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. 2015 Nov 20;12(11):14916–14935. doi: 10.3390/ijerph121114916

Table 1.

Characteristics of flavors.

Categories Characteristics Users’ Posts
Fruit Fruit category flavors taste sweet, do not stimulate, are mild, and are closest to the naturally occurring flavor of fruit
  1. Strawberry is excellent with dark and murky flavors such as tobaccos, chocolates, hazelnuts. Not just fruit alone, but the balance is delicate and takes some work. I got the chocolate banana, it improves a bit after steeping a week. I agree with what you say on the cherry it was the best, but a little sickening. I also got strawberry cream, it was ok but kind of had a strange aftertaste from the cream part.

  2. The banana doesn’t taste as candied as other banana liquids I’ve tried, which is a redeeming quality for me. However, the banana flavor is a bit more pronounced than I would have hoped for, with the other flavors taking a back seat. This juice seems much sweeter than Baked Blue. I’m experiencing almost the same level of harshness here.

  3. A sweet natural cherry e-juice that will definitely take you back to that Greek bar a few summers ago that served delicious cherries on ice. I won’t put it in that many words but if you ever kissed a girl (and liked it!) with cherry lipbalm you’ll know how this tastes immediately. It’s a sweet and candylike cherry flavour with a nice touch. I quite like it, it reminds me of my first kiss. (aww)

Cream Cream category flavors are sweet and smooth. The exhale leaves the creamy taste.
  1. All of the chocolates are ok though not massively inspiring, the coffees are very chemical and cinnamon is so bloody strong it’s insane.

  2. More bakery goodness here. Sweet, creamy, with a good full cookie note. Not an all day vape for me, it’s a bit rich, but it’s a flavour I’m happy to spend an evening with sometimes.

  3. Vanilla: Decent, there are better vanilla flavours available, but also worse.

Tobacco Not all tobacco category flavors taste the same. In general, some tobacco flavors are used to mimic the real cigarette flavors to help people switch from real cigarettes to e-cigarettes. Other tobacco flavors are blended with sweeteners to have sweet, smooth, and fragrant taste. These kind of flavors are more appealing to e-cigarette users who are not interested in the traditional tobacco taste.
  1. I like only the standard tobacco flavored juice. It took me a little bit to acquire the taste for it, but I prefer it over an analog at this point. I have tried several of flavors though. Things like blueberry, cherry, apple, menthol etc. The blueberry was ok, the rest were not very good. But the blueberry tasted like grape kind of so it was weird. I have tried the flavoring specific to brands, like Camel etc, and they all taste like regular flavor with a cherry aftertaste to me. Weird but that is what myself and my friends taste each time. So I stick to the standard kind, which tastes nothing like tobacco to me, but is the best flavor for a smoker.

  2. It’s a clove tobacco. And quite a bit different from what I expected. Clove is prominent but not overpowering. Tobacco is there, but not overly so. Reminds me of burley pipe tobacco. Mild but pleasant.

  3. In my opinion tobacco flavors don’t have enough sharp edges and need a little bite, but this might be solved if you like a higher PG level in your juice. If throat hit isn’t important to you, all the better.

Menthol Menthol category flavors are slightly bitter on the inhale, offer a light throat hit, and have a cooling sensation in the nasal cavity and on the exhale. Some people reported there is/it has a harsh taste.
  1. The fresh breath is a minty menthol kind of flavour. It doesn’t actually freshen breath but tastes like it.

  2. I remember when candy-flavored cigarettes were banned. My sister (teen at the time) tried them and found them awful. “If I wanted candy, I’d just eat candy. If I want to mask the flavor of a cigarette, I’ll smoke a menthol.” Menthol cigarettes are most commonly smoked by kids 18 and under (in my experience, anyways). Yet we ban clove cigarettes because they’re trying to lure in kids, but menthol is still cool...

  3. New to vaping, stopped smoking a few months ago, didn’t care much for e cigs, but a friend gave me a vape set up and I’m going to try and keep using it. I don’t care much for any fruity flavors, not a fan. I want to stay away from tobacco flavors to reduce my urge to smoke an actual cigarette. I tried a (Red Rock Vapor) mint blend, and it was horrid. Way too harsh and peppermintish. I liked (LA vape) bubblegum mixed with a hint of (Pure) cinnamon, any other suggestions to mix bubblegum with? I have some (Pure) cappuccino that I mixed with (Red Rock Vapor) vanilla which I really enjoyed as well.

