Close, but no cigar

[Read the notes of the original [here] (https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/248786)]

I said "Hey! Are we doing government work here? No, I don't think we are! You're close! (Close!) So very, very close! (Close!) Aww, baby, you're close! (Close!) So close! But no cigar!"

Weird Al Yankovic does it like me. He takes other people's stuff and then makes his own weird stuff out of it. Congratulations on your success, as long as I can just take it and change it into something weirdly different.

Main note is still FM Cohiba at 4.5%, to give us that dark cigar. It is backed up by the illustrous CT Shade (loved by some, hated by others), but a liiiitle lower than in the original, and the sweet nutty FM Bourbon Tobacco. The FLV Turkish is there to provide some extra spice, because I do not have the Am4a; a suggestion by mister @nowar.

I am too cheap to have Smooth Vanilla so I subbed with both INW Shisha Vanilla and CAP Vanilla Custard, both again suggestions of Mister Nowar himself, for the vanilla notes and extra creaminess. Milk & Honey is still here, promising success and sweetness as in the original. VT Bakery Spice provides the extra spicy note of suspense: will the mutilated imitation still be as good as the successful original?

Is this rip-off a success? I think it is, if you give it time. Two caveats: firstly, I never had the original, so I have no idea how different this is. And secondly, I didn't actually really make this thing myself. Everything here is suggested in talks between the mixer of the original and me. But it was fun to do, with the suggestions of the original mixer! And that is what counts.

Like stated above, this needs quite some time to really git gud. Seriously, give it four weeks and it will, like the youngsters on discord say, fuck.

A big "thank you" to Doggo for the talks we had that made this recipe happen. You are awesome! And an extra shout-out to the equally awesome @mixman for the FM flavours!

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