Flavorah Elderflower
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Elderflower Flavorah
Set up Kayfun V3 mini 2.5 coil @ 1.6Ω; cotton wick; 11.1W 60/40 6mg
Testing: Elderflower Flavorah @ 3% Aged: 3 days 6% aged 4 days
From the bottle: Smell of the concentrate itself is potent, bright, more an elderflower cordial.
Flavour description: At 3% Still the cordial, from the bottle smell and a faint smokiness, over a sweet tartness, reminiscent of green guava/DDT (yes, the insecticide, I like that smell) with a touch of mango skin aftertaste.
like the Elderflower itself that at a distance smells a bit musky & smokey but close-up is a intense, heady, sultry.
Even at 3% this intensity can taste like **an unidentifiable chemical spill, (what this is becomes clearer at 6%). This is not a slight on Flavorah, as those that have smelled Elderflower on a summer night will know that it can smell so strong that it makes you think it is a manmade concoction.
Therein lies the dilemma for someone trying to emulate a flavour to taste/smell “natural” when the source material flower naturally has a smell with “artificial” characteristics.
Updated 6% notes:
4 surprises:
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It tastes more metallic (that metallic note was present at 3%, **couldn’t sense what it was at that percentage-described it as "an unidentifiable chemical spill)"
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Sweeter.
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Doesn’t taste so much like the cordial, more like the smell of the flowers .It also tastes a lot less complex than it did at 3% imagine that the green guava/mango skin, DDT have properly coalesced into one flavour.
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The biggest surprise 2/3 tanks in is that i like it!, (could be Stockholm Syndrome) It’s been a hard flavour to describe.
Is it Elderflower? The strange thing is that as you’re vaping it at 6% the answer would be not really;
but the aftertaste & taste on lips is Elderflower, this makes me think there is sweet-spot percentage to be found, for those who want to achieve it.
You will have gathered, by now that this flavour is not for everyone. Not an "easy" flavour, even compared to other Floral flavours, which are not exactly mainstream.
Personally, I am interested in trying this with citrus and other bright flavours,
how that turns out remains to be seen.
Off-flavors: a hint of DDT (at 3%), metallic (at 6%).
Throat hit A standard Flavorah throat-hit (not much increase from 3 to 6%).
Uses
To be confirmed.
Pairings Citrus, Apple, and other bright flavours. To be confirmed.
NB Will edit this post when i get some conclusions.