People tend to either love it or absolutely despise it. If you just want to taste pure smoke flavor, you might like it. As a matter of fact, I put the pipe out after a few minutes. The main differences between them, if there was any, probably depended on the way they made as well as the length and size of the cigarettes. Therefore, the amount of nicotine and tobacco in different brands depended on the way they were made. Nicotine is the major active molecule in cigarette smoke. I will definitely buy this again. The EU version of this blend is very low quality- ice-cream topping, ridden with chemicals. My first review on my first tobacco. Firstly let me say that i'm still very new to the pipe, and so my experience is limited. As others here have stated, once it dries out, it is a reliable unbiting smoke. Very mild in flavour; with a scent of figs and vanilla. After a while, the chemical enhancement is the only thing that I draw from my pipe. This is the moment I quit wasting my time and reach for a better mixture. I am sorry to say that not even nostalgia, as I smoked this tobacco 20 years ago, could save it from the one star rating. It was a sample from a fellow pipe smoker who now wants to get rid of it. What can I say, this blend has been around for over fifty years for a reason. The room note and flavor are very nice, one match and it burns to the bottom of the bowl without a bite of any kind. My husband loves his pipes and he loves captain black . The Aroma of it makes the room smell very good. Captain Black is a best seller for a good reason. Typical of a heavy aromatic in this regard. This being said, Captain Black does taste nice for the first half of the bowl. If you are looking for a highly aromatic mild pipe tobacco, this may be the stuff. So far, I have only smoked a few different kinds of pipe tobacco. I had some Tinder Box Very Cherry that tasted like I was chewing on a bar of soap and I didn? And for that reason, I give it two stars and consider it "somewhat recommended". I bought this and two other captain black tobaccos as part of my first purchase when getting into the hobby. I will say the experience was certainly pleasant enough to get me intereted. For me, a 50/50 mixture with Carter Hall is a match made in heaven. It eliminates that dreaded artificial taste, cuts the excessive sweetness, and adds mild tobacco taste – all while still producing a very good room note. Three stars on its own; four stars when blended with Carter Hall. Best of the best in drugstore tobacco. The aroma is very unique can only compare to raisin and vanilla and bean. Reading some of the other reviews of this well-known tobacco, I am reminded of the collegiate of up-nosed avant-gardes who populate the pipe-smoking community. It's no wonder that when many peope imagine a pipe-smoking chap they envision an snobbish demeanored 18th century English wasp textile-baron archetype. Since I have to write a review, I need some free samples of captain black, best tobacco on market. I picked up a pouch of this at my local pipe shop and tried it in a Cobb right away. The flavor was downright unpleasant. The guy below said it perfectly...