Saw, actually I understand now. I was hoping that the new blue would be a nice change from the sweeter green (which I liked), but the new blue doesn't work for me either. Not even close. From what you say, I understand now that the new blue doesn't match the original blue's smooth flav, which I'd heard good things about. Too bad.
I'm still confused, though, by all the posts that read "Love the Parlament!" Which one? They're such different animals. To make matters worse, someone asked me if Parl Green is the menthol. 8-o I replied that no, that would be the blue green.
Well, I do hope V4L eventually clears it up on its site so that folks don't waste a lot of green--er, money--buying the wrong Parl.