Velvet Cloud Vapor

[RuDawg7890]

Well, I tried VCV and finally my verdict is in. I ordered 6 different flavors, and have had the same experience with all of them. They all don't have enough flavor for me, and none of them stand out. All of the flavors seem almost generic to me.

Monkey Business and Campfire are too similar. I can tell them apart, but they are too similar in that there seems to be only minor differences of a few notes between them.

Nightshift is okay. vaping it right now in my kayfun lite clone. Like my experience with all the VCV liquids I've tried....it just doesn't stand out.

Vanilla custard - not much of an aroma or taste.

Sour Skittles - I like this one the most out of the bunch. Again, the flavor isn't strong enough for me, but it is enjoyable enough to vape again if it came my way.

All in all, it wasn't the best experience I've had, but it certainly wasn't a negative one. I'd say VCV sits right in the middle between all of the vendors Ive tried, a sort of lukewarm.

This is just my experience I'm glad I tried them out though...I love trying out new e-liquids and new vendors....and the one REALLY positive thing I have to say about VCV - I didn't get a single flavor I didn't like. NLV is the only other vendor that I can say the same about .

As others have already stated, give them some steeping time. The flavors tend to develop in a week or so, some take even longer.
This isn't the first case I've heard of where people report that VCV is too mild for them, but a good steep should do them some justice.
I'm also curious what topper you're using.
I get decent flavor in carto tanks and Vivi v-fates, better flavor in a protank 2 with micro coil and cotton wick. Best flavor for me is in a RDA with cotton wick.


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[RuDawg7890]

I ordered the peach tea & fruit cup. The peach tea has almost no taste to it. I put it back and let it sit for a week & a half and it still has no flavor. Has anyone else ordered this flavor? The fruit cup also has very little taste, but at least I can taste it a bit. Is this typical? The nicotine strength is very low (6 mg/ml). I'm really discouraged b/c I wanted to LOVE this line.

I wouldn't say this is typical. I've ordered Peach Tea a couple times and mine have had plenty of flavor. Maybe some more steeping?
I'm actually vaping fruit cup in a RDA right now, and I have a prominent pear and melon flavor, very fruity sweetness.
Did you steep with the caps off? This is a no-no with VCV.


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[Thundernoggin]

....better flavor in a protank 2 with micro coil and cotton wick. Best flavor for me is in a RDA with cotton wick.

This has been my experience too with stock coils (no coil rebuilds yet). Although I wound up with Mini 2's because most of the reviewers thought the Mini had a little better flavor vs full size 2. I've got a 3 and some Mini 3's on the way so I can compare those. Cotton made a huge difference for me in getting the juice flowing and better flavor. Some of the VCV would not wick even after removing flavor wicks which is how I wound up using cotton. So something to watch for. And thanks to this thread I built a dripper and the results have been great so far. Unlike Gato though my experience with iClears (constant leaks, diminished vapor) has been poor short of the X.1 which I like and seems to have good flavor.

Peach Tea and Fruit Cup are the only things left in my massive sale pile that I haven't tried yet. So no direct help there. Although I can say Summer Sweet has been the only thing I've encountered that I would call a subtle flavor at this point.

 

[Gato del Jugo]

This. Vanilla Custard for instance is very slow to develop a good flavor. I'm really starting to like it after a month.

VC starts to shine around the 1-month mark..

And it was still getting better after a little over 2 months, but I had finished it off at that point...


Way earlier in this thread, somebody let theirs go for like 6 months, and it was still good..

Anybody want to try to match or beat that?

 

[Gato del Jugo]

I requested VT or WB as a sample..

Hopefully I'll get the VT..

Aaaaannndd... I get the WB..

Not that I'm complaining too much...


Steep time on Mewlew's?

Mine seems to be a lot fresher (milder-smelling & lighter in color) this go-around...

 

[billybedford]

my mewlews seemed best around a month.
as for the poster who can't taste much from their vcv, I had a bout of vaper's tongue that made me unable to taste. vcv's vanilla custard but I could taste other juices. maybe that's part of the problem.

 

[Gato del Jugo]

I think I was being too harsh on Campfire at first..

Been vaping it & steeping it for 2 weeks.. It's actually not half-bad now!


Early on, the toasted marshmallow was pretty extreme (at least mine was).. Almost tasted like I was getting burnt hits or something (I wasn't)..

That's toned down now, and the chocolate & graham cracker have stepped up...

 

[Thundernoggin]

my mewlews seemed best around a month.
as for the poster who can't taste much from their vcv, I had a bout of vaper's tongue that made me unable to taste. vcv's vanilla custard but I could taste other juices. maybe that's part of the problem.

I also couldn't taste Vanilla Custard for weeks. Had same problem with Ahlusion Tiramisu which I still can't taste yet. Vanilla has a been a problem with my taste buds which I assume are still damaged from smoking. Mewlews is falling out of favor for me compared to Chocolate Pudding, Campfire, and Nightshift.

I think I was being too harsh on Campfire at first..

Haven't really gotten to the point where I can taste individual notes yet but I've been mowing down Campfire the last few days. Love it. Although my Vision Twist battery for work ran out of charge earlier and now using my non-adjustable Ego battery and not being able to control voltage caused it to get a little more smokey tasting which is not my preference.

 

[Nugsy]

I also couldn't taste Vanilla Custard for weeks. Had same problem with Ahlusion Tiramisu which I still can't taste yet. Vanilla has a been a problem with my taste buds which I assume are still damaged from smoking. Mewlews is falling out of favor for me compared to Chocolate Pudding, Campfire, and Nightshift.



