Manufacturer: France - Secret's Lab
Packaging: 30ml aroma
Blend ratio: 50PG/50VG ratio (%)-9%
Thanks to yet another "anonymous" benefactor, I have got my hands on one of the delights from Secret's Lab's "teddy bear" range, specially made for fans of cool, fruity flavours. In Biggy Bear's design, the bear is not the classic friendly waving teddy bear, but a real badass character, probably vaping on a mountaintop in a leather jacket . Colours, contrasts and that iconic bear who looks like he's about to pull out his skateboard and head out for a downhill race at any moment.
But enough about the looks, let's get down to business! Today's menu: pomegranate, kiwi and strawberry, spiked with the icy - and thankfully not bear cave-scented - breath of the "bear". The strawberries are the most detectable scent, but the other fruits blend in nicely. The whole has a pleasant aroma reminiscent of a fruity gummy sugar.
The flavours start with a cool "teddy bear" breath at the beginning of the inhale, which for my part with this 8% blend is quite good. It's not too strong, but still freezes the throat sufficiently. On the exhale, the fruit flavours emerge, with strawberries perhaps the dominant flavour here, as in the nose. Sweet, not too real, more like a candied fruit. The kiwi and pomegranate can also be detected at times, but if I hadn't read the description, I would have certainly left the latter two fruits out of the description. That said, this is a "mixed fruit" flavour, it feels very intense, and despite the sweetening, it doesn't get gejl with continued steaming. On the other hand... my little "bear" is quite a biter: after two tanks, he chews the cotton candy like it's his lunch. He's like a steam engine on steam, but what do you expect from a colourful, sugary wonder? Come to think of it, changing three cotton balls a day isn't really my sport - and the taste isn't world-changing enough to make me want to do it.
Bottom line: the grumpiness of the "bear" - i.e. the brutal coaxing - did dampen my enthusiasm. Despite this, the colour and flavour did not disappoint: intense, subtle, albeit a little artificial and perhaps overly sweet, but it delivers exactly what the manufacturer promised.
