Name: Milan Honey Smoke

Age: New

Blend: Virginia, golden cavendish and fire cured leaf

Topping: Vanilla, honey and coconut

Smoked in: Mostly cobs

Cut: It says ribbon but I call it a coarse cut, as there are many large pieces of tobacco in there. This is merely an observation, not a problem. The tobacco packs well, lights well and smokes as well as any.

The flavor of this tobacco is very nice. It is not as sweet at the beginning as most aromatics are. From the start the added flavoring is subdued and subtle, which is just what the doctor ordered for me. By the time you're halfway through the bowl, the sweetness has died way down. You can taste the Virginias.
The vanilla flavoring is the flavor at the forefront. The coconut was interesting. I read the description and found myself searching for the coconut. I tried everything from smoking slower to utilizing the breathing method to try and taste it and could not. I finally did get the coconut flavor when I wasn't looking for it. I would forget about it and just be enjoying the smoke and it would appear. It isn't there but a couple times per bowl and does make this blend interesting.

Room note is great. I sat next to my mother outside at a cookout while smoking it and she commented on how nice it smelled. She is usually very sensative to smoke, which is why I wanted to smoke it near her to see her reaction. I was prepared to either move my seat or simply not smoke my pipe but she said more than once how pleasant it was. She didn't know she was part of my experiment.

Overall this one gets an A+. I mentioned that Celebration was one of the better aromatics I have tried. Well, Honey Smoke is better IMO.

If pipe smoking videos on Youtube are your thing, here is my video review.