Peterson: (Dunhill) STANDARD MIXTURE 50g

I may be wrong, Peterson: (Dunhill) STANDARD MIXTURE 50g, is different from the Dunhill std mixture of 30 years ago. I don't find the same aromas, the same pleasure in smoking it as before.

Very pleased. Arrived today.

super

Wow, does this old Dunhill tobacco ever have a lot of character! And it's so unassuming, too: standard packaging, standard label, standard advertising... but believe me, there's nothing "standard" about this mixture, unless you consider it THE standard! Also, I haven't found any evidence of it, but I'm 100% positive that the orientals used here are the same Macedonian ones used in Balkan Sasieni. Gorgeous, full-rounded flavour that required about a dozen bowls in a dedicated pipe (the Charles Towne Cobbler) before it really hit me how tasty this blend is. I can't get enough of it!

It's now one of my personal favourites and, in my opinion, the best of the resurrected Dunhill line. A true sleeper!

Took about an hour of drying out first, and the tin note is pretty standard itself. This is a good medium-to-strong virginia & oriental mix with a touch of lat smokiness to finish. Medium nic hit, too, good burn, no dottle... tastes more oriental-forward, but those tasty signature virginias combine for a decent ensemble here. On par with the character of Elizabethan as a va/per, i.e. nothing complicated, just a good straightforward smoke. I might buy it again in future!

Definitely worth a toot.