Cornell & Diehl: Visions of Celephaïs 2oz Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-016-0339

A wisp of incense from the monastery at Leng. Exotic spice from the City of Ulthar. Wine fermented by the ageless Kuranes himself. Only in timeless Celephaïs could these esoteric ingredients be procured. A ritual performed over a bed of Red and Bright Virginia, with hints of Dark Fired Leaf and Kasturi results in an otherworldly aroma that beckons all dreamers back to Celephaïs.

The sixth entry into Cornell & Diehl's celebrated Old Ones series, Visions of Celephaïs combines Indonesian Kasturi leaf with choice red and bright Virginias and dark-fired Kentucky, resulting in a naturally spicy, complex base that's elevated by a unique grape wine topping. The combination makes for a unique aromatic pipe tobacco, with a deep, rich flavor, balancing spice with sweetness, similar to that of a tawny port. Packaged in 2oz tins with stunning Lovecraftian artwork, it's an excellent addition to the eldritch line, and quite unlike anything else we've smoked.

Strength:
Room Note:
Taste:

Your Price

$11.90
$14.00
Not so fast! In the "Choose one" section below, Pick an options before adding to your cart.

Ask a question about this product.

  • Components: Virginia, Dark Fired Kentucky, Cigar, Black Cavendish
  • Family: Aromatic
  • Cut: Ribbon
Customer Reviews (40 Total)
Overall Rating:
3.16 out of 5 stars
Celephaïs is beautiful!
September 30, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Upon opening the Tin you are first greeted with pleasant grape scent. I ordered a fresh tin, and found it dry enough to smoke after letting sit for about 45 minutes. My first puff was a blast of flavor, sweet, and spicy with a strong grape aftertaste... Read More
Fantastic
September 13, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Best C&D aromatic blend ever. Best entry to Old Ones. Very unique. Do yourself a favour, by it & dedicate a pipe to get the most from it. I imagine it'll ghost badly & be affected by other ghosts too. The "grape wine topping" is fantasticly musty & c... Read More
Nothing but Grape
October 09, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
The grape aroma and taste is so overpowering that I didn't even finish the first bowl. I guess if you REALLY love grape, then this would be the tobacco for you. However, for me, the sickly sweet aroma and taste was too much to bear and I threw the... Read More
Can you say grape?
October 07, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
When I popped the tin I started gagging on the thick, overpowering grape topping. 3 weeks of sitting on the far end of my bar, I can still smell it when I draw near. I cant bring myself to taint a pipe with this. It will probably end up in the trash.... Read More
The Ambrosia of Kuranes
September 26, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
"...and then the luminous vapours spread apart to reveal a greater brightness, the brightness of the city Celephais..." HP Lovecraft. Celephais is a terrific entry to the Old Ones series. I'm certainly not an aro guy, so I somewhat reluct... Read More
Very Unique
October 18, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
By far the most interesting tin note I have encountered, for some reason it reminds me of what a Halloween bag full of candy smells like. The flavor is unique too, a little spicy, smooth, floral. Oh, and ZERO tongue bite! Overall very satisfying. ... Read More
Sweet and smokey
June 18, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
An interesting blend that brings heavy notes of grape with a nice and smokey backing. Another hit in the Old Ones lineup.
Very Nice
June 03, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
With the more negative reviews, I was a bit concerned I may not like this. A very pleasant smoke. The "grape" is not overwhelming, its more like something infused in wine. If you like that you'll like this. 4.5 stars.
Top Shelf
September 08, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
This is a great blend, even if you’re not a fan of aromatics. There’s enough complexity in the component tobaccos to keep it interesting throughout the entire bowl, unlike many aromatics that fall flat once the flavoring burns off. The overall flav... Read More
Grapey
September 06, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I don't typically smoke aromatic blends but this one caught my interest as I've enjoyed all the other blends in this series (especially Dreams Of Kadath). I can taste the clove from the kasturi but what I really pick up is heavy grape must flavor. ... Read More
Make a Christmas Blend of Smoking Bishop
October 29, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
C&D Byzantium is a component to a wonderful Christmas blend I make each year as a gift. I call this Smoking Bishop after the popular 19th century Christmas drink in England. To make this blend you will need: 1)Three 2 ounce tins of C&D Vision... Read More
This one creates madness for sure
September 07, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
So, the tin i had was about a year aged, so take that with a grain of salt. When i opened the tin i was hit by intense grape smell that was a bit ...surprising for sure. When i first had a pipe sample, it was like grape pez, very minerally with ciga... Read More
Perhaps not an indiscriminate palate after all
August 19, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I had begun to worry. I had, in my short foray into pipes thus far, yet to try a tobacco I hadn't liked. Sure I've loved some, while others have elicited little more than a shoulder shrug, but I had never truly been put off by a blend as of yet, and ... Read More
Terrible.
November 05, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I was looking for a good flavorful aromatic to mix with some English. This was a bad choice. It may be the cigar leaf or the topping. Overall it’s unsmokable for me. I have a lot left and will smoke it if I run out of other stuff. Maybe.
GHASTLY!
January 31, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Allow me to begin by saying that C&D offer a staggering selection of excellent pipe tobaccos! Visions of Celephaïs is not one of them. Topped with grape or not Celephaïs is horrible! Tin note smells like a couple of incense sticks were ground... Read More
Ghostly
December 29, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I found the tin note to be strong. The grape smell is strong, but the flavor is light and the room note is pleasant. My only caution is to smoke this blend in a meerschaum or corncob. I used a small briar and it has been ghosted which I will have to ... Read More
Terrible
