste was mild to very mild. It did not produce a thick smoke that I like in some other honey flavored tobaccos I smoke, but was very pleasant. I think this would be a great tobacco for a new pipe smoker and also makes a good morning smoke with a cup of coffee.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Susanna Hoffs (74)	2009-11-14		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

It exasperates me as to why people who hate aro's even bother reviewing an aro tobacco?!?!?!? Some of the negative views of this are from people who end up saying "...I prefer latakia, or full virginia's..etc..etc..." before giving the blend a slating, or 1 out of 4........WTF?!?!

I hate motor sport, but do you see me forcing myself to go and watch the dull, repetative noisy crap that I think it is?? Of course not! Anyway I digress....

DLM.... A 'fruit free' version of it's stablemate (and another Peterson aro that I enjoy) 'Connoissours Choice'. DLM has mild, soft vanilla overtones, with a hint of nutty tobacco. This one strengthens towards the end of the bowl as some of the flavours make way for the baccy. So far this blend just edges Connoissours into second place for my favourite Peterson aro..

A quality mild vanilla blend, that ABSOLUTELY doesn't deserve the hard time it's getting here. Try it through your own mouth though, instead of from the 'black and white' lyrical waxing's of others..

I like...A lot.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-10-24		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

What a wonderful blend ! Wonderful smell, wonderful smoking. I like the taste of walnut. An indispensable tobacco in my reserve.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Courtney Fish (33)	2022-04-13		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

Pleasant but very mild tobacco flavour with a relatively subtle matched nutty flavouring but building to a very distinct amaretto in last quarter bowl. Moderate sweet tobacco room note. Absolutely no bite and requiring just a couple of relights. Very pleasant but a bit too mild for my taste.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Lord Guyrox (24)	2021-11-11		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

De Luxe Mixture bears its name wonderfully and has become an immediate favorite! Scandinavian Tobacco Group has worked wonders on brands that previously were awful to smoke (Borkum Riff, Captain Black and various American Classic OTCs), turning them into half decent offerings. For the Peterson brand they really are doing a great job. Most of the Peterson manufactured by Murray's lacked consistency and often the casings and toppings were applied too liberally. This is not the case with the STG version. DLM is dominated by the Black Cavendish and offers a wonderful vanilla and honey casing. The tobacco is at a perfect moisture level to be immediately packed. The cut is standard Ribbon Cut and burns at a much better rate than Connoisseur's Choice, for example. The casing is not too strong in the taste department and does allow for the tobacco itself to be perceptible. Nicotine level is between mild and medium. Really, this is a wonderful aromatic that is of the highest quality and because the casing is not too strong, I can see it as an All- Day Smoke for the aromatic fans. Highly recommended and I will buy regularly.

Pipe Used: Various Dunhill

Age When Smoked: Fresh

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	King Weed (228)	2021-07-17		Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

In recent reviews, I have mentioned a group of pipe blends that seems to travel from my basement to my show tables and back every year. This current blend, De Luxe Mixture by Peterson, is one of them and has gone virtually unnoticed by show attendees at my tables for six years. I want to know why and, here we go, opening a tin that is several years old. Though sealed, I thought the tin opened a little easier than usual and, concomitantly, the tobacco inside was dry enough to smoke immediately. The tobacco showed a color range from medium brown to nearly black in a uniform medium-small ribbon cut that loaded easily. The tin aroma was a little more unusual, in that, it's aroma reminded me of a stick of Beaman's chewing gum. I could not grok either the honey nor the vanilla and wasn't sure about the Walnut. After thirty minutes of air-out, the aroma became more nut-like and, possibly, Walnut. This flavoring was noticeable in the top third smoke, but, dwindled after that. As to the smoking qualities of this blend; one star reviewers thought it was simply horrible, two star reviewers thought it was too mild and three star reviewers thought it was too weak. I disagree with both the one star and two star reviews but will agree that, although a pleasant enough of a smoke, it is a little lighter smoking fare compared to other blends that we are all smoking. That is the inherent nature of Virginia/Cavendish blends; they don't club you over the head. Not quite four star material, I felt a little more positive about De Luxe Mixture than the average smoker and give it three stars. Now that I've smoked it, I don't understand the cold shoulder it has been given at my tables.

