Flavor West Mango

Setup: velocity v2; Single Flat SS Clapton .55Ω; full cotton wicks

Testing: FW Mango (Natural) 5% aged: 2 days 70/30 vg/pg 1.5mg nic

Flavor description: A muted mango juice or puree. The inhale is the best part of this one, like smelling a freshly sliced mango. The exhale is where it gets slightly weird, it starts off great and kind of fizzles out. Its got a lot of the mango top notes, which is good, but its lacking anything juicy or nectar like. I’m getting a decent flavor in the beginning, slightly floral/sweet/bright/creamy but on the exhale I lose a lot of those positive notes and I’m left with a lightly mangoed, slightly creamy vg taste. This one lacks any real body or juicy factor to it.

Off-flavors: Not a 100% spot on mango, maybe it’s just weak but the VG peeks through, also just a smidge floral but not overwhelming at all (possibly expected even)

Throat hit: Smooth, almost nothing.

Uses: This can pair with many fruits to provide nice mango top notes, IMO it’s weaker so I’d start at 3% as an accent in mixes and maybe go up to 6-8% as a mango base. TBH, I would start somewhere else if you’re looking for mango, I’d give this one a 70/100. I don’t think I would pair this with creams as it would probably get lost.

As of now the only other mango I have is INW. This doesn’t work well with INW, they’re both a bit floral so not a great mix. I’d pair this with a more sweet nectar / meaty mango flavor like CAP sweet mango, TFA Philippine mango, or HS mango.

Pairings: Most fruits, other mangos. Maybe cream but I haven’t tried.

Notes: Works as a shake and vape doesn’t change much, I actually had an older bottle and I mixed it again to make sure but the older bottle (maybe 2 months) didn’t taste much different. Again, I’d look to another concentrate for mango stuff but this one worked nicely for me with strawberry and pineapple and a little EM. Have not messed too much with it but I will give it another try after I pick up some other mango flavors to mix it with.

If this were anything I’d say it’s a mango juice or maybe the flavor of like a mango slushy, just not as sweet. Lacks any real meat to it.

Might get the job done in certain mixes.

Second Opinions

Good reviews on ECX, one touted it as a strong and true mango flavor, maybe they used it at a higher % or maybe I’m broken

Some notes on ELR one saying “natural, but not fleshy; little sweet”

edit: grammar, % used

FW site says natural citrus flavorings will vary from batch to batch