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     Thomas Burke Member Username: Redcoat3340 Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2009 |
Doing a bit of research for an article: In what way, if any, does the name of a blend/tobacco influence you in terms of trial or purchse? I know I was attracted to blends with names such as Provost, Squadron Leader, Essence of Vermont, Full Virginia Flake, Penzance enough to look them up in "Tobacco Reviews" or here. I didn't like them all (I'm now a regular smoker of the English blends plus a few others). But I'm curious to know how names affect choices to try, look up or even stay with a tobacco. Thanks, Redcoat 3340 | ||
| Melvin S. Schwartz Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 4377 Registered: 02-2002 |
The name means nothing to me, but I am interested in the description. If the description seems like something I would enjoy, then I would give it a try without the need for reviews. I am the only reviewer of what I smoke that matters. I don't experiment with tobacco anymore, found what works for me and the search is over. | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 694 Registered: 05-2006 |
It surely isn't random that Peterson has stuck with a tobacco called "Sherlock Holmes". The connotative value of that name in pipe smoking is probably unparallelled. Likewise, names that conjure up nice pipe smoking images are often used "Sunset Breeze, Autumn Evening, Old Friend" that kind of thing. I would buy a tobacco called "Comfortable Old Boots" if it existed. Unfortunately, there seems to be no relation between the name and the product. Sherlock would be very disappointed by the eponimous tin of tobacco. My own favorites happen to go by ridiculously plain names: "Mixture" "Club Blend" "Commonwealth".... pretty unevocative! | ||
| John Cook Member Username: Johnc Post Number: 19 Registered: 04-2008 |
Mount Marcy and the Adirondack Series influenced me since I love the NY mountains. | ||
| Tom Morbitzer Member Username: Morbitzer Post Number: 49 Registered: 09-2005 |
Initially the name is the "grabber" for me i.e., Rumcake, Mello Delight, etc. But the second time around it has to be how it smokes. Tom Morbitzer | ||
| Dov Wiseman Member Username: Dov_of_the_galilee Post Number: 72 Registered: 09-2007 |
I'm sure I've given in to some marketing over the years and there are times when it back fires for the hopeful proprietor. For instance I am turned off by all the references to Sherlock Holmes and yet one of my all time favorite tobacconists in Boulder, Colorado almost exclusively used this angle. He was the first person I saw using that idea so it was fine but after that it became a tad trite. A name should give you some idea where the blend is going to take you so I think. This blend you mentioned 'Essence of Vermont' would for me mean that it was going to deliver highlights of maple e.g. C&D's Autumn Evening, and a tobacco say named ' English Study' is going to pack a punch and be quite full. Some blends I think are confused in their naming and I see this more and more. Take for instance berries and cream or strawberries and cream... I would try it quite possibly if it was labeled as a flavor of instant oatmeal but for a tobacco? Too cutesy for me. So in a nutshell I am swayed by a name at least initially. Packaging is another thing and I'm sad to say things are in a great decline. Tins of tobacco are manly! If you look at a tin of Peterson's Special Reserve and the hinged box that it comes in I would say this is where the standard should be placed. That and the old tins that all the blends from the drug stores came in. Those tins lined by grandfather's garage along with coffee cans and in school | ||
| Dov Wiseman Member Username: Dov_of_the_galilee Post Number: 73 Registered: 09-2007 |
Hey Todd, when I wrote my post yours wasn't up there yet so it wasn't a direct relation to what you mentioned. | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 695 Registered: 05-2006 |
Don't worry Dov - after smoking Sherlock Holmes, I'm turned off too.  |