Haven't really gotten to the point where I can taste individual notes yet but I've been mowing down Campfire the last few days. Love it. Although my Vision Twist battery for work ran out of charge earlier and now using my non-adjustable Ego battery and not being able to control voltage caused it to get a little more smokey tasting which is not my preference.

Every time i go to vape the tiramisu from ahlusion i get nothing but a straight espresso taste its not just you...

 

[Thundernoggin]

Every time i go to vape the tiramisu from ahlusion i get nothing but a straight espresso taste its not just you...

Good to know. Was really starting to worry I was broken long term. On the rare occasion I pick up something else but it's mostly blank with a little smokiness.

 

[supermarket]

This. Vanilla Custard for instance is very slow to develop a good flavor. I'm really starting to like it after a month.

I think it has been about 25 days since I got my order. I'm vaping night shift out of kayfun right now. I guess I could give it another week and see how the vanilla custard tastes....but my experience with e-liquid has generally been that if it still doesn't do anything for me after 2-3 weeks, not much is going to change. I could be wrong!

 

[supermarket]

As others have already stated, give them some steeping time. The flavors tend to develop in a week or so, some take even longer.
This isn't the first case I've heard of where people report that VCV is too mild for them, but a good steep should do them some justice.
I'm also curious what topper you're using.
I get decent flavor in carto tanks and Vivi v-fates, better flavor in a protank 2 with micro coil and cotton wick. Best flavor for me is in a RDA with cotton wick.


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I've tried all the flavors at 3 days steeping, 5 days, one week, two week, and 3 week. Everything has been vaped out of various devices, but each flavor has at least gone through an RDA with cotton wick (produces the strongest/fullest flavor for me, so I use it as a standard)

 

[Nugsy]

Yea im actually glad i saw your comment i was beginning to think ahlusion mislabeled my bottle haha

 

[Gato del Jugo]

I think it has been about 25 days since I got my order. I'm vaping night shift out of kayfun right now. I guess I could give it another week and see how the vanilla custard tastes....but my experience with e-liquid has generally been that if it still doesn't do anything for me after 2-3 weeks, not much is going to change. I could be wrong!

There are some VCVs that are best cracked open after 3-4 weeks.. Vanilla Custard, Catherine the Grape & White Beard off the top of my head..


I don't find Monkey Business & Campfire tasting the same much at all...


I will agree that Sour Skittles, while tasty, isn't potent enough.. It's a mild juice, and even 2 months' steeping -- compared to say, 2 weeks -- doesn't boost it all that much, unforunately... If you read some old reviews at their site/Facebook, it sounds like a while back they had changed one of the components in SS & that it now tastes different/not as good (this was before my time).. I'm thinking there was also a sour flavoring in there, but they took it out for some reason, and not only affected the flavor, but also the strength...


I've never used a Kayfun before, so I'm not sure how well the flavor translates through, relatively speaking.. I will say that if I had been using a flavor-muting topper (I can think of a couple I've tried) when first ordering VCV, I could see myself moving onto the next juice vendor, which would have been a shame for me...


Anyway, you mentioned you ordered 6 flavors.. Yet only listed 5.. What was the last one?


P.S. Try mixing Vanilla Custard & Night Shift at 50/50...

 

[Lushtrucker]

When I first tried campfire FOOB, I thought it was another flavor I would have to suffer thru (too cheap to throw them out, hate selling stuff). But after a month I actually really like it. I don't eat s'mores, so I picked up a pack of pop tarts in that flavor the other day to compare, pretty spot on.

I haven't really been enjoying any of the fruit flavors lately, they all seem to be a little to harsh on the th. So I mixed up some chocolate pudding and strawb gwab, tastes like dark chocolate dipped strawberries!

 

[Thundernoggin]

I haven't really been enjoying any of the fruit flavors lately, they all seem to be a little to harsh on the th...

I had this exact problem yesterday with Harvest Berry. My bottle is probably a month old now.

 

[RAAng]

I need some wisdom about Mewlew's. I have some that is about four weeks old. I tried it at about 2 1/2 and thought it tasted awful. Tried it again at 3 1/2 and it still tasted terrible. I should like it, because I like everything in it. The problem seems to be that the flavor that is supposed to be chocolate (which I'm assuming is the dominant flavor of Mewlews) not only doesn't taste like chocolate at all, but it really does not taste good at all. I LOVE real chocolate, but this is my first chocolate vape. Maybe I don't taste chocolate e-juice right? There are other flavors in there that do taste right, but the dominant flavor is just not good at all. Could this still improve, or should I give up? On the other hand. VCV's Carmel Swirl, which I got as a sample, is super feakin' delicious!

 

[Thundernoggin]

I haven't had any problems like this with Mewlew's and my bottle is just over a month old. But it is my least favorite from the chocolate line at this point. I prefer Campfire, Nightshift, and Chocolate Pudding in that order. To me it has the least amount of chocolate flavor out of the bunch.

 

[billybedford]

i liked all of their chocolates at first but the more juices I try the more I shy away from vcv's chocolates. they all begin to taste very much alike to me. I've been mixing other flavors in to enjoy them more. added some bowden's mate from five pawns to monkey business to mint it up, and that worked for a while.

 

[Thundernoggin]

What I'm finding is I just have too many of them. They are all similar to an extent. For me Mewlew's and Night Shift are the most similar. Ordered all of them to try but I think in the future I only keep one or two of them around. Only other chocolate I've tried so far has been Halo's flavors and didn't care for their chocolate base at all.