Disclaimer:
These flavors were tested on multiple setups and tested as first impression (smell & knuckle test right from the bottle), after 24hr, 7 days, 14 days and 21 days. I tested each flavor mixed in 2 batches, one batch aged regularly and the second batch being run through my ultra sonic cleaner, then compared with each other and notes being taken.
The testing setups were:
• Royal Hunter RDA ( dual setup, staggered fused Clapton's, ss316l, 3mm ID, @ 0.3 ohms, 44 watt)
• Drop RDA ( dual setup, triple fused Clapton's, ss316l, 3mm ID, @ 0.45 ohm, 38 watt)
• Wasp Nano ( single coil, quad core fused Clapton, ss316l, 2.5mm, @0.58 ohm, 27 watt)
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Blue Raspberry (ODF) - @ 8% - First impression,
mild smell, sweet candy raspberry nuances, no indication of blueberry or dark fruit of any kind, slight floral note coming through in the aftertaste.
- 24hr:
Smell: sweet and slightly tart, sour fruit mix of some kind
Knuckle: sweet artificial red fruit
Taste: very mild raspberry nuances (inhale), slight bitter/tartness throughout the vape, hints of candy blue fruit. Reminded me of blue hubba bubba gum.
Throat Hit: 0/10
Feel: slightly creamy, smooth and silky, medium body
Off notes: none
- 7days:
This flavor matured and turned from initial artificial red fruit mix into a more tangier version of a raspberry, still candy tho but less sweet then initially. Still no sign of any dark fruit or blueberry here. The initial hubba bubba gum note is gone. Throat hit 2/10, it isn't bad but noticeable. Overall the flavor became milder, nearly has a washed out feel too it.
- 14days:
No changes too week 1.
- 21days:
I'm not sure where it went but somehow the raspberry left the building. All that is left is overly sweet VG with a bitter note.
Percentage recommendation: Single - 10-13%, mixed: 5-9%
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Blueberry (ODF) - @7% - First Impression,
Strong flavor, reminiscences of "blue" hubba bubba gum rather than candy or fresh blueberry.
- 24hr:
Smell: artificial syrup made from a blue fruit, hubba bubba gum
Knuckle: BHB without the gum, overly sweet, bitterness in the back, soapy nearly chalky aftertaste.
Taste: artificial semi sweet dark fruit, slight blackberry nuance
Throat Hit: 0.5/10
Feel: carries the dark fruit nuance throughout the whole vape without fading but its lacking overall body and has that airy feel to it.
Off notes: on the dryer side, slightly bitter (exhale)
- 7days:
Matured into a more realistic blueberry but not fresh. Its more a mix out of somewhat realistic with artificial candy back note. Still very sweet but much milder then prior.
- 14days:
Faded. If I didn't look on the label I wouldn't know the flavor I'm vaping. Its not plain pg/VG mix but there's nothing clear detectable left anymore.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 9-15%, mixed: 6-8.5%
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Caramel (ODF) - @ 9% - First impression,
Very mild caramel, more of a hard candy rather than syrup/drizzle or soft caramel, reminds me of Werther's Echte (top layer) maybe even a light toffee (sahne bonbon)
- 24hr:
Smell: med. Dark rich caramelized sugar, brown sugar nuances, dairy sour note
Knuckle: med. Sweet caramelized sugar, bitterness, syrupy, slight stickiness
Taste: rich medium dark soft caramel (chewy candy or toffee), mildly sweet, slight brown sugar nuances (exhale and aftertaste)
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: creamy, velvety texture, thick body but fades throughout the vape and gives a light and airy feel at the end.
Off notes: none
- 7days:
Smell: dark, rich churned brown sugar nuance.
Knuckle: sweet, caramelized sugar, very mild with a slight sticky ness.
Taste: overly sweet, reminiscences of a creme brulé (top layer), light brown sugar note in the back
Throat hit: 1/10
Off notes : none
- 14 days:
Stickiness went away, increased sweetness, brown sugar note faded but overall didn't get richer, in fact the whole flavor got much lighter/milder and airier.
- 24days:
Faded, non detectable notes and nuances. By now its more of a sweetener rather than actual caramel.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 6-11%, mixed: 2-5%
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Cherry (ODF) - @5% - First impression,
tastes like haribo cherries, sweet artificial chalky cherry gelatin but turns into cough drop including the medical syrupy layer inside the drops.
