In search of the best Vanilla liquids and brands

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CrazyNight

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Hoping for suggestions and opinions here please if you can spare a minute...

I'm a fan of "dessert" flavors with an affinity for vanilla on the sweet side, but I seem to have a hard time finding a fairly straight-forward (not mixed with 5 other flavors) sweet vanilla brand / line.

I've tried a few that come pretty close to what I'm craving, but there always seems to be a catch.

For example - I recently tried "v'nilla" which is kind of a vanilla wafer / cookie cream sort of flavor, and though it's not bad, it seems like the quality is not quite up to par and it burns through coils fast.

I guess I'm asking for too much, but what I'm really seeking is a juice that is vanilla-dominant and a bit on the sweet side. Haven't had much luck in finding a high quality "clean" liquid that is primarily vanilla.

Does anyone here have suggestions / preferences / favorites / recommendations?

Any other Vanilla fans maybe?
Thanks for any feedback!
 

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    As someone who makes my own juice, Capella's Vanilla Custard flavoring is a nice stand alone flavor.

    It's has great vanilla flavor. Being sweet on its own, the custard lends itself for a superb dessert type experience with excellent mouth feel. I mixed mine at 10% flavor in a large bottle to steep while I go though my smaller bottle. It take 2 or 3 weeks to achieve it best flavor.

    I use the original version, but if you are concerned about diketones, there's a version 2 I've yet to try.
     
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    CrazyNight

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    Thank you for the feedback!
    Unfortunately with my insane work schedule and lack of time / room for getting DIY, I tend to rely heavily on pre-made stuff on the market. About a year or so ago I bought some nic / vg / pg / flavors from CAP & TFA with the intention of getting into DIY. I tried a few experiments, results weren't great (I probably didn't put forth enough time and effort) and then everything just sat and collected dust while I continued to buy pre-made.

    I admire people who have the patience & determination to make their own great DIY, but I'm afraid that route is not for me... at least not for now. Too much on my plate between work and domestic responsibilities etc... lots of stress and almost no free time to myself at all.

    I'll continue the search and probably try to find a few "vanilla-dominant" ones out there, maybe I can find some truthful reviews, but in the meantime I'm thankful for anyone chiming-in with more opinions & feedback.

    Thanks a bunch!
     

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    Thank you for the feedback!
    Unfortunately with my insane work schedule and lack of time / room for getting DIY, I tend to rely heavily on pre-made stuff on the market. About a year or so ago I bought some nic / vg / pg / flavors from CAP & TFA with the intention of getting into DIY. I tried a few experiments, results weren't great (I probably didn't put forth enough time and effort) and then everything just sat and collected dust while I continued to buy pre-made.

    I admire people who have the patience & determination to make their own great DIY, but I'm afraid that route is not for me... at least not for now. Too much on my plate between work and domestic responsibilities etc... lots of stress and almost no free time to myself at all.
    Thanks a bunch!

    Making your own juice do not have to be complicated or time consuming. You do not have to have/use syringes, funels, scale or complicated recipies... you do not have to have a lot of patience...

    Use baby feeding bottle with ml scale (I bought 4 such bottles for less than $10).
    Pour 80ml of VG... add whole bottle (13ml) of Capella's Vanilla Custard... fill half of capella's empty bottle with pg based 100% nicotine (7ml) and add it to your vg/flavor mix. Close baby bottle and shake it well. Put it in dark and warm place and after a few days shake again and enjoy.

    Time neccesary :around 10 minutes.
    Cost of 100ml 6.5mg 80/20 vg home made e-juice will be around $4
     

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    I always liked vanilla flavors, and I've tried the DIY route and wasn't for me, it is time consuming and hassle, but sure is cheaper, problem is, people who enjoy doing DIY tend to think that is what everyone else should be doing, but some people would rather pay the extra for someone to do it for them.

    Tried a lot of different vanilla juices over the years of vaping, one of my all time favorites is from that1vape - Very Vanilla Custard E Liquid

    They also do a few others too, one of the best juice vendors IMO
     

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    When Nicoticket was in full production, they produced frenilla, custards last stand and a few other heavily vanilla flavored juices. They are back in limited production, but have begun to bring flavors back on limited basis.
     

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    Donut King E Liquid Vanilla Custard 80ml - Simply E Liquid

    Tastes great in my Radar RDA. Very strong custard and vanilla but I like strong flavours. Not the cheapest place I've seen it as I get mine for £10.99 in a shop near me.
    Nice take on the Krispy Kreme logo :lol:. We luvs us some KK down here.

