I get the flavoring at 125%. I think it's the most common flavor load.
You'd probably like some of Poeia's recommendations too- i think she also stays away from very sweet liquids.
Looked back a bit but not sure what her favs are.
I know you put your order in but, for the record... I like sweet but not cloying.
Last week's order was meant to really stock up on my "must haves." I could then clear out my backlog and, by late spring, when I needed more, I could add one or two others for variety. This sale ruined that plan.
My must haves are:
Apricot/Raspberry Cheesecake -- it's very rich. It doesn't exactly taste like either fruit, it's just sort of a lush, fruity creaminess. When last week's order arrives, I'll have 73ml.
Fig Cheesecake -- fairly new. I bought some fig flavoring from Capella which I hoped to use in water. Not a good mix. On my next order, I got
NY Cheesecake (also very good) planning to add the fig flavoring freehand. About that time Deej added Fig to the menu. When I asked him about ratios, he told me but also added Fig Cheesecake to the menu. After some serious steeping, my home mix was decent enough for me to order the real thing and save the NY Cheesecake for
vaping plain. Like most of Deej's cheesecakes, the inhale is smooth and creamy and the exhale is fruity. Just wonderful. (90ml)
Irish Cream Cheesecake -- my newest must have. My sweetest vape, by far. Smooth on the inhale and it coats your tongue with sugary Irish Cream on the exhale. I'm trying to train myself to reach for it when I want a candy bar. If it works, I'll need more than the 75 ml I'm about to have. (I had half my initial bottle left and added two 30mls last week as I wasn't going to order again for months. Grrrr.)
Poeia's Minty Gingerbread -- I wanted peppermint and ginger but Deej doesn't have plain ginger so I tried this. Once I got used to the clove element, I like this even better. Think of a sweet gingerbread cookie (not a gingersnap) iced with peppermint. I have a lot of Peppermint on hand so I ordered a bunch of Sweet Gingerbread last week and am going back to free-handing it for a while.
Caramel Macchiato -- This replaced the excellent
Tiramisu for me as my coffee vape. I like my coffee very, very light. This is sweet but not sweet with mild coffee and yummy. (50ml)
The list is heavy on the cheesecakes. I made that switch slowly. I don't love the dessert cheesecake but I think it's mostly the texture. Deej's cheesecakes are wonderful.
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Not "Must Have" but "Want Frequently"
Black Cherry Taffy is my favorite of the fruit taffies.
Raspberry Taffy is also excellent. (In general, when people rave about any Cherry or Strawberry flavor, I'll get the Raspberry version instead.) When I'm in the mood for a lighter fruit, I like
Pear Taffy instead.
Chocolate Taffy with
Peppermint Taffy had gone to the back of my shelf for a while (I only want one Peppermint flavor and Poeia's MG won) but I recently fished it out and have been vaping it a ton for the last two weeks or so. Think York Peppermint Patty. Deej now premixes it as
Peppermint Patty Taffy. For this, I prefer freehand because the amount of chocolate I'm in the mood to have in the mix varies. (A little peppermint always goes a long way. If I make this or Poeia's MG 50-50, all I end up tasting is the peppermint.) If I hadn't needed more Chocolate Taffy for this combo, I probably could have forced myself not to order anything today.
Raspberries 'n' Cream -- the description says it all. I've got 15ml left. I assume I'll get more in the spring.
Vanilla Cola -- I won't order this often but, with a lot of steeping, I do like it quite a bit. It has that complex earthiness that the beverage should have but, to me, doesn't. (All I taste in a glass of Coke is earthy chemicals.)
Butternilla -- one of my first deejStuff flavors was a custom Caramel/Vanilla (mostly caramel.) When this got added to the menu, I ordered it. As good as expected but there are other flavors that I love even more.
Tahitian Vanilla Taffy -- I rarely vape it on it's own but love it as a mixer. I add it Tiramisu (which is delicious but the coffee element is too strong for me.) Deej recently added it to the menu without the Taffy element and I'm sure it's also very good.
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Won't Try or Don't Like
Champagne -- I hate the beverage. A friend sent me a sample of one of the Fruited Champagnes and the taste was spot on. If you like champagne, you'll probably like this line. I don't.
Tobacco -- in 4 years, I have yet to try a tobacco flavor.
Florals -- I tried a couple of them. They were okay but not for me. Deej has too many marvelous flavors for me to settle for "okay."
Cinnamon -- I overdid it with a couple of cinnamon vapes early on (before deejStuff even existed.) Now I have no interest in even tasting any of them.
Coconut, Grapefruit or Pineapple anything -- not trying them. Deej is very good about sharing the flavor elements in his mixes (the magic is in the details which only Deej can provide.) Before I found deejStuff, I'd be at vendors who had "Tropical Fruit Surprise!" type vapes and wouldn't say if any of those three awful flavors were included. Surprise! I didn't buy them. (I also don't order Grape vapes. I love the fruit but dislike grape juice (the drink) so I don't bother.)
Lemonades -- I like the beverage but hadn't liked any vapes prior to coming here. I tried the Black Lemonberry. I had no trouble finishing the bottle but have no interest in trying other lemonades.
Blackberry Taffy -- the only deejStuff flavor I ever ordered that tasted perfume-y to me.
deej's English Toffee -- I tried a bottle and found it very bitter. I put it on the back of the shelf and tried it again a few months later. I decided I really liked it and reordered it. It's something about my tastebuds. On occasional days I like it but the rest of the time I find it bitter and unpleasant. It's not worth buying for those occasional days.
Chocolate Fudge Brownie -- I prefer milk chocolate to dark as a food (actually, I prefer milk chocolate to almost everything.) Deej's dark chocolates have that very rich, liqueur element that I hate.
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That's about it. I've also tried plenty of deejStuff flavors that I liked but with so many that I like even more I've never bothered to reorder them. That's the trouble with a 500-flavor menu.