- 24hr:
Smell: maraschino cherry, candy like, hints of lacquer or nail polish
Knuckle: ricola cough drops without the menthol note, slight sweetness
Taste: very mild cherry syrup, artificial with chemical vibe
Throat hit: 1/10
Feel: light cherry syrup that can be found on ice creams without the sugar or stickiness, no body/mouthfeel what so ever
Off notes : chemical notes (exhale and aftertaste), lacquer/acetone nuances
-7days:
Now the off notes are much stronger and overtaking the actual cherry flavor that was present prior.
-14days:
Worse than week 1
-21days:
Sorry but I could not bring myself too inhale this.
Can't make a percentage recommendation, 0% would be best lol.
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Chocolate (ODF) - @9% - first impression,
A mix between milk and dark chocolate combined with cheap artificial chocolate syrup.
-24hr:
Smell: dark baking chocolate, cherry nuances, nutty note, faint dairy note
Knuckle: sweet, chocolate mix, hints of cocoa bean and slight milk chocolate note, a bit syrupy but also tastes watered down, cheap off brand chocolate
Taste: watery version of a chocolate syrup, hints of cocoa bean nuances with mild baking chocolate notes, hints of cherry, cheap chocolate
Feel: slightly dry and powdery, very thin flavor, touch of creaminess going on.
Off notes: none
- 7days:
As many other chocolates this one joins the club of getting milder by the day instead of maturing into a rich chocolate. Still the same as first day but extremely mild.
- 14days:
Faded
- 21days:
I was waiting and see if the flavor would come back since some brands do that. This one tho never returned.
Percentage recommendation: single: 9-15%, mixed: 6-8.5
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Cotton Candy (ODF) - sweetener that doesn't have an actual flavor profile. But less sweet than regular 10% EM solutions or EM in general. Sweeter than sucralose in comparison to other brands.
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Custard (ODF) @7% - First Impressions,
Strong caramelized vanillin sugar, buttery, slight brown sugar nuances, fullness/body of a eggy custard but without the eggy taste, silky
- 24hrs:
Smell: vanilla pudding, very strong dark and rich caramel nuances, slight buttery/dairy note
Knuckle: caramelized vanillin sugar, overly sweet, dark warm and rich
Taste: same as knuckle test but it reminds me more of a flan
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: its thicker than a ordinary pudding but thinner than a good custard, more of a flan including the slight browned and caramelized top layer without the stickiness.
Off notes : very light sour and tangy dairy nuance
- 7 days:
No changes
-14 days:
This turned into a more caramelized and watery sauce, rather than a custard, pudding or flan of some kind. From previously being a very strong flavor its now extremely light and mild, has a runny feel too it.
- 21days:
Faded and left behind is extremely sweet VG but not any flavors, notes or nuances can be detected.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 7-12%, mixed: 3-6%
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Grape (ODF) @7% - First Impressions,
Extremely strong and lingering grape flavor, artificial and very sweet. In this case its in a good way because it reminds me right away of koolaid, pixie sticks or a flat grape soda.
- 24hrs:
Smell: koolaid, grape soda, artificial candy
Knuckle: very sweet with bitter nuances, slight tanginess
Taste: mildly sweet and more of a grape juice, adding more sugar would easily turn this in the products mentioned above. "Realistic" candy flavor
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: strong, rich in your face grape flavor with medium full body, sweet tangy but to the same time mouthwatering/juicy nuances.
Off notes none
-7 days:
While this flavor did "calm" down a bit and reminds more of a store bought grape juice from concentrate rather than koolaid, its still potent enough too linger around and let you know its grape.
-14 days:
Same but lost a bit of its overall sweetness
- 21days:
Its getting milder and lighter but in comparison to the other flavors out of this line, it didn't left the building or faded.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 5-10%, mixed: 1-3.5%
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Orange (ODF) @8% - First Impression,
Orange flavored concentrated powder packs, that you need to dilute in water during summer or/and workouts. The "cheap" diy orange juice on the go without having to add actual fruit (oranges).
- 24hrs:
Smell: orange flavored drinking powder, concentrated artificial juice not made from real fruits
Knuckle: same as FI & smell, overly sweet
Taste: as above, I don't get any tanginess or tartness from it either.