Pipe Used: Ashton Pebble LX Apple Billiard

Age When Smoked: unknown, but between 5 and 10 years old

Purchased From: an Ebay seller

Similar Blends: Of recent Va/Cav blends I have smoked, De Luxe Mixture is midway between Gatsby Luxury Flake (slightly milder and brighter in color) and Provost Mixture (stronger and similarly darker)..

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Lazarus77 (91)	2017-08-30		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Good quality tobacco. Easy to pack, lit, smooth smoke, no chance of tongue bite. Medium flavored , with hints of caramel, coffee, vanilla and cream. Regarding room note, got complains from some none smokers. Overall nice stuff for aromatic lovers. Recommended.

Pipe Used: Altinay

Purchased From: Local store

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Dov of the Galilee (32)	2017-08-07		Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Two mistakes I made...1] I will buy anything made by Peterson's once irregardless 2] I read their description of the tobacco and I had high hopes.

Opening the tin and smelling it I do get a sense of the walnuts which is pleasant. Most Peterson tobaccos are divine in the tin IMHO.

Smoking it though [ I have finish one 50g. tin] was not anything special; I felt like I labored through finishing this tin, if it had cost like in the old days $5 I'd have tossed but at $17 I'm not about to do that. I got a lot of complaints from the family on this one although I smoke only in my library it was spreading to the rest of the house in a not appreciable manner.

Pipe Used: Czech Republic Jirsa

Purchased From: Little Odessa Haifa Israel

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Giovanni Palomino (21)	2016-01-25		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

The Tin aroma is very pleasant feels nutmeg, vanilla and honey, burns pretty well not very hot which helps you to maintain your healthy tongue feel the taste of tobacco and a good load of nicotine makes your extremely pleasurable smoke, personally I like the aromatic feel when smoking tobacco in the taste, and that I do it only in few tobaccos such as Captain Black - Dark and in the VBC of McClelland. the aroma in the room is quite nice and emphasizes more the aroma of walnut. Finally I am very fond to the mark for being the one that introduced me to this noble art.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-09-09		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Not bad. I was a bit disappointed for the vanilla flavour is unnoticeable. Walnut is much more present there. There was a little tongue bite (which I take the blame for it). Great smoke and even burning from beginning to the end of the bowl.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	maigret fan (76)	2013-06-03		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

A nice aromatic, suitable for the smoker willing to have a try with aromatics, but not on the level of other aromatics from the brand. The blend of the tobaccos is fine in itself but the aromas are a little weak. The 'nutty mixture' from the brand is more remarquable.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Grandad (8)	2012-04-12		Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I find the quality of this aromatic varies from tin to tin. Sometimes it's strong in smell and flavour, sometimes in strong in smell and weak in flavour, sometimes it's weak in smell and strong in flavour and sometimes it's weak in smell and flavour.

I am quickly learning that aromatics are not necessarily so, for the pleasure of tasting what it says on the tin but merely for the smell it leaves in your surroundings. If the missus hates the smell of your non aromatic tobacco, she'll definately like the smell of your aromatics.

If your tastebuds have died due to age or the constant use of strong tobacco's, this isn't going to satisfy your palate. You can taste a little nutiness and, depending on the tin, you'll definately start to salivate a little from the honey, even though you won't taste the sweet. Even though you may not be able to smell or taste the vanilla, those around you will. You'll notice it more if you smoke indoors and come back into the room at a later time. It'll smell a lot better and a little more subtle than those plug-ins the missus likes to put in every room.

In my opinion, this is a nice tobacco to have when switching for a change between tobacco's... It's a nice smoke but not one that I would personally smoke everyday, yet one I will come back to.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-04-04		Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Tolerable

Was looking forward to this, but it disappointed in every way. Has a very odd chemical taste to it. The wife doesn't like the room not either. I will typically finish a tin I don't care for because I don't have a lot of money to throw away; this though I think I am going to toss.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-02-25		Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

This blend was very cool smoking and it had no bite at all. It had a very sweet nutty smell as I smoked it and left a nice taste in my mouth. It did not burn to hot and was a very nice smoke after a night of drinking. I will keep a tin or two of this around

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-08-05		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Pleasant

Pretty tasteless. The walnut really struggles despite being given centre stage. If the honey and vanilla had been allowed to do their job or the walnut propped up then this could have been smokable.