December 28, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I'm not sure what the flavor is. I notice some have mentioned 'grape'. Whatever it is, it's instantly noticeable. The tin note is exactly the same as the taste and room note. I literally puffed about 6 times on the first bowl before immediately scrap... Read More
If you like grape
December 01, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Nowhere in the description does it say grape. If I would have known that it’s grape I would have passed on this one ! Blah !
Sweet and Spice and all things Nice
November 26, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Easy smoking; a lot less in your face than when you first open the tin. A pleasant sweetness on the palate, but this is not candyfloss and port. Not too easy to keep lit, but it might just be my ineptitude.
Best Crossover blend
November 26, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Best aromatic i ever had. Sweet but not over power, smell pleasant and enough nicotine. Good for people that want to go back on aromatic, or can smoke around non smoker
Make a CHristmas Blend!
October 29, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
C&D Celephais is a component to a wonderful Christmas blend I make each year as a gift. I call this Smoking Bishop after the popular 19th century Christmas drink in England. To make this blend you will need: 1)Three 2 ounce tins of C&D Visio... Read More
独特的葡萄味
October 20, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
就像是在喝葡萄饮料的味道一样,可能这种清淡的葡萄味道更适合我。
独特的葡萄味
October 20, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
就像是在喝葡萄饮料的味道一样,可能这种清淡的葡萄味道更适合我。
Holy grape
July 14, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
The artificial grape aroma is overwhelming. If you enjoy tuttifrutti jellybeans you’ll enjoy this.
Unremarkable
June 28, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I cellared this tobacco for 2 years and it’s still ok at best. Not bad but not particularly good either. Which is a shame because I like (and even love) the other tobaccos of the Lovecraft series.
Had to try it
March 12, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Unusual is a drastic understatement. Yes, there's grape, sort of a concord grape jelly flavor mixed with a ruby port. Then on the other side there's a malevolent cigar taste. In the middle somehow the other tobaccos hold it together. I find the DFKen... Read More
Sour grapes
January 13, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Dear god. From the first light it was horrible, I tried to give it time but it only ghosted my pipe with that awful flavor. The first bowl I’ve ever dumped out, but apparently not fast enough. Sour grapes, bad wine ghost. Be afraid!!!!!
Tastes like a fancy peanut butter and jelly
January 10, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Chocolate and wine, fruity, high nictotine; really enjoyable, good flavor when smoked with care, not too hard to keep lit. After multiple smokes from multiple pipes, this is now my go to aro for when I want a little bang.
Grape
May 03, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Ok grape or not to grape that is the question? I try it in a clay, I tryed in a cob, I even in a Old briar. In the clay I think of a Army’s hospital clerk glasses and all. In the cob fresh an unsmoked a concord wine just peaked out from the cloud. No... Read More
Wine, So I won't whine.
April 12, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
It says red wine topping and its definitely red wine. I got not even a hint of anything else. Exactly what I was looking for. You also have to sip it like wine or you will regret it. It mixes well with vanilla tobacco, AMAZING.
Visions of Celephais
February 22, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Personally, I love this one! Flavor is VERY similar to C&D's "Captain Bob's Blend"...
Not my vision
November 01, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Too much grape topping for me... it now resides in my cellar awaiting a later trial. Hope it mellows out a lot but if it doesn't I'll gift it to someone who loves grape.
Eldritch Abomination
October 22, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
What Autumn Evening is to pancakes, Visions of Celephais is to grape flavored bubble gum. If you are curious what that would be like, hit the order button. If you would rather smoke grape gum than chew it, here you go. I don't hate it, but I am not g... Read More
Kickin' Aro
July 20, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Intense - in every way. Even if it's a aromatic it still have some nice punch in it. You can point a finger at the Dark Fired and the Kasturi. Because of it fine cut it bruns down fast. And be sure that the grape will ghost your pipe, so keep that in... Read More
Bold and Idiosyncratic
April 17, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Yes, grape. But also woody earthiness and a wonderful body of cracked wheat and pumpernickel. No bite, burns very well. Certainly weird, but unabashedly flavorful and creative. (Smoked in a cob.)
Finally, an Aromatic that I can smoke
March 18, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Full disclosure, my tin was tinned Nov. 2019, and some of the scents may have tapered out. Either way, it is amazing! This is exactly how I would imagine the streets of Celephais to smell. Buy a tin, it's great. I'm definitely going to grab a few tin... Read More
It was a surprise
October 08, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I bought this because I have liked all the other Lovecraft tobaccos and I figured, wothehell.. To my surprise, it was very different but very similar. I would never have pegged the topping as grape, but the incense quality was apparent immediately... Read More
Definitely Takes You Afar
August 06, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
I usually stick to Cavendishes and aromatic burley blends. The description of this one drew me because, for me, pipe smoking is about sensory relaxation and ambient transport (i.e., I can relax and be transported to a setting where the tin note, room... Read More
Not That Old
March 06, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
Reminds me of 1960 era London Dock. I had to let it air off for a day or so but then I enjoyed the unique taste. Nice change.
I don't hate it?
October 29, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Visions of Celephaïs 2oz
It's grape. From the minute you open the tin, it's a whole lot of grape, but not like fresh grape, like children's vitamin grape. Lucky for me, I've always had a sick affinity to that flavor. That smell though, it's so strong. Not to mention I had a ... Read More
Customers Who Smoked Visions of Celephaïs 2oz Also Smoked: