Bulk flavor different from Tin?

[tweaksource]

I picked up a half pound of Dunhill 965 from the local tobacconist today. It seems to me to have a strikingly different flavor from the tinned version.

I finished my last tin of 965 last week, so I cannot make a definite, side-by-side comparison.

This is my first experience buying bulk of a blend I have tasted from a tin.

Is this typical?

 

[Carlos]

Any blend can change given time. I acquired an amount of Dunhill 965 bulk from someplace. Was rather unimpressed with it. Stuck it in a jar and came back to it after a couple years. The change was remarkable. What had been hot and wet, mostly flavorless was now a satisfying blend. It smokes cool and has an oriental aspect to it.

 

[Ol'Dawg]

You'll find too that tobacco flavors (and aromas and nicotine content) will change or be different from tin to tin occasionally. For that reason, I buy tins rather than bulk if possible to prevent waste in case I hit a batch that doesn't sit well with me.

Jim..my ha'pence