It's been mentioned before, but worth repeating - how a tobacco smells in the jar/tin or the room note left by the smoke has little bearing on how it tastes to the smoker. My favorite blends are Latakia-forward ones that taste great to me, but smell like barnyard sweepings in the pouch and like smoke from a brush fire when puffed. Mixture No. 79 smells nice in the pouch, like the dish of potpourri in your grandmother's parlor, and it leaves a pleasant enough room note, but it tastes like, well, like Mixture No. 79 .