I tried Maxboro, it tasted like Applewood minus the apple, not like smoke though. Pure cig taste like ash and at times a hint of sweetness. TheSafeCig (horrible company and overpriced crap) has a pre-filled carto (RN4081) called classic tobacco, can't find any other juice that tastes like cigarette smoke......anyone???
I think after you vape on some of the tobacco eliquid blends that many people have been recommending for a few weeks and try one of your favorite analogs afterwards...I don't think you'll be wanting something that tastes like an exact cigarette anymore. Your whole concept of what a cigarette tastes like will likely change as well...as others were insinuating.
I switched back and forth between analogs and vaping for a while because some of the kits I initially had were junk...gas station brands..and mall brands.. JUNK I tell You JUNK. The Joye 510 kit I got was only 30/35 dollars and it was way better then the mall brand I paid 165 dollars for. YES I was stupid enough to pay 165 dollars for an ecig kit. Im looking forward to the Ego kit my bf has on its way for us to share.
Anyway when I finally got my good kit that I quit with....after my first 3 weeks off of analogs.. I went to my folks house where my pop was smokin' a cig...and it smelled godawful. I wouldn't want anything that tastes like a burning cig again...because it smells like someone was frying rancid eggs on top of sweaty elephant testicles. I used to smoke 2 packs of those things a day!
So I wouldn't get to hung up on how precise the flavor is to a real cigarette for now...because vaping does start as a compromise. For me it started as a compromise and turned into a passion...especially with this awesome subculture of nice people in the forums.
For now I'd get the idea of real analogs outta my mind and try all the new flavors that are out there...there's so many great eliquids from suppliers...you may fall in love with flavors you never thought you would love so much. I mix many of the flavors I order together..and create blends that I adore. It's like being a mad scientist.
P.S. Here's a hypothesis. About 5% of eliquid can contain water vodka..or whatever. You said that company you otherwise hate and distrust provides a real cigarette flavor. If they lie and are awful with customer service like you say...How do you know that they dont let cigarette butts soak in water until it the water gets all gnarly and add it to the eliquid?
I'm NOT saying thats what they do because I do not want to get in trouble...merely saying if you don't trust them...I wouldn't trust their eliquid.
Happy Vaping.