(I made this post in the NETty Awards thread, but I moved it here and deleted it there since that thread isn't really for the drawn out posts. This post is in regards to NET vendors using certain bases for some of their liquids.)
I would like to think that W2V sort of stands alone in the regard of not using a single base for more than two juices, and considering that they don't even include Pure Smoke or RY4 as one of their Premium or Signature juices, it would seem that they don't use a single base for more than one of their NETs (though I think they are).
As far as I know, Ahlusion uses specific blends (bases) for their House Blends, a specific one for their River Trees, and though all of those are considered non-aros, a few of their other non-aros start out differently (ex. Sahara, Dulce Cubanito, Gold Rising)*. A few of the aromatics start off with the same tobaccos, so that could be construed as a same "base," ex., Caribbean Blend and Honey Cured--those use light Virginias and Burleys but are cured with other natural flavors.
A lot of times when you see a vendor that has other flavors with NET that are advertised like NETs with "vanilla," banana," "cocoa," "maple"--which reminds me, MOV now has
HEY JACK | Maple Cavendish NET E-Liquid--they often are using pre-existing blends and adding either other natural or artificial flavors.
Some vendors often times have juices that, before steeped, taste similar. This is likely due to the those shared elements and needing time for the added flavors or extracts to come forward, then joining and becoming one with the other flavors/extracted tobaccos so that the juice have its own identity.
This notion of "bases" is largely a semantics issue except for the case of either TA juices, VR, and especially HB because HB uses a single blend for
all of their tobaccos--that is what you call a base! (Though, with HB, their tobaccos don't exactly all taste the same--Brian does a good job of tweaking with added flavors. Whether you like them or not is different.) If a vendor uses, say, Burley, Cavendish, and Sweet Virginia in a few of their juices, does that mean a base? It most certainly does mean that. If a base is a shared element(s) that which other flavors or extracts are built upon, then once again, I don't know of any that don't do it in a couple juices, but most do it in more.
The case of Vermillion is that the Pokers, the Classics, and the Max blends (Classic and Kentucky mix) use the same base per line. That
is what it is, and although they don't tell you which tobaccos are used (I don't like that when vendors don't publicly state that), at least you know if you don't like the Classic Blend base (which I don't, although the Classic Blend is only one juice in its own line), then you can stay away from the rest of them--if you don't like the Kentucky Premium Blend, then that about knocks off the majority of their tobaccos, save for 3 or 4.
There are only but so many tobaccos that are going to work for imparting tasty flavor for NETs--some sharing of tobaccos amongst juices is going to happen. Some vendors do it more than others, but damn near all do it in some respect.
*Of course Smooth and Peachy Criminal share more than just a base, they are essentially the same juice just with another ingredient added to Peachy. I
think JG Blend and Jungle Juice share a base, but I don't know about Vecchio and some of the others.
p.s. I have yet to ask a vendor which juices contain the same elements and not get an answer. That is a little less specific than asking what tobaccos, what extraction or filtration is used.
If I would've known that before trying it I probably would've passed on it. I am glad I didn't!
