Flavor West Cherry Berry
Foment_life
FW Cherry Berry
This is my first go ‘round with flavor reviews, so if anyone has feedback insofar as how to improve this, suggestions on augmenting the format, or otherwise how to better serve the community in this form of write up, I’m all ears. Anyhow, onto the important stuff.
Tested at:
3% Single Flavor, approx 75% VG
Tested with:
Vandy Vape Paradox
single coil
3mm ID 6 wraps
4/32g flattened twisted SS316l
50watts
Initial Impression:
The smell is a dead ringer for a cherry popsicle brand ice pop, or cherry slush puppy syrup. Decidedly artificial, and candylike. At 3% shake and vape it’s not overpowering by any means, a bit weaker than I’d have expected. The flavor does follow the scent pretty accurately, though it sort of lacks body, not quite “wet” enough to make it a candy in and of itself. It’s actually quite reminiscent of a Luden’s cherry cough drop or a cherry lifesaver. I don’t get any strong medicinal or plasticy off notes at this stage, but it also isn’t quite sweet enough to muster a fully formed “candy” note on its own.
After a week:
Things have become a bit more artificial, and a bit softer.That is allowing a bit of a waxy flavor/mouthfeel to come through. This is a very much still in the flavor profile of a Luden’s cough drop but it might be bordering on cherry wax lips or some form of store brand cherry starburst.
Off notes:
Not so much “off” notes as it is just too thin to stand up on its own. After a week though, the slightly waxy note that becomes more noticeable is unfortunate.
Suggested pairings:
This flavor begs to have something behind it to sell either a syrupy iced drink or a hard candy. I can’t imagine using this with a cream unless you’re aiming for something odd like an alternate universe creme savers candy where they actually made a cherry flavor. I don’t think you could sell this into a black cherry ice cream, at least not without some serious help. Similarly, because this leans so heavily toward a candy flavor I can’t imagine it being particularly valuable for bakery or most tobacco applications. Maybe something of a Starbuzz style fanciful flavored shisha tobacco.