Been vaping some brand new Smooth Crim and Desperado tonight. Usually I give a new juice a couple days to settle if I plan on trying it fresh, but these are pre-fresh lol. I screwed up the order; I meant to get Desperado at 70% pg like I did with SC but accidently requested 70% vg, so that may effect my comparisons.
I'm finding them more different brand new than others have reported. More like distant cousins than siblings to me. Desperado has more of a tobacco lean, SC is dessert.
The first time I had Smooth Crim I just briefly tasted it fresh and did most of the vaping well steeped, so I pretty much only remember how it is steeped. This is WAY different. Pretty far from the straight medium tobacco I remember, this is like others report it fresh; rich, sweet, buttery, decadent. I like it a lot, don't love it like steeped SC. Usually I'm surprised at how close a vape I haven't had in a long time tastes to how I remember; this is almost nothing like I remember. This confirms for me what we all already know, Smooth Criminal makes drastic changes with age.
Desperado is less sweet, and has notes that actually do remind me of tobacco, though a different tobacco than SC. On it's own it seems quite good, but when comparing with fresh SC it's a little dull. I look forward to see how this ages, and I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it.
Will give them a few days to a week to settle before doing another comparison. Fresh Boba Tea coming up next!
I'm finding them more different brand new than others have reported. More like distant cousins than siblings to me. Desperado has more of a tobacco lean, SC is dessert.
The first time I had Smooth Crim I just briefly tasted it fresh and did most of the vaping well steeped, so I pretty much only remember how it is steeped. This is WAY different. Pretty far from the straight medium tobacco I remember, this is like others report it fresh; rich, sweet, buttery, decadent. I like it a lot, don't love it like steeped SC. Usually I'm surprised at how close a vape I haven't had in a long time tastes to how I remember; this is almost nothing like I remember. This confirms for me what we all already know, Smooth Criminal makes drastic changes with age.
Desperado is less sweet, and has notes that actually do remind me of tobacco, though a different tobacco than SC. On it's own it seems quite good, but when comparing with fresh SC it's a little dull. I look forward to see how this ages, and I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it.
Will give them a few days to a week to settle before doing another comparison. Fresh Boba Tea coming up next!
Hasn't steered me wrong yet at all! 