The etymologist in me is also slightly puzzled that Peterson have "De Luxe" and "Luxury" mixtures, but I'd overlook that branding tautology if the tobacco had some flavour.

Try luxury blend instead.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-07-04		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Peterson's got a lot of great tobacco, a few nasty ones, and then there's this. I can't decide if I really like it or not. It's very middle of the road. However, I am optimistic and will recommend this to anyone looking for a spicy, sweet, winter blend. This one is like a spice cake, or gingerbread. Some love it, but for most of us, it's something we like, but don't go crazy for, even if we only get it once a year. For starters, the tin note is very prominently cased smelling. It has a familiar sweet scent belonging to our humble, sweet chum, Black Cavendish, and a very prominent anise like smell. Although I'm not the biggest fan of anise, I'm sure someone out there is. Regardless, the smoking quality could be better. It's rather wet and sticky, so let this one dry as it is heavily cased. That being said, it isn't a casing that's nasty, like Captain Black's Cherry. This one is done right. Cased aromatics, no matter how finely crafted, are going to taste/smell like cased aromatics any way you slice them, but I digress; De Luxe is sweet, full, creamy, and toasty, but you'll soon realize that the amaretto scent/taste is not easily suppressed. When burned, it tastes like anise, and it's very noticeable. No subtlety with that baking spice flavor. Pumpkin spice, Nutmeg, Ginger and Anise are all flavors that can be found in this blend. Despite its claim to feature Vanilla as its main staple, that flavor kind of takes the back seat during this ride. It's there, but its not singing along with the radio up in front. It's back there playing GameBoy, only periodically raising its head to ask, "Are we there yet?" Although this may sound negative, I will say it again, I can really see how someone could love this, it's just not my cup of tea. Word of caution though, it smokes hot, as is characteristic of cased aromatics. However, smoke this stuff slow, and it tastes just like those spicy cookies your grandmother makes every year. You look forward to them, realize after going a year without them, there's always something charmingly off about them. But that's why you like them. They're not your favorite, but you can't imagine Christmas without them. This blend is good when there's snow on the ground, and the smell and delightful flavor will distract you from Jack Frost nipping at your toes. I recommend pairing this with a mulled wine, hot cider or even some egg nog.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-06-11		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Tastes very 'nutty', the amaretto flavour is pretty pronounced. I didn't mind this one, but there's better out there, got a bit boring towards the end of the tin. Don't buy more

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	gunner525 (66)	2011-05-04		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

Popped a tin of this open a few weeks ago. It lit well and burned fairly cool and evenly to the bottom. I did notice though that the walnut and honey flavor, which seemed to be to the forefront with the vanilla being in the background, gave me the feeling that this blend felt more of a winter/Christmas time blend. The rich walnut aroma and flavor had me wishing I was in front of a fireplace watching Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". All in all another great smoke from Peterson, but one I might smoke more in the winter time.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-03-15		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Full	Very Pleasant

An incredible aromatic blend. You can taste the walnut at the beginning of the draw; and it ends with the ``essence`` of vanilla rather than the taste of vanilla; which is actually quite nice.

A great quick packing tobacco that you should keep on hand as a nice afternoon or early evening bowl.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-02-11		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

A delightful tobacco with all the flavour I was hoping for. After reading the reviews here it does not fail to please, very impressed.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-01-06		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

very good tobacco , i very enjoy to smoke this tobacco , not strong can smoke big full bowl , and the taste is fantastic.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pipepundit (168)	2010-04-24		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Though I am primarily a latakia/oriental and virginia smoker I have no a priori objection to aromatics. I enjoy,amongst others, Mac Baren`s Navy Flake, Plumcake , Scottish Mixture; Larsen`s Flake cut, Dan Tobacco`s Da Vinci and - dare I say it? - Haddo`s Delight. In fact, if one defines aromatic tobaccos to be those which are not merely heated, pressed or fermented but which have been infused with matter other than tobacco, should not latakia also count as an aromatic since it is scented with the smoke of herbs and fragrant woods?

