Customer Reviews (22 Total)
Reviewing: Oriental Silk 2oz
Overall Rating:
Good Blender
March 31, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I bought this as a blending tobacco, but I had to try it alone just to get an idea of what it can do. It is a fairly mild smoke, but with a strong black tea-like flavor. The first impression that came to mind was that it was calling out for orange.... Read More
I think I will put an orange peel in a bag with about a ½ oz of the Orntl. Silk and leave it for a while, and see what develops.
It also seems to have a sweet tooth. When it needed a re-light, I dropped a pinch of Lane BCA in the pipe just to test the theory. Although, that didn’t seem just the thing it needed, the kids played well in the sandbox together. I believe C&D Oriental Silk could decrease the sweetness in an overly sweet blend, and perhaps, tame an overly tangy Virginia, lending a slightly exotic flavor.
I can’t wait to try my Oriental Silk-a l’orange Potpourri. Read Less
Oriental forward
April 01, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
Ordered a small 1oz sample. The tobacco smells delicious in the bag. Hay, nutty, sugary and honey/vanilla note. In the pipe things get a little complicated. The combo of Oriental and perique catches your attention immediately with a double whammy of ... Read More
spice. For me, the spice is an annoying distraction. It really hits me in the front and middle of my tongue and distracts from the flavors I'm hoping to experience. The Orientals and Virginias battle for the top note like a pair of kittens with full tummies. Its hard to find that sweet nutty bag note but it's present ever so subtly. The citrusy and sweet hay notes from the virgina sometimes build with, but other times cross cancel, the sour and herbal floral notes of the Orientals. Hard blend to nail down. Read Less
Silk...with nice bite
August 11, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz
It took me well over a year- to understand this blend.or maybe that's how long it took for my tastes to mature enough to enjoy this blend...has that sweet,spicy,sour,slight eggy thing that is all Oriental in nature..but has a pleasing throat and nose... Read More
tingle especially on retrohaling .I like this blend now..but it came to me slowly... definitely recommended. Read Less
Needs more time?
February 03, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I could only taste the Turkish tobaccos. It burns very hot and a lot of tongue bite. Better with age? I am not sure.
great tobacco
October 06, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I love this tobacco, I enjoy blending it with perique and aging it for a while.
Very good flavor.
April 03, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I just received 2 oz. of this and I will be ordering more. At first light, I didn't think that I liked it much but then the orientals and perique kicked in and oh my, what flavor. By mid bowl I'm thinking I've got to have more of this.
7/2/2020 Ree... Read More
valuation: I received a tin of this and two Arklows this morning and I had forgotten how good it is. It is a little sour in a good way with a little nip from the perique. Very enjoyable. About to order 16 oz. As a side note, it is a good break in tobacco. I put a good heal in the bowl of an Arklow B11 after two bowls. Read Less
Good bulk smoke for Turkish lovers
March 24, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I really like this blend because I'm a Turkish fan. Orion's Arrow was rougher to me and this smoother. Pack according to moisture and cut and enjoy the musky Turkish aroma.
Great smoke
September 09, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I ordered a one ounce sampler of this tobacco recently and found it to be a good all around smoke. Something close to spicy fish baked bread if I had to try to explain the flavors. I could see this being an all day smoke, or at the very least in my t... Read More
op 10 rotation. It's easy to light, stays lit near the entirety of the bowl. The smoke is flavorful and light on the draw. No young bite at all, even when I got a little overzealous with it. Sit back, light up and enjoy the variety of flavors you will get. Read Less
コクのある甘み
November 28, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz
缶を開けてみると、タバコの刻みはやあやあ荒く、ほぐれたフレークも入っています。詰めて着火すると、オリエンタル由来でしょうか、コクがある、尚且つバージニアの繊細でシャープな甘みが感じます。加えてほんの少しスパイシーさも感じます。味がしつこくなくクセがすくない、一缶をすぐに空けてしまいそうです。
I don’t regret trying it
January 30, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
… but this one was a miss for me. I like perique, and I like orientals but to me this just had an imbalanced taste. It was all bright, sharp, spicy and pungent flavors.
Don’t get me wrong, I like all of those things in a smoke, but I also like a bit... Read More
of body or roundness, and I just didn’t get that with this blend.
I think I have come to the conclusion that I’m a big fan of burleys.
If you like spicy peppery tobacco but don’t like burley, this may be more your speed. Read Less
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
非常特别的vp,不咬舌,很甜,喜欢vp及东方草的别错过,打算下次多拿一些。
Brilliant Bulk Blend
July 13, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I am in love with this blend. Sweet Virginia and earthy orientals are very forward with a chime in of plum and pepper from the perique. It burns cool for Virginia and I do smoke it all day.
Tasty and Bitey
January 21, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
Must be sipped or this tasty tobacco bites like a demon!
Too much work
February 02, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
There is so much spice in this, it takes to much work on the draw to keep it from being overwhelming. Wonderful flavors can be achieved, but I'm not patient enough for it just now.
not bad, but not good either
October 09, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz
This tobacco blend seemed to me not expressive. About this tobacco, I can say that it is not any (not bad, but not good either). I don't think I will return to him.
Vanilla Wafer
June 18, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
Tastes like a vanilla wafer. I like that taste better in a vanilla wafer.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
This bled, where not terrible is also astoundingly unremarkable. The comination of broken flake and ribbon cutmakes it an odd pack but not bad. One of the biggest problems I have with it is the misleading room note rating. This tobacco leaves the ro... Read More
om smelling like a wet Ash tray. It is safe to say that I will not be riding this train again. Read Less
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
A perfect touch of Smyrna on the best virginia from C&D,and just a little bit of perique.Wonderful,and splendid,I repeat,the pure Va. base.Nothing of the typical burleysque touch of tha brand.
Good Flavor
July 17, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz
Smooth and flavorful, but smokes a little hot and has some bite.
Quit a suprise
March 16, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
I bought this on a whim. I been trying to expand my pallet.
I first found it a bit bland but suddenly the Turkish popped though fallowed by the sweetness of the Virginia and then I found the perique with a hint of spice. Has the bowl burned down th... Read More
es favors married into a balance of sweet and spice. I see this as a nice summer blend. Read Less
Nice Oriental/Virginia
February 09, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
Not what I was expecting which was more an incense like taste. I didn't notice the Perique but overall it was a good Virginia smoke with some complexity. At one point I thought I was licking an armpit. Not sure if I should say this but for a tobacco ... Read More
I liked it. Hoping it was a female one... Read Less
Oriental Silk: bold, exotic, pungent
July 02, 2015
Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk
Full flavored blend with musty, pungent flavors set against semi-sweet Virginias. Overall good clarity -- reminds me of something Pease might concoct. I use a small pipe because this blend satisfies quickly, and it doesn't DGT well; it becomes ashy t... Read More
asting. Read Less