Customer Reviews (25 Total)
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
, the virginias were mild, but the Dark Fired Leaf and Kasturi gives it a fantastic bit of spice and a great room note!
It burns very cool for a fresh aromatic, and I didnt have to relight it once. As I burn through my bowl I find it gets a bit more spicy the more I smoke it. The taste remains pleasant from start to finish. This is by far the best aromatic I've ever had. (Though may it be noted, I'm not typically an aromatic smoker.)
Although the taste is pleasant I could best compare it to a grape swisher sweet, with a bit more spice. Ultimately this leaves me feeling as though a 3 is as high as I can rate it.
*UPDATE* After just 3 days of jarring it, I went back. Another chap in the reviews recomend dedicating a pipe to it. I decided to use a Missouri Meerschaum Cherrywood, that had been seldom used. The swisher sweet taste was totally gone. It was much more spice, and sweetness with the grape taste being mild in the background. A very enjoyable smoke! It's such a unique aromatic that its hard to describe, all I can say is pick up a tin and try it! (Upping my review to 3.5) Will update after 1 month of aging.
Lastly, The Tin is a solid Ten! Love the art, very lovecraftian. As a fan I am happy to have this in my tobacco on my shelf.....................................................................................
*years later*
This tobacco ages more dramatically than anything in my collection, years down the road and it's a very complex mix of spicy, nutty, and sweet with little being recognizable with its earlier flavour profile. It's almost got a mild buttery tone to it, but it's good, very good. Grape is almost entirely gone, but still mild in the background of various other flavors. Certainly an interesting tobacco to jar up and taste periodically as the flavor evolves more dramatically than most.
Ïa Ïa Cthulhu fhtagn Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Read Less
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
antly bought a tin simply to complete my favorite series. Much to my surprise I found this extremely enjoyable. As others have noted, the topping is not too heavy-handed or sweet. It's reminiscent of a ruby port (Wine of Pnoth?) -- certainly more grape flavor than the raisin you get from a tawny port. Definitely a dessert smoke with an aroma akin to fine incense (I mean this in a good way) . Very decadent. Those who enjoy flavored hookah tobacco will absolutely love this. Burns evenly with little effort. It's not something I'd smoke every day, or even every week, but I'm glad to have it in my cellar as an unique option for those odd moods where I crave something truly unique, ...or when I want to be transported to the mythic Dreamlands so eloquently described in the works of HP. Lovecraft. Read Less
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
omes across to me as passion fruit. Very special & unique. Hopefully this Old One will stay in the line up for long time. Read Less
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
rest away. Unfortunately, the pipe I used still smells of grape. Read Less
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
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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
I'd definitely order it again. Read Less
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.
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
or profile fits perfectly with the Old Ones series and if you like the other offerings, this is absolutely worth a try. Not a sugary sweet aromatic.
Smokes dry, no tongue bite. A great aromatic for the non-aromatic smoker...I liked it so much that upon finishing the first bowl, I immediately reloaded and smoked a second bowl. Read Less
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
I think this smokes best in a smaller bowl and would work better as a dessert type smoke. Great job, Cornell & Diehl. Read Less
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.
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
attempt to correct. Otherwise, a decent every once in awhile smoke Read Less
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
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
i've explored with abandon since my start.
Not a bad problem to have, in the grand scheme of things, so perhaps worry was too strong a word, but I had begun to wonder if my palate was either hopelessly indiscriminate, or simply not yet adjusted to the endless nuances of pipe tobacco. In stepped C&D's Visions to allay my concerns. Admittedly purchased for aesthetics and literary allusions alone, the tin note was the first troubling sign. Have you ever been curious what aroma would result, were you to soak grape-flavored White Owls in Welch's grape juice for a year, and then leave those soggy stogs out to dry? Of course you haven't, but a tin of this will surely help you if you now find yourself intrigued but want to skip the mess.
I'll admit, I did not do research of kasturi before purchasing, and perhaps that's the culprit of the unpleasant smoking experience which followed.
The bowl did not taste like a grape-soak blunt, and I'm still debating on whether or not this was a turn of fortune. What i did get was an incense & floral bomb which combined to create an overall taste akin to how i'd imagine a badly perfumed bar of soap to be received by the palate. I'll admit, the bowl burned well, until i dumped it out 5 minutes in. Glad I smoked it in a cob, bc I'm considering just giving the pipe a toss along with the remainder of the tobacco.
This stuff is absolutely terrible, but so bizarre that I can also imagine it being some other oddball's favorite. Certainly not for me or my apparently discriminating palate. Read Less
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
mind. Mixed with a bit of Latakia it's a match in heaven! Oh and your partner will most likley find the smell very pleasant. One of "The Old Ones"- best. Read Less
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. (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
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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.
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
. Exotique was my first reaction. I opened it to smoke during the Lovecraft's Birthday celebration, had a hard time really forming an impression, then put it away for a while, just opening it again for October. I had been smoking Haddo's Delight, and I didn't realy think of Celephais as an aromatic for some reason. But I was suddenly taken with how much I liked the room note.
Sniffing at the can I still don't identify it with grape, but I do find that I quite like it. I usually smoke English and alternate with an aromatic on the weekend when we might have guests. Hmm, I find myself writing this chaotically, which seems appropriate for a Lovecraft blend. If this is an aromatic, I give it a higher rating than most aromatics by far. Read Less
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
note, and pipe taste take me). VofC definitely achieves this effect. WARNING: Do NOT buy this if you can't abide grape flavor (see virtually all the negative reviews here). It does NOT taste/tin/room like artificial grape to me, but for those who can't stand artificial grape, you'll think you smell nothing else but. To me, it breathes of incense, eastern sweet wine, and barleywine. There is no chewiness to this blend; it burns clean and evenly. Dedicate a small-bowl size pipe to it, preferably a Meer, as too much can wear down your palate. For me, it's a once-a-week treat that I look forward to—a nice trip to the East without leaving my home. Read Less
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.
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
into a fine powder and mixed with the blend. Or like a wet, stinking dog that was sprayed with cheap perfume.
After one bowl the pipe I used may not be salvageable. The sickly stench is locked into the cake. I have been smoking straight cigar leaf in the pipe in an attempt to exercise the demon this tobacco left behind in the bowl.
Be careful about what you order because you just might get it! Read Less
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
ing it out the window. Nearly gagged while trying to figure out if I should be enjoying the flavor or not. Passed the tin along to my father as he will smoke anything. He threw the full tin in the garbage. I wouldn't use this stuff as tinder to start a campfire. Read Less
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
grape ghost in my cob for about three days after dipping into Visions. I'll end up going through the tin, idk if I will order it again. What I do know is I will most likely need to dedicate a specific pipe for smoking this. Read Less
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