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- Components: Virginia, Burley
- Family: Virginia
- Cut: Ribbon
About This Pipe Tobacco
Sherlock Holmes is Peterson's old 19th century blend of Orange & Red smoking leaf, Brazilian & Mysore Indian tobacco.
Customer Reviews
My First Virginia Blend
September 08, 2026
By:
Randell D.
Product: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 50g
As a new pipe smoker, I’ve stuck to aromatics. So this is my first blend outside that category. Very nice draw, fantastic taste, with hints of citrus just as described. A must try for any new pipe user.
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Solid Mild
September 04, 2026
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Brandon G.
Product: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 50g
One of my favorite mild blends. Solid member of my rotation.
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Sweet Virginia
August 14, 2026
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Aria P.
Product: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 50g
I aged it for 3 years , then taste become amazing, sweet , smooth , without biting.
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The Case of the Tart and Tangy Blend
May 04, 2026
By:
Tony P.
Product: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 50g
th equal parts enthusiasm and curiosity.
Imagine, then, my surprise upon first breaking the seal.
For where I had expected the “strong, dark shag” so often favored by Holmes in the Baker Street sitting room, I instead encountered a mixture of far lighter character — strands of blonde and toasted brown leaf, accompanied by a tin note redolent of citrus peel and damp hay after a summer rain. It was, I confess, not at all what I had been led to anticipate.
Holmes himself, were he present, might have arched an eyebrow at such a discrepancy.
Nevertheless, I resolved to proceed.
Even after a patient half-hour of drying, the tobacco retained a notable moisture, requiring a certain persistence of flame to maintain. Upon lighting, I was struck first by a tartness that was sharp and insistent, akin to grapefruit, before it gave way, deeper into the bowl, to a curious sourness not unlike unripe mango. This progression, while intriguing, remained largely consistent over several weeks of repeated trials, though time did succeed in softening some of its more abrasive edges.
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data,” Holmes has once remarked. And so I gathered mine diligently.
My conclusion, however, is a nuanced one. The blend is by no means unpleasant — indeed, there are moments where it proves quite agreeable, particularly when smoked in a pipe of larger bowl (a stout volcano, in my case), which seems to encourage a more measured and balanced expression of its character.
And yet…
It fails, in some ineffable way, to summon the spirit of the man whose name it bears.
One does not, while smoking it, feel transported to the familiar comforts of 221B Baker Street… no glow of the hearth, no low murmur of Victorian London traffic beyond the window, no sense that Holmes himself might, in a moment of abstraction, reach for the tobacco tin. The illusion does not hold.
I cannot help but think the blend might have been more aptly named for its creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle than its inspiration. It’s interesting, certainly, but lacking that singular, incisive character one associates with Holmes himself.
Would I procure it again? Quite possibly. But I should, I think, follow a more patient course, cellaring it for a time, allowing it to mature and perhaps reveal qualities not immediately apparent.
For as in all matters of investigation, it is often the passage of time that brings the clearest understanding....Read More
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If you start me up ... I'll never stop. !!!
May 10, 2026
By:
Saleh A.
Product: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 50g
This blend got me running hot after it,for a loooong time , now,Don't let them confuse you about it, it's one of the most pleasing tobaccos ever smoked, the taste is sweet good, smells outstanding, it's cheaper than it values, jus puff it on.
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