Beverages Beverages category flavors have a rich aroma, a smooth inhale, and a nice thick vapor production.
  1. I had a dream. A dream that this coffee flavoring would open up doors for me. That I could be the new Grant’s Vanilla Custard. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I found this flavoring meant for beverages at my workplace and it had the same ingredients as e-juice (without the nicotine.) So I decided to give it a whirl and vape it.

  2. I bought Green Tea E-Liquid with 15 mg nicotine and PG 60%, VG 20% and 20% flavorings. At least that’s what’s written on the bottle. I gave it to my mom for a spin (30+ year smoker) and she likes it and wants me to buy one for her as well. But after browsing reddit and a few forums, I’m starting to wonder if there are better options than the airsmoke one, because it’s the only one available in my country. My question basically is—do you know good companies that ship to Eastern Europe (Latvia) and what would you recommend for me and my mother.

  3. So far my top flavors from Five Pawns have been Absolute Pin and Perpetual Check. I would like to find a Chai Tea flavor, I think that would be good.

Sweet Sweet category flavors taste sweet and mild, but they do not produce too much vapor.
  1. I hate VG—Anytime I go over 50/50 I can taste that disgusting sweet VG flavor that tends to kill the actual flavor of the juice. I’m not a big fan to sweet flavors—If you didn’t guess from my hate of VG. I like multiple tastes—I love Five Pawns for the layers that they have in their juice, it’s not just peaches and cream which comes out as a mono flavor. I don’t like mint.

  2. Cotton candy 6 mg. Surprising. I wasn’t expecting much from this flavour, but had seen several posts about how good it can be. It’s definitely up there with other smooth, sweet flavours. Not perfumey, just candy goodness.

  3. The candy flavors are the reason I was able to quit smoking. They helped me realize ... I hate the way menthol cigs, and even clove cigs taste.

Seasonings Seasonings’ category flavors are really unique and usually mixed with other flavors.
  1. The cinnamon is very much like the dark gooey stuff in a cinnamon roll. There’s a good note of icing to it, and of course a full bakery note as well. It’s wonderful.

  2. So the idea is to concoct a tobac/black pepper/leather flavored juice, a layered flavor that hits the palate with black pepper and tobac, then eases into something vaguely like “that new leather/new car aroma”, all gently fading into a long sweet birch finish. I have the pepper and a good tobacco flavoring ... long sought out for their ability to stand apart distinctly and layer in concert.

  3. I currently have Cinnamon roll from mtbakervapor, 18 mg nic. 80% VG 20% PG, 4 extra flavor shots. It has an amazing flavor long-term, as this is my second bottle. It also gives these wonderful clouds of smoke, and hits pretty smooth.

Nuts Nuts category flavors are mild and can be mixed with other flavors.
  1. I have an allergy to nuts in general, primarily peanuts (on the allergen blood test peanuts were given the second highest rating—Anaphylaxis shock after consumption). I carry an epipen at all times just in case of accidental exposure. I have personally made juice with a variety of different nut/peanut butter flavors and I have never had an issue vaping them or with accidental contact with my skin. Granted, the smell of TFA peanut butter still makes me nauseous due to the association I have obviously developed between the smell of peanut butter and potential death haha.

  2. Om Nom is a reference to a local flavor. It’s a banana nut bread and cinnamon flavor. The banana nut was really strong on the exhale, with a hint of cinnamon.

  3. So I’m new to making e juice and I’m definitely more of a cloud chaser so I tend to be higher with vg maybe like a 80 vg 20 pg and most of the juices I buy are that ratio. My juices are so dull. The flavors are extremely muted and I’m following a calculator to do the mixes. Some have been very good at first but then the next day they are muted. I’m familiar with vapors tongue but I mean these are really muted. A good example was today I made a 7% banana cream 10% peanut butter both lorann flavoring. Any tips or advice anyone can give me?