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: very light body, nearly a watered down feel of a sports drink, runny
Off notes : very slight floral note, a bit of a orange blossom vibe, barely detectable sour nuance in the back and aftertaste.
- 7days:
No changes
- 14days:
Starts to fade but just like the grape its still strong enough to be noticeable
- 21days:
Same
Percentage recommendation: Single: 7-12%, mixed: 4-6%
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Peach (ODF) @7% - First Impression,
Strong and sweet peach syrup, more of the store bought peach ice tea's rather than actual fresh, ripe fruit, on the artificial side
- 24hrs:
Smell: artificial peach syrup, hints of a gummy/gelatin note
Knuckle: potent and sweet, more leaning towards a natural peach. Barely ripe outer flesh of a peach with the fuzzy skin surrounding it.
Not very sweet.
Taste: fresh, bright peach found during the early weeks of summer, medium ripe juicy flesh with nuances of the fuzzy skin
Throathit: 6/10
Off notes : bitterness
Feel: vibrant, semi sweet light peach, crisper texture, medium body
- 7days:
The peach turned from the natural ripe fresh fruit into a more sweetened candy version of a peach. Reminds of the peach flavor you can find in peach gummies.
- 14days:
Got much sweeter but now its a mix between fresh, candy and artificial. What once was a medium bodied strong peach matured into a mild peach syrup, that can be found in store bought iced teas
- 21days:
Faded a lot, by now its barely detectable and if you wouldn't read the label it could be easily mistaken for any kind of stone fruit.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 9-15%, mixed: 5-8.5%
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Pineapple (ODF) @ 7% - First impression,
Extremely mild and light flavor, sweet ripe natural pineapple...air lol
- 24hrs:
Smell: fresh ripe pineapple
Knuckle: watery but sweet pineapple (inner flesh), does have a burn to it
Taste: mellow sweet pineapple that at first is fresh and natural but has this candy pineapple note to it in the back, slight peppery
Throat hit: 1/10
Feel: flavor is there but no body, kind of airy and runny
Off notes: none
- 7days:
This was already not the strongest flavor but now its even lighter, the pineapple fully turned into a candy,
- 14days:
Very mild, its more of a pina colada without the cream and coconut. Like the bottom of the cocktail glass that has reminisces of pineapple with melted ice cubes, extremely watery
- 21days:
Disappeared and left is a sweet pg/VG base with a slight hint of something "exotic"
Percentage recommendation: Single: 7-13%, mixed: 3-6%
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Raspberry (ODF) @ 5% - first impressions,
Chemical and artificial raspberry. Something you find in raspberry or red colored hard candies, even got that chalky sweet but lightly bitter nuance to it. But its not a direct distinctive raspberry candy of any kind.
It wouldn't fall in the actual candy category, its more of a one sided flavor close to one shots with 1 or 2 blends.
- 24 hr:
Smell: sweet but tart red fruit of some kind, very chemical
Knuckle: sweet raspberry hard candy
Taste: sweet raspberry artificial candy with chalky sugar dust on the outside
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: dry and chalky, airy, reminds me more of cotton candy if we would compare the flavor intensity but without the rest of that cc.
Off notes: there's a burn in my throat and tongue that's not a throat hit, its extremely artificial and bitter and lingers in the aftertaste
- 7 days:
No changes
- 14 days:
Getting milder, fading
- 21 days:
Gone
Percentage recommendation: Single: 7-11%, mixed: 5-7%
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Strawberry (ODF) @5% - First Impression,
Extremely sweet candied strawberry, slight chemical nuance, very artificial. This reminds me of a strawberry you find in powders that need to be dissolved in milk (nesquick), it has nothing to do with the actual fresh fruit or candy. It does have a creaminess in the back that reminds of strawberry ice cream (generic brand) or a very thick yogurt/quark without the sour or dairy note.
- 24 hrs:
Smell: sweet ripe strawberry mix, a balance of natural fresh and wild strawberry, paired with artificial candy SB aroma/extract.
Knuckle: sweet but slightly bitter, powdery
Taste: overly sweet artificial SB powder used for milkshakes, milk or/and generic creams of any kind.
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: slightly creamy but more on the dryer side (malted maybe), medium body, fades rather quickly but leaves that nesquick SB note throughout the vape and aftertaste.
