Tiger's Blood by Vixen Vapors

Status
Not open for further replies.

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
I'm vaping this right now and it is delicous. This is my first flavored juice as I've just been vaping Menthol.

I love this Tigers Blood, 30 mg, 80/20. I also got Very Berry, Pillow Mint, and Amaretto Coffee. The Pillow Mint is up next.
Nice glad you liked it. How is Pillow Mint? I am doing another order there later today. Is the flavor in your face? Is it juicy or dry? Does the chocolate work well or does it taste like syrup?
 

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
not sure about this one made me cough way to much 50/50 and really did not have the sweetness I expected from it
That is strange. Was it in the original bottle or did you trade for it? It is one of my favorites. It is sweet but not too sweet. Maybe it is not sweet enough or you :( Guess ones mans treasure is another mans garbage in the ejuice world.
 

Briar

Ultra Member
ECF Veteran
Jul 28, 2009
2,350
2,558
64
A fool on the hill in Deposit, NY
Hi, folks,

After reading this thread, decided to order some of this stuff along with some other juice samples. Just got the shipment in yesterday. They obviously need to steep. However, just from testing it, it seem to have a lot of potential. I definitely taste all the components, they are just not blended and developed yet, and at this point there is a bit of a chemical/candy flavor to it.

Tiger Blood, so far, tastes like strawberries and cream, and I'm not tasting any white chocolate. It's definitely on the tart side, too. I like trying the stuff that's steeping every day (just a drop or so), partly because I'm impatient, and partly because I like to know when, exactly, it stops changing. So we'll see what happens with it.
 

Briar

Ultra Member
ECF Veteran
Jul 28, 2009
2,350
2,558
64
A fool on the hill in Deposit, NY
I'm sure I will, eventually. :)

I'm pretty sure all the flavor is up in the high strawberry range right now. The low tones will take time to develop. I stuck it in a Stardust, just for the heck of it, and Stardusts are best for lower notes in the flavor, and at this point I only tasted a hint. So I set that Stardust aside in my steeping box. I figure it can steep in there as well as in a bottle. LOL

BTW, Aaron, I just wanted to ask you something: I've been reading your reviews for awhile now, and one thing I can't figure out - how in the world do you handle triple flavor? I like my flavors strong - but, wow, doesn't the flavor distort at that point? :blink: :)

Think it takes some time for it to steep to taste that. Tell me if/when you do. Curious. Hope you enjoy it :)
 

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
BTW, Aaron, I just wanted to ask you something: I've been reading your reviews for awhile now, and one thing I can't figure out - how in the world do you handle triple flavor? I like my flavors strong - but, wow, doesn't the flavor distort at that point? :blink: :)

I think different people like juice at different strength. For instance I really liked berry berry at 8x. I think it is a personal preference and the wattage you vape it at. I like high wattage so that might be it. I also put tons more spices in my food than is typically put in. For me CoV butterscotch is the baseline for in your face flavors. For some people it is too strong.
I enjoy more subtile flavors too like Fuzion Vapors Haduken.
 

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
I'm sure I will, eventually. :)

I'm pretty sure all the flavor is up in the high strawberry range right now. The low tones will take time to develop. I stuck it in a Stardust, just for the heck of it, and Stardusts are best for lower notes in the flavor, and at this point I only tasted a hint. So I set that Stardust aside in my steeping box. I figure it can steep in there as well as in a bottle. LOL

BTW, Aaron, I just wanted to ask you something: I've been reading your reviews for awhile now, and one thing I can't figure out - how in the world do you handle triple flavor? I like my flavors strong - but, wow, doesn't the flavor distort at that point? :blink: :)

Also x3 is really two times the flavor. Most places do 2x and 1.5 times the flavor and 3x twice the flavor. Does that make more sense?
 

Briar

Ultra Member
ECF Veteran
Jul 28, 2009
2,350
2,558
64
A fool on the hill in Deposit, NY
Also x3 is really two times the flavor. Most places do 2x and 1.5 times the flavor and 3x twice the flavor. Does that make more sense?

Yep, it does. :)

Tried it again. I think I'm beginning to taste a bit of cream or something at highter voltage, but for some reason the strawberry flavor got really weak. Strange. Of course, it might not be playing well with watermelon juice I accidentally left lounging at the bottom of my Stardust... Oh, well, I'll wait another week.

On a side note, my perception of taste is changing, strangely enough. After two years of vaping. :confused: Up until now I didn't taste anything on the inhale at all. Now all of a sudden my tongue woke up and I'm tasting things. It's fascinating how inhale and exhale flavor are different sometimes...

Aaron, if you like fruity stuff, you have *got* to try Ahlusion - they are really fascinating.
 

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
On a side note, my perception of taste is changing, strangely enough. After two years of vaping. :confused: Up until now I didn't taste anything on the inhale at all. Now all of a sudden my tongue woke up and I'm tasting things. It's fascinating how inhale and exhale flavor are different sometimes...

Wow cool. It will not be 2 years for me intill next winter :( Did you notice alot of change?
 

Briar

Ultra Member
ECF Veteran
Jul 28, 2009
2,350
2,558
64
A fool on the hill in Deposit, NY
Wow cool. It will not be 2 years for me intill next winter :( Did you notice alot of change?

Well, I don't choke on vape anymore... LOL When I first started, inhaling it was inevitably accompanied by a coughing fit. It was hard going for a while. I have asthma, and vape seemed to aggravate it something awful. Worse than smoking ever did. But I had to stop smoking for a couple of reasons - it was hurting my lungs, I was getting constant bronchitis, and it was costing *way* too much.

Actually, I first started vaping three years ago, not two, and between the coughing and the endless struggle with equipment (I just didn't get along with first-edition carts), I went back to analogs for awhile. But on second start I didn't have so much trouble with coughing, and the equipment got better, so I stayed with it.

There are some changes. My lungs and bronchial tubes don't hurt anymore. I haven't had bronchitis in over a year. I don't wheeze like crazy when I go to bed. But I do get asthma symptoms a little more often than with analogs - it's not surprising, really, since the vape particles are larger than the smoke particles, and cigarette smoke has broncho-dilators in it, as I understand it. So I use my inhaler twice a day rather than once a day.

My sense of taste has improved a little. I must say though, that unlike reports from many others, analogs don't taste bad to me. I still like them, and once in a blue moon I allow myself one or two. But it's very rare, because I don't need them anymore. I just enjoy them, is all. But I enjoy vaping, too, so I don't *have* to have analogs - that's the big difference.

I've lowered my nic dosage from 18 to 12, too, and I am thinking of going lower at this point. I'd like to get down to 0, eventually.
 

Briar

Ultra Member
ECF Veteran
Jul 28, 2009
2,350
2,558
64
A fool on the hill in Deposit, NY
I think the easiest way to do it is gradually. I went from 18 to 12 by first changing all my non-tobacco juices, doing that for a couple of months, and then changing the tobacco ones too. I practically didn't notice it this way.

Congrads. I down alot too. Hard to balance the amount you vape vs MG. :p But pharma and others have made it down to 0 nic.
 

AaronY

Reviewer / Blogger
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Mar 26, 2011
2,491
853
Santa Monica
I think the easiest way to do it is gradually. I went from 18 to 12 by first changing all my non-tobacco juices, doing that for a couple of months, and then changing the tobacco ones too. I practically didn't notice it this way.
Ya I went down from 48 mg to 18-12 mg Just trying to vape less there. :p Eventually I might make it lower.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Users who are viewing this thread