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I have multiple people telling me to skip Vita Bella and go straight to Vurley. Break down the differences for me.

Also, SHATNER...when can we expect a review of your N-E-T samples? You got the shipment before us...and with great power comes great responsibility.

When they get to a suitable age. When will that be? I have not clue.
 

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Hey guys,

I was always a hand rolling tobacco smoker and i'm looking for a juice that is near to the real thing. I have tried a lot of different juices but cant find anything close :( I used to smoke Golden Virginia with liquorice papers. I have put some links below:

Golden Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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If anyone can point me in the right direction i would be very grateful. Many thanks.

It looks like Golden Virginia is a blend of Virginia, Burley, and Oriental tobaccos. That's what Apache from MountainOakVapors is, minus the Burley, and Devil Dog from Ahlusion is, has the Burley plus some Perique.

They are both strong, aggressive vapes, and both very authentic juices. Devil Dog is a bit stronger, with more of a Latakia kick. Apache lacks the Burley tobacco of what was in your previous blend, but is a little more smooth and approachable. They are both amazing vapes.

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It has been a while since I have posted in here. So after killing 30ml bottles of Smooth Criminal, House Blend, Shadow, and legend in a two month period, I have decided to try and make my own NETs. So I bought some Captain Black Gold Cavendish, and some blending red Virginia to give a try. I am still waiting for my PG and VG to arrive but are there any other tobaccos I should give a try. Also since Cavendish tends to clog atomizers and what not (because of the caramelized sugar that is created in the processing of it), do you think using a burley (the tobacco usually used in cavendish) and just mixing in sweetener, brown sugar flavor and others would produce the same flavor as a good cavendish?

Check out this thread if you haven't yet for some great advise on home tobacco extraction..

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357599

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There can be only one. Aromae-Juice. So far, if it's not the only one its the only one that matters and will definitely deliver your product. Another vendor who sells WTA is dodgey as all hell and you may never get your product.

Stick with aromae-juice and you can't go wrong.

Anyone tried or vape WTA's on a regular basis? If so, recommend a vendor?
 

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Why someone would give that advise baffles me. They are both great juices, and very different juices with totally different flavor profiles. Vurley is a must-try for fans of Ahlusion's aromatics. Vita is, in my opinion, a must try for all fans of NET.

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I like the distinction you made there. ;)
 

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All this talk of Vita Bella has made me want to try it again so I am putting it in the bag and bringing it to work. Last time I tried it I got unremarkable vanilla taste with tobacco. It was only a month old at that point. It's now 3 months old.

Do both! They're very different juices and both enjoyable. Vita Bella has a milder tobacco; it's more like Ahlusion's Vecchio Blend than it is Vurley. As with the other aromatics, Vurley has a very bold tobacco taste. What surprised me was that the vanilla was very bright and sweet. I thought it was going to be a complementary flavor. I was pleasantly surprised by how wonderfully it blended together.
 

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Do both! They're very different juices and both enjoyable. Vita Bella has a milder tobacco; it's more like Ahlusion's Vecchio Blend

Which makes sense because I have a several month old Vecchio (don't like it fresh) and it tastes very close to Bounty Hunter, but with tobacco; and Vita Bella tastes like a more silken Bounty Hunter with tobacco, but with a more earthy tobacco than Vecchio.
 

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Which makes sense because I have a several month old Vecchio (don't like it fresh) and it tastes very close to Bounty Hunter, but with tobacco; and Vita Bella tastes like a more silken Bounty Hunter with tobacco, but with a more earthy tobacco than Vecchio.

I haven't had Vecchio yet. I'm sure I'll like it, I like Bounty Hunter as a TINO, would be good with noticable tobacco. Bounter Hunter and Gold were very enjoyable for me and have a few ml left of each. When they're gone though, I think the 30ml bottles of each have been about enough.