    I'll continue the search and probably try to find a few "vanilla-dominant" ones out there, maybe I can find some truthful reviews, but in the meantime I'm thankful for anyone chiming-in with more opinions & feedback.
    You might also go to Giant Vapes and narrow it down to vanilla in the search options; search for best selling and read the reviews.
     
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    DeloresRose

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    Azure Vaping Search results for: 'Vanilla'

    Before I did diy, I used this, Azure vaping. I vaped a lot of that French vanilla.

    We don’t mean to come off smug, like everyone should diy. It’s just when you want something specific, sometimes it’s easier to make your own.
     

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    Taste is very subjective, people seem to perceive flavor(s) in a juice differently. Some flavors are difficult to synthetically replicate in "vape form", vanilla is one of those. In the past five years I've seen dozens of threads seeking the best vanilla flavor, I believe it's because there isn't a juice that has a true, accurate and vibrant vanilla taste.

    I only vape NETs but five years ago hybrid (flavored) NETs were my thing and vanilla tobacco was/is my favorite flavor. Back then I made hybrids by purchasing retail vanilla juice and infusing it with real tobacco flavor. I bought and tried every available retail vanilla flavored juice searching for the best one. Unfortunately, there was no juice with a straight, vibrant vanilla flavor. All ended up being custard, cake, ice cream or cookie flavors with a hint of vanilla in the background, a faint nuance.

    The best vanilla juice I found was "Vivid Vanilla", a flavor used in Blu ecigs. Manufactured by Johnson Creek, Vivid Vanilla was made exclusively for Blu and was unavailable for direct retail purchase. Scavenging it from the Blu ecig cartridges was cost prohibitive because what little juice was actually in the ecig cartridge was ridiculously expensive. The second best retail juice I found was Nicoticket's "Frenilla" but it wasn't a vibrant vanilla, more of an earthy subdued vanilla flavor. I really enjoyed the earthy vanilla undertones but desired a more vibrant, bright vanilla flavor.

    Ultimately I turned to DIY and sampled every concentrated vanilla flavoring on the market. I even experimented with extracting vanilla beans to make my own flavoring like Nicoticket did/does for their vanilla base. My best and current vanilla is a hybrid, a mixture of DIY vanilla extract (vanilla glycerite) and concentrated synthetic vanilla flavorings. Hangsen's "French Vanilla" and DIYflavorshack's "Holy Vanilla" are the two retail flavorings I like and use in my hybrid vanilla base.

    I wish you the best of luck in your search. It's been a few years since I actively sampled what the market had to offer so there might be some new and delicious vanilla flavored e-liquids out there. Since taste is subjective between individuals, the only way you'll know for sure is by trying them yourself.
     

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    80v French vanilla & Brown Sugar, Skipfish BBM, G2 Vanzilla, Northern Lights Vanillawsome...some of my favorite vanillas

    Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes on all four of this person's suggestions. The French Vanilla & Brown Sugar are one of the best on the market right now. And, that BBM mentioned is incredible after a week or two of steeping. One of my favorites!
     
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    I, too, am a huge vanilla fan. Vanilla, custards, cremes. Keep 'em coming! Some of my favorites are:

    Kilo Moo Series, Vanilla Almond Milk
    Kilo Moo Series, Coffee Milk
    Ripe Vapes VCT (tobacco flavor very heavy on the vanilla...can't hardly taste the tobacco)
    Ohms Vape Vanilla Custard
    TheSauceLA, Vanilla Bean

    Happy hunting.
     

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    That one looks good, and all good reviews on them sites too, so just ordered 200 mils :)
    Hope you like it!

    This lemon custard liquid also tastes quite good IMO, but it is a terrible gunker. I use it in a Hcigar Inbox and change my wick after every fill (about 7-8 mls) - maybe a fill and a half max. Bought a couple of 30 ml bottles on a lark for $4.99 each when they had a sale on Musha by Sugoi Vapor (which also turned out to be to my liking). Anyway, it’s now on sale for $1.99 for a 30 ml bottle if you care to take a chance on it:

    Custardrop E-Liquid - 30ML - VOLCANO e-Cigs

    Again, a terrible gunker though, so I wouldn’t recommend it for use with non-rebuildable coils. But at <$0.07 a ml....<shrug>
     
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