The pleasure of smoking a pipe is on the tongue and the nose - taste and aroma. I have no problems if fruit, flowers or spirits are used to provide a pleasant aroma. I do not consider gin to be a spirit inferior to vodka merely because it has been flavoured with botanicals. I wonder when some intrepid manufacturer will produce an aromatic scented with that most masculine of perfumes - sandalwood. The crux of the matter is whether the additions to tobacco work or not. And while degustibus non disputandum etc etc, it is possible to distinguish between the quality of aromatics on a variety of factors, most of all the quality of tobacco: no matter how treated, one does put tobacco into one`s pipes and not other substances.

De Luxe Mixture has a rather nice, subdued aroma, rich in the heavier notes. Vanilla can cloy, and it has been tamed. The mixture is an attractive melange of blacks and tans, and burns slowly in the pipe. It would be three star stuff but there is something wanting in the basic tobaccos. Davidoff`s Scottish, by way of comparison, has superior tobaccos. Still, not a bad smoke.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-04-20		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I see this tobacco as quite mild and very pleasant, although you have to maintain it has a moderate humidity, once it dries it is plain as paper, even though it still smells nice.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-02-17		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This blend is nicely done, the vanilla is not sickly sweet or cloying and compliments the stronger walnut. I was unable to detect the honey in it and every tin I have bought is on the dry side, but it humidifies easily.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	renwardhoop (177)	2010-01-31		Mild to Medium	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

Another tasteless smoke from Peterson.

Looks and smells great in the tin. Tried making cigarettes from it in the end.

Don't bust a gut to try this one.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Tom Bombadill (120)	2009-06-27		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

NOTE: This type of blend takes time/bowls to appreciate which I think accounts for the disparity of the reviews on this page. I started out wanting to give a rating of 1 because the blend seemed to be so mild it was unsatisfying.

However, good number of bowls in I really started enjoying the subtle flavor of the tobaccos. The first several bowls tasted like I was smoking air. I think this is due to it being a very light aromatic. It's not a "candy vanilla" smoke. Just a hint of vanilla. Eventually I started to really enjoy the taste of the Virginias. Mild tobacco and vanilla flavor. Basically, a mild aromatic and a great blend for the neophyte.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-11-20		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

For me, this is what an aromatic should be. Aromatherapuetic...if that is a word. Mild and pleasing to the smoker and those in the vacinity. True, there's no tobacco flavor here, but it's certainly not an unpleasant experience. Highly recommended as a first tobacco for a new pipe smoker or the seasoned piper that can't tolerate the normal aromatic fare. Listen, if I wanted to smoke apples or cherries, I'd dry some and stick 'em in my pipe. A respectable aromatic from Peterson.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Tantric (321)	2005-02-26		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

From a purely aesthetic point of view this is a wonderful tobacco. Jet black Cavendish intermingled with golden strands and reddish leaf, not only elegant, but visually very enticing. There is Peterson quality here alright. Short ribbon cut and tightly pressed, I was surprised to find this is a tobacco with lower moisture content than Irish Oak or Old Dublin.

Tin aroma is very sweet, in a nauseating-borderline-kind of way. It is not Captain Black Royal, but there is no mistaking as to the deep cased nature of this mixture: virtually no real tobacco smell, the basic impression is that of a heavily vanilla cased leaf, with some other sweetening ingredients added (presumably, a very muted honey and walnut essence).

Flavour wise, you really have to be an aromatic lover to enjoy this mixture. It is exceedingly sweet (albeit not in a goopy or steamy form) from the moment you light it up to the last strand in the bowl. Though less aggressively, it does remind me of Captain Black and Middleton's Sweet NuttyVanilla, two mixtures I have smoked in the past due to the scarcity of other blends. However, the added honey/walnut essence tends to temper the excessive sweetness, and somewhere near the mid bowl mark I am able to taste an ever so mild tobacco flavour that almost makes the experience worthwhile. But no sooner do I taste it than the vanilla flavour settles down again, unfortunately ruining the whole thing.

