WHAT REAL MEN SMELL LIKE

Surely like everyone you associate mango flavour with fine tobacco? And coconut? So undoubtedly you will be happy, even overjoyed, to know that it isn't just products under the Peterson label that have been so aromatized. Yes, little children all over the Western Hemisphere will, years from now as adults, say "I love the smell of your pipe, it reminds me of my grandpa".

I am not a grandpa. And I refuse to smell like one.
Guess which in the following line-up I smoke.


ASHTON PIPE TOBACCOS
Scandinavian manufacture


ARTISAN'S BLEND [English]
A finely balanced English mixture, medium strength. Exceptional.
Damn' fine product, no mango.

CONSUMATE GENTLEMAN [English]
Virginia, Maryland, Burley, Latakia. English in character, but mild enough that it won't bowl you over. Creamy, slightly nutty, slightly spicy.
Damn' fine product, no mango.

GOLD RUSH [Virginia]
Straight Virginias. Ribon cut. Smoked slow, it will be grassy and sweet, with a slight raisin-plum hint, as is typical of good Virginias. Soft, slightly sweet.
Damn' fine product, no mango.

GUILTY PLEASURE [Aromatic]
Cavendish, with Burley and Virginia. Mango top dressing, with other fruits and vanilla. Tropical.

RAINY DAY [Aromatic]
Black Cavendish, Burley, and Virginia. Underneath the pronounced fruitiness, the Burley comes through. Oranges, mango, and liquor. This is not subtle, but will please people with a sweet tooth, as well as your maiden aunt who normally prefers that you not indulge. Great indoor notes.

SMOOTH SAILING [Aromatic]
Maple, coconut, chocolate. Bright and golden Virginias, Cavendish. Good in a meerschaum.

WINDING ROAD [Aromatic]
A subtle aromatic; apricot and caramel. Old lady tobacco. Less fruity than other aros, rather traditional and old-fashioned. Needs to be smoked slow. No mango.

Maybe your grandma smelled like a yoghurt drink in an Indian restaurant?


The flavour of mangos comes from a number of volatile organic chemicals, primarily terpenes, furanones, lactones, and esters. Different cultivars of mangoes have different chemicals or the same chemicals in different ratios. Asian mangoes have high concentrations of monoterpenes such as (Z)-ocimene or myrcene, and are also characterized by lactones and furanones.

As a personal fragrance, mango rates very highly. Some of my favourite men in the whole wide world smell enchantingly of mango. Whenever I think of Little White Nipple Guy, or the demented bald dwarf ("Ebola Man"), it's almost as if I am in a mango orchard. Coworkers too.
It is the best aftershave ever! Honest!

Heady, butch, and fruity.

Very masculine.

Vikings.



Update:

GOLD FLAKE [Kohlhase & Kop / Orlik]
No longer available.
A light Virginia flake topped with orange essence and honey. On the fruity side, but comparable to a few other flakes: Capstan Yellow, Orlik Golden Slices, Solani 633.

OLD DOG [Made by McClelland]
No longer available.
A pleasant English blend, medium Latakia, and faintly reminiscent of campfires and distantly burning peat stoves. Cased with a little Vanilla, in imitation of a few American blends that have disappeared from the market. I did not like it, but it was well made.

ORIGINAL OLD CHURCH [Made by McClelland]
No longer available.
Virginias and black cavendish. A high quality aromatic with something like vanilla. Easy smoking, comparable to McClelland's Grey Havens. It has a great room-note for some people, but it's a little too sweet and oily. Please note that I dislike aromatics.

PLATINUM [Kohlhase & Kop / Orlik]
Flake, aged Virginias, and black cavendish. A fruity topping.
Clean burning, top quality, and not to my taste.

TOBACCO INDEX


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