Off notes light parfume/fragrance (aftertaste), soapy
- 7days:
Matured into artificial overly sweet SB, the nesquick/powder effect is now gone and it reminds me a bit of strawberry ripe by tfa, just less sweet
- 14 days:
Same but blossomed, meaning the overall profile and body thickened and reduced its sweetness a bit, while pushing the fruit notes a bit more. Leading to a more balanced SB that could be mistaken for a natural fresh SB on inhale only tho, because after that it turns back too being fully artificial.
- 21 days:
Faded but since this is one of the stronger flavors out of this line its still noticeable, but now it reminds more of a SB syrup or pie glaze (European nature) and since it thinned out this could easily be used as a SB drizzle for creams and lighter cakes, lost all its artificial ness but kept its own natural SB fragrance.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 5-10%, mixed: 1-3.5%
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Vanilla (ODF) @7% - First Impression,
Light vanilla with slight hints of brown sugar, custard nuances, very potent for a vanilla flavor, some kind of warmth and depth to it.
- 24 hr:
Smell: very close to custard (odf) similar caramelized sugar nuances, not much of vanilla but dark and rich.
Knuckle: medium dark but rich brown sugar nuances, similar to a crème brulé (darker crystalized caramel top layer) touch of creaminess.
Taste: lighter version of their custard, but without the richness and egg note, or buttery note, not much vanilla of any kind coming through. It has more noticeable brown sugar nuances.
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: its a potent flavor in the overall profile, the caramelized sugar and darkness is very noticeable, even tho it has custard notes these are more hidden here but still more prominent than in the custard (ODF), I would call it a watered down version of a rich crème brulé and place it in the same category, rather than labeling this vanilla. It doesn't have the full creamy body or notes of a crème brulé but damn close. Thicker flavor tho.
Off notes: none
- 7 days:
No changes
- 14 days:
Pretty much the same but increased in sweetness and now lost fully the hints of vanilla that were barely noticeable prior.
- 21 days:
No changes.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 5-10%, mixed: 1-3.5%
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Watermelon (ODF) @7% - First Impression,
Very realistic overly ripe and fresh watermelon.
- 24hr:
Smell: dark red very ripe flesh of a watermelon
Knuckle: overly ripe watermelon, dark red flesh, juicy and refreshing, hints of the little brown seeds, very sweet but natural, no rind or paler pink notes
Taste: same as knuckle test, this out of all one drop flavor fruits is the most realistic, authentic fresh natural. There's not any kind of candy or artificialness going on, but just like the grape its a very potent and lingering flavor
Throat hit: 0/10
Feel: strong and full body with a slight creaminess. Due to its sweetness adding a bit of sour or adding more sugar can easily turn this into a more candy like appearance.
Off notes: none
- 7days - 21 days is all the same does get sweeter with time. Just like grape its much stronger flavor that will stick around.
Percentage recommendation: Single: 5-10%, mixed: 1-3.5%
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Overall and Final Thoughts:
All of the flavors in this line are overly sweet, I would think that they either contain lots of fructose or even ethyl maltol. It would explain why some flavors fade and mute themselves after a short time, but that's just my speculation.
Just like other manufacturers some flavors will have to be aired out due to the chemical off notes and smell. Apparently these flavors don't contain alcohol, therefore I'm writing chemical as description because whatever is in some of them, is just plain old nasty.
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Unfortunately the majority of these flavors are pretty mild and contain a lot of notes, making it nearly sheer impossible to push them high enough, that they would be more noticeable.
These are advertised as 7-9%, but I think that should be the range in mixes. Single flavor is more like 10-15%.
The line pretty much works great when used as such, mixing them with other brands becomes very tricky. Most could only work under the candy category or lighter cocktails/beverages that don't rely on medium or heavy creams and custards or any darker/heavier fruits. I don't see them being bend too fit into bakery or any other category.
I tried enhancing already pre mixed juices with these flavors and sadly I'm not impressed. It takes around 2-5 drops per 10ml depending how rich and potent your juice is. Also it won't enhance juices that have only a small amount of that flavor in it. The one drop flavors try pushing the high notes of a existing potent profile and muting/balancing the rest of it.
Now if you are already at flavor cap, these are not going to do anything for you and in general you're running the risk of destroying the existing main profile of your juices and reducing its shelf life significantly.
Less is more in most cases but not here, the concept doesn't work at very low percentage in my opinion.