Due to its low moisture content, this tobacco smokes rather dry (not cool), and it should be noted that it does have the virtue of not biting, unless you puff enthusiastically. This is certainly a crowd pleaser, as the room aroma seems to have a hypnotic effect on those around you. The ladies don't seem to mind it, to the point that they may even look your way, with a smile and wink. Other than that, I would not recommend this blend except as a beginners' tobacco or to those who have yet to experience the heavenly simplicity of a pure Virginia flake or the earthly grandeur of Latakia-Oriental mixtures.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	JaWiBr (453)	2023-03-03		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Tin note of walnuts, honey and vanilla. Tobacco is a ribbon cut of black, dark brown and a little light brown. Moisture content is great. Burns moderate with a few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. Flavoring is medium, with notes of Honey, Vanilla and Walnut. Starting with a bang and slowly dissipating to background flavors during the first 1/2, none of the flavors dissipate completely. Taste is mild to medium and mostly consistent, with notes of nuts, sweet vanilla, sugar, slight creaminess, wood, honey, spices, savory, rich, marshmallow, floral, grassy, earthy, tangy citrus, mildly acidic, mildly bitter, a sweet-toasted bread background note, and an almost smooth slight peppery retro. Cavendish is leading with Flavoring and Virginias supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is good.

Pipe Used: 2015 XXX Ashton Brindle Author

Age When Smoked: 5 years

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	rick5iron (20)	2023-01-20		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Had this a year before popping the tin and it was dry ready to smoke . alot like Connoisseur Choice which means a middle of the road aromatic with not an overpowering flavor, room note is ok, i think there are better aromatics out there

Pipe Used: dr grabow

Age When Smoked: 1yr

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Arkansas Piper (47)	2022-10-19		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Pronounce tobacco flavor, with a balanced vanilla topping. I couldn’t taste any Honey, but there was hints of nuttiness. A typical Peterson aromatic. The balance between tobacco and topping flavor

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	oldrathbone (3)	2018-03-15		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Too much cavendish. Overall though not a horrible smoke. Burns nicely and has good flavour. It gets a bit ashey tasting as you smoke and I find the cavendish a little too much

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-11-04		Extremely Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Take the $10 you were planning on spending for this blend and smoke that in your pipe instead. I'm sure there would be more flavor to it than this stuff. Don't know how they can claim it tastes like anything but air.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-04-07		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I would first like to state that I will review this tobacco as what it was created as; an aromatic. I am also a homebrewer as well as a beer judge. Now my favourite style of beer happens to be very big and hoppy IPA's and American Pale Ales. However, that does not mean that while judging an American Lagger, I dock it points because it is not my favorite style. I judge beers for how well they fit within a certain style and how well they are crafted. I feel the same should be done for tobaccos as well.

With that being said I decided to pick up a tin of this simply because my pipe collection is largely Peterson pipes, and yet I had never tried a Peterson tobacco. I bought about six different tins of different types of Peterson's tobaccos, and this one happened to be in the mix.

Upon opening the tin, I was greeted with a very pleasent nutty almost buttery aromoa. The moister was just about right, and with a couple weeks on the rack the tobacco was perfectly dried for my taste.

I loaded up a large bowl Peterson Billiard pipe with this, and decided, though it had been quite a while since last I smoked an aromatic, I should dedicate some time to this as to not have it nip at the tongue.

This blend took a charring light quite well, and with minimal tamping, was extremely well behaved.

After the first two lights, I could defiantly smell the sweet nutty casing burning off, but that was not at all unpleasant. This was a well balanced blend of VA and Cavendish from what I could tell. The casing actually lended something interesting and positive to this tobacco. Unlike too many aromatics, this was good quality tobacco which had a nice sweet casing added to it to enhace the sweet balance; not hide the poor choice in leaf.

The aroma was almost intoxicating. I sat under the big covered porch, and simply enjoyed the cloud of nuts and berries swirling around my head.

This blend is pretty mild on the nicotine, and defiantly not an everyday smoke for me. I find this to be enjoyable while out in public or out for a walk with the pup. It does not offend those around you, however it does not offend the smoker either.

I was surprised to find this to burn down to a nice white ash, and leave no gooey messes in the bottoms of my pipes.

I try to keep a tin of this on hand for when we are out amongst the general population. It brings in quite a few complements from almost anyone nearby.

I would easily pair this with a low gravity stout. This is a great tobacco to smoke while sitting out on the patio at your favourite pub.

If you are either an occasional aromatic smoker, or an exclusive aromatic smoker, I would recommend you give this treat a whirl.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Sinister Topiary (84)	2009-03-14		Very Mild	Strong	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

This could be one of those instances where a reviewer is giving an unfair review to a blend because it's not a genre he knows well or enjoys much. But I don't think so.

