Random DIY mixing and More

[NatashaTMT]

Recipe help please. I went low on the jasmine in this first run because it can be really overwhelming. At a week, jasmine stood out. Today marked three weeks, so I filled an empty tank. Dud for what I was going for... it’s a nice fruit vape, but floral is almost gone. It tastes mostly like pear. Yes, I know it’s predominant in the %, but I thought the floral would stay. I made 30 ml with the following ml of flavors:
Pear 1.0
Honeysuckle .9
Honeydew .6
Jasmine .5

Would a touch of vanilla bring out the floral a bit more? (This is me not having the slightest clue but trying anyway)

 

[dc99]

Wish I would have stopped at 60

 

[NolaMel]

Would a touch of vanilla bring out the floral a bit more?

I’m not generally a vanilla fan. Although I make an exception for a lavender/vanilla mix a friend makes. Can’t taste vanilla, but it softens the lavender. I’ll add it to my next order. Maybe I need vanilla

 

[Letitia]

Recipe help please. I went low on the jasmine in this first run because it can be really overwhelming. At a week, jasmine stood out. Today marked three weeks, so I filled an empty tank. Dud for what I was going for... it’s a nice fruit vape, but floral is almost gone. It tastes mostly like pear. Yes, I know it’s predominant in the %, but I thought the floral would stay. I made 30 ml with the following ml of flavors:
Pear 1.0
Honeysuckle .9
Honeydew .6
Jasmine .5

I use jasmine at 2% with other floral notes 2.5-3% if it is the only floral. Have seen some recipes using as high as 5% when paired with strong flavors. In my grape dreams mix I am going to raise the jasmine to 3.5% and lower the grapes by .5-1% each. Over time as the jasmine gets softer. Doesn't seem so much like fade as it does maturing. Oranges are like that too.

 

[Letitia]

@FranC fizzy tea???

 

[NatashaTMT]

I’m not generally a vanilla fan. Although I make an exception for a lavender/vanilla mix a friend makes. Can’t taste vanilla, but it softens the lavender. I’ll add it to my next order. Maybe I need vanilla

Wish I had better advice to offer but haven’t mixed with any florals except honeysuckle. I’d probably switch the jasmine and honeysuckle percentages out though to see how it comes out or just up the jasmine.

 

[NolaMel]

I use jasmine at 2% with other floral notes 2.5-3% if it is the only floral. Have seen some recipes using as high as 5% when paired with strong flavors. In my grape dreams mix I am going to raise the jasmine to 3.5% and lower the grapes by .5-1% each. Over time as the jasmine gets softer. Doesn't seem so much like fade as it does maturing. Oranges are like that too.

Sounds like flip the amounts of honeysuckle and jasmine, lower the pear. Add a warm flavor fruit. May try fig for the heck of it

 

[NatashaTMT]

@FranC fizzy tea???

My thoughts

 

[NolaMel]

One I’m waiting on is a mix of just cherry blossom and blackberry blossom. Hopefully that gives me an idea of how they work

 

[FranC]

Maybe swap the amount of honeysuckle and jasmine?

Or drop the pear down??

 

[FranC]

@FranC fizzy tea???

LOL....anything goes....who knows?

 

[FranC]

I'm not expert on florals but can enjoy the couple I've mixed which is a miracle on it's own

 

[Letitia]

The honeysuckle, pear, and honeydew probably all have a sweetener added Mel. I would eliminate the pear or honeydew and add a fruit with a sharper note. Jasmine plays well with sharp notes. I get nothing but sweet from honeysuckle below 3%. Take the jasmine up to 3% nd get rid of one of the other 3. Maybe drop the honeysuckle and use the blackberry blossom instead; or just use the jasmine for the floral.

 

[Letitia]

BTW I can't imagine jasmine would be good paired with vanilla personally but is beautiful with honeysuckle. You do need a couple of vanillas in your stash Mel. I'm not a vanilla fan either but sometimes they just work. INW vanilla shisha is pretty much a must have, Cap french vanilla is good but a touch too sweet for me. I find myself using FA vienna cream and Fa vanilla swirl more than I was. I would also add either HS cream or FA fresh cream as well.

 

[Myk]

Good to know! I ordered probably more than I needed from ECX because I needed to get up to $60 to get the free shipping.

We all know how that goes. Hope the stores don't catch on and start having $1000 for free shipping.

 

[NatashaTMT]

INW vanilla shisha is pretty much a must have

I have to +1 as I love this stuff!

 

[Letitia]

I don't love any vanilla but it is handy for pop and softening an over flavored mix with a touch of vg.

 

[FranC]

@PJReid Needed something different badly so I grabbed Pam's Fizzy Gin Breeze. This isn't even a week old yet and all I'm getting ATM is the gin. FA does a good job with gin.....tastes like a pine tree.

 

[NatashaTMT]

I just love intricate layers of vanillas and other “softer” flavors done right (for me)!

 

[classwife]

What does the shisha mean in flavors like vanilla shisha

(I think tobacco)