FLAVRZ Flavor Shots / One Shots Reviewed by SessionDrummer

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Mulberry Mess (FLAVRZ) (Flavor Shot) 25% (8-4-23) – Some flavors take a bit to break in, so I’ve learned to not ALWAYS expect everything, right away. This one however, was BANGIN’ right out of the gate. I got some very delicious darker berry notes, which although not Mulberry specific, could pass as them. The REAL surprise was a super delicious creamy carrier. I had assumed this was going to be simple darker fruits, but NO, the creamy carrier was really driving this one into unexpected territory. I checked the FLAVRZ site, but Darren said it wasn’t loaded up on the site yet, but verified some things about this flavor. There were damned fine hints of a vanilla on the finish, and it peeked in and out throughout, but really revealed itself on the finish. The Mulberry (dark berries) started RIGHT away on top, then at the mid-point, decreased to an even pairing with the vanilla creamy-ness, and on the finish, the berries subsided, and let the vanilla peek through more. Wow, shape shifting flavor shot here people.

The berry focus while not 100% Mulberry focused (IMO), was very good, natural, and had enough POP, to ride above the vanilla creamy notes for alot of the experience. Sweetness was about mid-level, and I looked far and wide to find something to nitpick on this one, and (again), could not. About my only “want” would have been a little more focus on the darker berries, but that was a minor nit-pick, at best. I have eaten them, but trying to exactly describe, or replicate it can be next to impossible. After talking to Darren, and after finishing the THIRD tester, it did appear as if the vanilla creamery did favor a great ice cream. The pairing and ratio of the Berries to Ice Cream was done very skillfully, and having one profile take the lead, then shift to evenly paired, to somewhat recessed, kept this one a BLAST to test. I think it’s going on the “Getta Bigga Bottle” list for me. NOW, scoring wise, I will have to knock it down just a bit, because I wasn’t 100% on the Mulberry-ness, but that’s it. I would 10/10 it, just because it was that tasty, BUT, this is a review, so I feel good officially scoring it at a 9.3/10.

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How would you rate the sweetness on this one SD? I got a strong sense of artificial sweetener with mine and couldn’t vape it. For me, the fruit note was overpowering and somewhat sickly, maybe because I vape at a low wattage compared to you guys? Overall, I wasn’t a fan of this flavour and it went in the bin as I just couldn’t get it to work for my taste even after experimenting with adding more VG and even other flavours. Overall it was just too sickly and artificial for my use.

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That’s very interesting @Ianc13. Sweetness for me, was just a bit over mid level, and I did not get any overt artificial sweetener or artifacts. The two big surprises for me, was it didn’t need to break in at all, FIRST draw, it was on. The second was the vanilla creamery / ice cream, as I had thought it was just going to be berries/dark berries. As far as the explicit “berry” notes, they weren’t overpowering for me, and my only complaint was that they didn’t 100% sell me on a Mulberry, but that was about it.

Rather than use the 200ml bottle, and topping off for a 30% flavor rate, I mixed up a 10ml tester, and mixed it at 25%, below FLAVRZ’s suggested rate of 30%. You know my tank and coils,and I tested it (and all the others) at 65 watts.

The berry/berries weren’t off-putting, and it/they weren’t overly aggressive to my tastes, and I got no florals or perfumes. As far as the artificial sweetener you got, did, or do you get that from any other of the FLAVRZ ? Remind me again, you’re MTL’ing, at what wattage ?

Understood. I’ve still got to get through all of these Flavor Shots, then I have the One Shots to get through, but if I have time, I may try an experiment and try it at, or close to your percentage,and wattage just to see. I’m actually finishing up the third tester right now.

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I have got a degree of it from almost all of the flavours I have tried so far. The One Shots and Flavour Shots have been the strongest though by far. I am extremely sensitive to most artificial sweeteners though so I don’t use any in any mixes, foods or drinks.

Usually using high ohm single SS316 coils around 1.2 to 1.8 ohms at anywhere between 8w and 11w. Anything higher doesn’t really work for me so I keep it low.

It was definitely fully present from the first go, and strong. For some reason I didn’t get much of the cream/ice cream when I used it. I tried at 30%, 25% and 20% with various steep times, but just couldn’t get past the sweetener and the heavy fruit flavour.

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Well you’ve got a lot more experience MTL’ing than I do, but I personally haven’t been able to get all flavors, especially custards, bakeries, etc., to come through via MTL for me, so while realizing you HAVE had better luck in that regard, that was the first thing that popped into my head.

The sweetener thing is interesting, and I’m wondering if I would get any of that, if I MTL’d at a lover wattage. I can’t remember if Darren said they use(d) Alcohol Sugars or not.