Though apprehensive, I've recently decided to venture into new territories beyond my usual english/balkans and stoved virginias, so I started giving aromatics a try. The first aromatic I tried, which I enjoyed more than I expected to, was Peterson's Connoisseur's Choice. So my first dip of the toe in aromatic waters promised new vistas of smoking pleasure. (Yeah, I know, mixed metaphor -- so shoot me.) So I figured if Peterson got one aromatic blend right, perhaps I should try their De Luxe Mixture, even though I was a bit wary because of all the negative reviews here, and besides which I think their Sherlock Holmes blend is mediocre at best; but for some all-too-human reason I decided that perhaps the reviewers were being unfairly harsh, and so I persuaded myself to ignore their prudent advice and give it a try.

So I tried a bowl. Then I tried another, 'cause I wasn't sure if I was "getting" it. My third bowl I started wondering if aromatics should taste like this or not. So I tried a fourth. The thing is, I wanted to like it, I tried to like it -- primarily because I didn't want to feel foolish for willfully ignoring the negative reviews and spend all that money I was ambivalent about spending in the first place on this blend.

I have decided that, aromatic or not, tobacco shouldn't taste like this. Indeed, I didn't taste any tobacco. Others here have commented on the chemical, artifical taste. I don't know that I'd agree with them -- I think the flavor was more metallic or industrial, with some notes I tried to convince myself were vaguely vanilla-like emerging into the foreground, steaming up from a substratum of burning mud. (I am being only somewhat hyperbolic...)

Ok, so it didn't have any bite, but it still smoked hot. And it didn't even taste like quality tobacco to start with that was polluted by the casing. The only positive thing about this smoke is that the room note was ok, but not good enough to put up with all the negatives. The only reason I don't hate this blend is because it's not worth the bother.

I'm sorry I didn't listen to the sage advice of the negatives on this one. I want my $24.50 back! (Yes, that's the amount I threw down the toilet in Canada for this.)

Run -- do not walk -- away from this "tobacco".

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pipe4ever (204)	2008-12-27		Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Excellent aromatic blend of Vanilla, Walnut and Honey with the usual Peterson tobacco quality. The flavor is similar to MB vanilla cream.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Dr.sadik (120)	2008-12-20		Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

firsy of it is peterson we are talking about now and no dust over their shoulder as far as i am concerned. its a recommended tobacco indeed but for light aromatic as it isnt as heavily cased moist blends out there ,,its a spring to summer blend very light burns very well to white ash and it have a vanilla/fruity touch to it,virginia and burly make it into the play ground interchangebly,and its a definite crowd pleaser!

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Dubinthedam (133)	2008-04-13		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Guys and gals, I've only one to say on this one. They sell five times more of this tobacco than any other, in their shop in Dublin. Knowing this I tried it. This is a good vanilla aro. Countless Dublin men can't be wrong. So what does that say about our reviews here? Try it, give it a chance. It is what is say on the tin, vanilla, honey and walnut, it is good quality as most peterson tobacco's are. Mac barens vanilla will always be a winner, but if its just to much vanilla and tongue bite for you try this. As I said, all those old dubliner's can't be that wrong.

EDIT2: After beginning a second tin, I have to mark it down, frankly, this blend is just to soapy and two wet, I guess my tastes have mature some what, it is a nice nutty vanilla baccy, but to conclude, maybe it sells so well in their Dublin shop because a lot of toursists buy it. Just say no to soap.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Fofo (81)	2008-03-31		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

I was in Miami for a week and ran out of tobacco, it was hard to find a smoke shop and I was excited to find this one. They only had peterson in tins, and since I had never smoked peterson I started looking at the tobacco descriptions. The description on the can made my mouth water, but it stops there. This stuff smokes like a rancid old shoe, it leaves a nasty bitter goop in your pipe that spoils the next few bowls of other tobaccos.

Stay away from this stuff

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30125)	2006-06-09		Extremely Mild	Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

De Luxe Mixture disappoints on just about every level. It is, as has already been noted, very boring to smoke. The taste of this is so mild I could hardly detect it! To be honest I threw the last third of my tin away! Fortunately, Sunset Breeze from the same Peterson stable affords those who enjoy an aromatic tobacco a much better experience. Stay away from De Luxe Mixture!

Nobody has rated this review yet.