@TorturedZen I ordered with ZERO issues. and placed the order, and my CC was billed the exchange rate prices.
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Blackberry (Duomei) 0.2%/0.4% (1-4-23) – STRONG, STRONG, STRONG is the word of the day with this one. My initial tests at 0.4% had a very clear soapy, almost perfumey aftertaste. Fine, BACK to the drawing board, fully reduced to 0.2%, and re-tested. The flavor strength overall did reduce, and SOME of the soap and perfume reduced as well, but it was still somewhat present. This was fairly odd, as I have rolled with some of the strongest MF flavors with little to no issues, so this MAY be a flavor issue, and not a “strength” issue per se. There did seem to be a oddly different blackberry hiding behind the soapy overtones, and it’s possible, if you were to go even LOWER, you might be able to resolve it, but at that point, it would be so far reduced, it may just be unusable. I did not reduce any further below 0.2%, which in a 10ml tester, is 1d. I’ve come across AND overflavored plenty, so I’m very well versed in reducing my way back to sanity. This one, may not be ready for prime time. Fully reduced it smelled ok, but tasting it re-yielded the soapy-ness. Going to plant this one @ 2.0/10.
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I’m so glad you are the Guinea Pig here! 
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Better his taste buds get obliterated than ours.
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That is why I wonder why I should even care that Duomei is not even natural flavors like MF and VSO…just about all of vaping is healthier than smoking cigs, or in my case, clove cigs!
God Bless the guinea pigs here!
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Hehe, do it for science and shit !!!
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It’s really up to the individual @KC111. I think there IS something to be said, about REALLY good, natural flavors/extracts, like MF, and VSO. That’s not to say that there aren’t also REALLY good artificial flavors to. There are, and I have PLENTY of them.
As long as they’re SAFE, not oil based, and/or just plain TASTE good, that’s all that matters to me.
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I am the only vaper among the family/friends circle here, so I get so many gasps, ‘pearl clutching’ moments when people say to me that it is so dangerous. I used to give them the long winded argument that they are food flavors, that they aren’t oils which does the actual damage to the lungs, that popcorn lungs was due to an overhyped myth, etc. Now I just say “It is safer than cigs, especially clove cigs (which I was smoking for about 15 years)”.
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That is why you are the guinea pig here, so we don’t have to rush out and buy more flavors, so thank you for your service and sacrifices!
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Most manufacturers are manufactured flavors nowadays. I’ll lay you odds almost all Vanilla is manufacturer made. alcohol is a nitch in the industry today.
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You and others are why this forum is such a wealth of information!
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Black Currant (Duomei) 0.4%/0.8%/1.0% (1-4-23) – This one, like many of these Duomei’s smelled very strong, and I started testing @ 0.4%, which was good, but it felt like it needed more, so I re-tested and increased first to 0.8%, and then 1.0%. This one presented at EVERY testing weight, as a really good, dark-ish, barely sweetened, black currant. I FOUGHT the urge to try it with some sweetener, to see if it would open up even MORE, but altering test samples, goes down a long, and treacherous road, that I won’t go down. Sweetness was a FEW clicks below mid level sweet, and the dark berry-ish, notes to really swirl around, AND with some almost dark grape wine notes to boot !!! Because of the below average sweetness, there was a slight dryness to the finish, but wasn’t off-putting at all. There was a certain, delicious tarty, almost sharp overtone, that rode throughout that really made it interesting, and a stand out. In the absence of any overt artificial notes, it leaned smartly to the authentic and natural. The only minor takeoff would be the slightly dry finish, which I’m SURE could be eliminated with a smidge of sweetener. Nicely done, and easily a 9.7/10.
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@KC111 thanks. Reviews aren’t really meant to persuade or dissuade, but just to give you the “real deal” as I see them. for better or worse, that’s what you get. Buying, or not buying, that’s up to YOU guys !!!
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Um, I think he alluded to this above. They’ve been around for awhile.
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What was shipping costs, SD? You’re east coast, right?
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That’s really the only response needed. It’s possible that you may be drawn in to the “How is it safer?” discussion by someone, so it’s helpful to be current on the pros and cons.
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Aren’t you sitting on a Cinnamon Roll there, chief?
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What other pros and cons do you have to suggest for me? I’d love to learn more. One con is that it isn’t cheaper, in the beginning of the journey, due to buying all the flavors…BUT it will be cheaper when I narrow down my profiles and stick to what I know I will like and just mix those flavors. Same deal with buying mods.
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No you shouldnt csre , but to compare artificial to natural is usually prettyhard since more often than not Artificial are candied or jammy , syrupyt
Or whatever …
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I am so glad you have done this review. I purchased several Duomei Concentrates from James at Liquid DIY. I look forward to reading this to see what you think. I haven’t tried any yet, hopefully this weekend I will make some time for mixing.
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