I was working on a deadly sin clone. My iterations took quite some time to steep.
The cinnamon really dies off after a few weeks.
I am actually revisiting my first attempt as we speak.
I mixed it on 9-21-13
When it was first mixed, the cinnamon was way too strong.
As it sits now, 2 months later, it is pretty good.
I have done almost 20 versions, and while they are all really yummy, they are not a direct clone.
Here is a copy paste of my story trying to recreate DS.Pasted from here.........
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/421670-clone-recipes-4.html#post10905234
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I've played with this using several different ingredients. You can achieve similar results using several different flavors. This just happens to be my most recent iteration that I was playing with.
I attempted several revisions with flavors not on the list, but those turned out pretty flat tasting.
If you have these flavors, give it a shot, but I wouldn't go out of your way to buy all of this just to make this flavor. ****See notes at end of recipe
I wouldn't say this is an exact clone, but it gets you in the ballpark. This was my 7th revision.
This is super high on the flavor %, but seems to work good.
This takes about 2 weeks for everything to meld together.
I also do 3 hot water baths/vigorous shake between baths, then steep 24 hours without the cap on, covered with a piece of non scented tissue to reduce contaminants.
I use 50/50 pg/vg base and add 10% VG to balance out all the extra flavoring.
I also use VG nic at around 6mg coming from a 100mg base, so there is an extra 6% VG accounted for there.
So there is a total of 16% VG on top of the 50/50 base.
It ends up being about 58%PG 42%VG.
Mix ends up being around 31% flavor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure everything could be scaled down in % to stay around 20% total, but I was trying to push the envelope on maximum flavor.
For the record, I write everything out for a 10ml bottle in my recipes, so sorry if any of this gets confusing.
Get ready for the list of insanity...............
TFA Cinnamon Danish 15%
TFA Vanilla Custard 2%
TFA Tobacco Absolute PG 1% (Edited to add, this is the Tobacco Absolute from Wizard Labs. It is not nearly as heavy as the old alcohol based version. You can barely even taste it in the mix. I only sense it after a heavy vape session and smell my drip tip.
TFA Cinnamon Sugar Cookie 5%
TFA Gingerbread Cookie 2%
Lorann Cream Cheese Icing 1%
Flavor West Yellow Cake 3%
TFA Cotton Candy 1.5%
3 drops TFA Sweetener per 10ml about 1%
Apple Cider Vinegar 2 drops per 10ml out of a 1ml pippette
VG 10% or 1ml per 10ml bottle
100mg VG nic base 6% = .6mg per 10ml
53.5% or 5.35ml base of 50/50 per 10ml
****Notes I wrote after a 1 week steep and testing.
Lower Cinnamon Danish to around 12%
Raise Vanilla Custard to around 3%
Raise Gingerbread Cookie to around 3%
Possibly add Bavarian Cream.**** End notes
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vaping this right now after mixing on 9/21/13
It's pretty good.
A little heavy on the cinnamon
Could possibly drop Cin Danish to 10% and up the yellow cake to around 5%
Please do be forewarned, this is super high on % and flavor.
I was working on this flavor for about 5 days, which during that time it was all I was vaping. I think I went through about 25ml of my attempts during those 5 days.
Turns out, my tongue didn't like all that cinnamon over a 5 day period and I gave myself a wicked case of vapors tongue, which lasted about 2 days.
To release myself from the torment, I ate saltine crackers and drank water all day.
The next day I rubbed sliced lemons on my tongue. LOL
Then that day all I vaped was absinthe mixed at 15%.
Next day I was all better.
If you do attempt this, let me know how you like it.
If your taste buds are not completely thrashed like mine have gotten over all the years, I would drop everything down in proportion so your total flavor % is around 20ish %
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I have since dropped the Cin Danish down to 10% and the Cin Cookie down to 2% and upped the FW Yellow Cake to around 5%
I'm still missing something.
I think it needs more Vanilla.
Also, my Deadly Sin is about 3 months old now, and has changed dramatically.
I'm not really sure what it used to taste like when it was fresh, but it is totally different now after long steeping.
Good luck and let us know how your recipe comes out.
P.S. I like your flavor selection. It's a little more simple than mine.
