Sadly, I have yet to try ave's 555 blend (I got insta-hooked on Boba's Bounty and Gorilla Juice for their tobacco blends), but I have read some great reviews on it. I can't remember where it was that a post I once read, but the poster had done reviews on all of ave's tobacco flavors. All I can really remember was the end of the reviews where he said "Alien Visions just can't seem to make a bad tobacco flavor, period!". In my own experiences on only two of their tobacco flavors, I was instantly hooked from the first vape! I just placed a new juice order from ave Monday, so on my next order I think I will order a sample bottle of the 555 and give it a shot myself.
I did however try the 555 from Smokeless Image and I thought it was really good! As of right now though, SI only offers their juice in either prefilled cartos or in 10ml bottles (bigger bottles in the near future from what I have heard though).
I wish I could point you in the right direction for good menthol, but even when I smoked for over 20 years, I couldn't smoke menthol (never liked menthol for some reason).