The elusive... How was it?
Elusive? As in this is hard to find? Hmmm.
I liked it. I have the sense, as a new pipe smoker, that there is a lot more to learn as far as tasting than with cigars. So i always kind of feel like I'm just on the verge of "getting it," so to speak. With each smoke I feel like I'm getting a little closer, and enjoying each one a little more than the last. But there is still a sense that I'm missing the point to some extent. This blend, for me right now, had a heavy amount of missing the point, but not in an unenjoyable sense…more of an anticipation—a promise on the horizon. So while I enjoyed it, this blend more fully characterized, for my uneducated palate, a feeling of pipe smoking being akin to trying to smoke incense. I'm going to save the last of this little sample to smoke after all the other little samples I have are gone. See what I make of it then.