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I couldn't pull the trigger on either one, despite knowing their well-earned rep, as well as Frisco. I did pick up some VS4 on a strong recommendation from a trusted friend. I in fact just busted it out last night after dusting all the rest of my BWB RY4 and half a bottle of Managua this weekend. The VS4...perplexed me. Great aroma, about exactly as expected. Then there was SOMETHING I couldn't put my finger on that really turned me off about the vape. I spent a good 20 minutes with it and was thinking no bueno, close, but yet so far. Weird. I tried it again this morning and my mind had already changed slightly. It was at least tolerable. I gotta spend some time with this one. Maybe it is just because it has been so long since I tried an artibacco, I don't know. I was addicted to Highbrow RY4 as the best of the very few analog type vapes I had tried before discovering the world of NET and now I almost can't stomach it. We shall see on the VS4.
 

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I may have posted this here before, but this really is a nice promotion from VaporStation. You can pick 2 juices for free if you're a new customer, with no strings attached. Their arti-baccos contain some essential oils or something-or-other from tobacco making them unique and worth a try.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329822

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It honestly doesn't have a very bold flavor yet. There's not much to review. Yet. The vanilla Cavendish in Coventry is a nice change of pace, though.

Yeah, got my samples today. Nothing really there yet -- just a non-specific mild tobacco with peppery nic so far. Let's give it a week and try again.
 

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I haven't had Vecchio yet. .

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I got you. Well steeped too.

Yeah, I never thought I would not be able to get pleasure from Gold, but I guess its time is nearing its end. Funny, it hasn't quite been a year. Even still, I may go back to it further down the road, but I guess too much Gold became garish.
 

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I couldn't pull the trigger on either one, despite knowing their well-earned rep, as well as Frisco. I did pick up some VS4 on a strong recommendation from a trusted friend. I in fact just busted it out last night after dusting all the rest of my BWB RY4 and half a bottle of Managua this weekend. The VS4...perplexed me. Great aroma, about exactly as expected. Then there was SOMETHING I couldn't put my finger on that really turned me off about the vape. I spent a good 20 minutes with it and was thinking no bueno, close, but yet so far. Weird. I tried it again this morning and my mind had already changed slightly. It was at least tolerable. I gotta spend some time with this one. Maybe it is just because it has been so long since I tried an artibacco, I don't know. I was addicted to Highbrow RY4 as the best of the very few analog type vapes I had tried before discovering the world of NET and now I almost can't stomach it. We shall see on the VS4.

I couldn't hang with VS4 either. There was something a little chemical, almost plastic tasting to me. It might have been the caramel.

Personally, I think Vurley is what Vita Bella strives for. They're both excellent juices, but in Vita Bella, the flavors are blended together to make what comes off to me as an earthy vanilla. While I really enjoy it, I can only vape it for short spells because it gets a little overly sweet and overwhelming to my palate fairly quickly. It can't be faulted -- vanilla has a way of smoothing out and enveloping other flavors. While it adds depth, it also homogenizes. I hadn't thought of it before, but I think RPad's Vita Bella/Vecchio comparison is pretty good. In my opinion, Vurley is the best-crafted NET I've tried. The vanilla is definitely present, as is a very pronounced, legitimate, and complex tobacco. The vanilla accompanies it, but doesn't take too many of its edges off. It hints at being sweet, without actually being very sweet. The proof is in the proverbial pudding for me. I love them both, but I get tired of Vita pretty quickly and I need a nice long break from it. Vurley has been a standard in my rotation since it came out, and I've never once gotten tired of it.
 

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In my opinion, Vurley is the best-crafted NET I've tried. The vanilla is definitely present, as is a very pronounced, legitimate, and complex tobacco. The vanilla accompanies it, but doesn't take too many of its edges off. It hints at being sweet, without actually being very sweet. The proof is in the proverbial pudding for me. I love them both, but I get tired of Vita pretty quickly and I need a nice long break from it. Vurley has been a standard in my rotation since it came out, and I've never once gotten tired of it.

I'm dripping Vurley right now -- a six-month-old bottle, and I sure can't argue. At this age, the tobacco and vanilla have, if anything, melded even more into a unified flavor, and it is spectacular. This vanilla is never cloying like many are; it's not sugary, and it doesn't overwhelm the rest of the flavor. It's sweet enough and no more. The guy who created this knew what he was looking for, and he nailed it exactly.
 
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