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I asked back in May, this was the response:

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Pastel de Nata (FLAVRZ) (Flavor Shot) 25% (8-6-23) – Wait, Pastel de what ??. De NATA !!! I’ve had egg custard tarts before, but I had never heard of this name before. Custards and pastry combined ?? !!! Yes please. Yes, this one WAS yet another great one, and depending on your love for Custards/Tarts/Bakeries, you may feel the same way. From the bottom up, there was a persistent crust/bakery note throughout, but it remained somewhat lower in the mix, and that was JUST fine with me, as it allowed the Custard to run roughshod over this Flavor Shot, and it DID it well. The custard was extremely well balanced, with a typical eggy custard, and what tasted like a bright pinch of lemon on the finish. Overall the custard while eggy, wasn’t over-egged, and proved to be JUST eggy enough, tempered by a thick creamy mid note that road all the way till the end, where the kiss of lemon finished it off. The custard was hard to exactly compare to others, but the best I could come up with was a pairing of CAP’s VC1, and FLV’s Vanilla Pudding. It had a great overall mouthfeel, and the pinch of lemon on the finish ended it cleanly. At 25% it was very good, rich, and full, with no off-notes to speak of. I didn’t pick up on any cinnamon, or burnt notes, but it was too rich, and delicious to miss them. All in, a great creamy custard, with hints of vanilla, and lemon, on a light crust note, and with an egg level that wouldl probably satisfy most of the diehard VC’ers out there. Sweetness was at about mid-level, which seemed appropriate for a desert/tart. Yet another one, that was hard to put down. It wasn’t perfect, but that didn’t prevent me from being able to exactly explain why. Finishing up the third tester, and leaving this one very high @ a 9.4/10.

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Redskins (FLAVRZ) (Flavor Shot) 25% (8-6-23) – It’s safe to say that I have NEVER eaten Redskins candy. I was also just made aware of a controversial decision regarding it’s name, but we’ll skip past that. This one presented as a very unique Raspberry candy, that had a great candy undertone, which was almost taffy-like. The Raspberry wasn’t a pure RB, but felt like it was paired up with a Yumberry if you’ve ever tried that flavor from Real Flavors. A very unique pairing, and super tasty. Sweetness was a few ticks above mid-level, which seemed fine for a candy, and there were some nice tart notes in there, mostly on the finish that helped it pop, and keep it more interesting. The candy base / taffy was very accurate, and believable in this flavor shot. The two main profiles (RB and candy/taffy base) were evenly paired so you got just enough of each, but not too much of either. While not an overly complex flavor, it stayed punchy and fresh tasting throughout 3 testers. At about the third tester, I started to think I was maybe getting some cotton candy undertones, mixed in with the candy / taffy base. Off the finger, the berries tasted like their MIGHT have been some florals, but there were NONE throughout my tests. While not being able to directly compare to the candy, this one was a great bright, Raspberry (with Yumberry) pairing, riding on a authentic candy/taffy base, with subtle cotton candy notes. It felt good at 9.1/10. If any Aussies out there try this flavor, and have eaten Redskins, post up your thoughts !!!

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One of my childhood favourites, spent quite a bit of time trying to make these a few years ago. This is a very accurate rendition.
I have been mixing this one shot for about 2 months now and keep going back. I only use it in a pod all I ever put in them is candy mixes and I’ve enjoyed this one, due to mix up again today.

The recipe FLAVRZ posted had Peacharine in it, not sure if it’s in the one shot.

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Thanks a lot @marsh8.

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Raspberry Jam Toast (FLAVRZ) (Flavor Shot) 25% (6-8-23) – Typically (basically always) I never read ANY other reviews of a flavor/one-shot BEFORE I test it, because I want MY reaction(s), not tainted by anyone else’s. NOW, in THIS case, hehe, I did. @Gazza7 has been doing some BANG UP reviews of some FLAVRZ flavors, and flavor-shots, and I liked reading them, and he DID review this one, SO, let’s get it on !!! Was this a clone of Jam Monster ?? Who’s to say, but I’ll call it “similar”. The Raspberry notes were very good, and tasted fairly natural, and had some nice juicy-ness, and jammy-ness to it. Not completely jammy, but enough so you got the point. The buttery-ness was in there, and not in an overpowering way, and seeing as though all FLAVRZ flavors are DAAP, it was an impressive buttery-ness at that. Not as heavy or thick like CAP Golden Butter, BUT, it still worked.

Now, onto the “TOAST” that my friend Gazza mentioned. I think most of us know that the “toast” from CAP’s was simply a combination of OOO Honey Puff, and CAP Cereal 27. Now those two didn’t entirely SELL the whole “toast” thing, but it was in the ballpark, and it got you close enough. I don’t know what flavors FLAVRZ used for the toast here, and it was similar to the CAP version. Not entirely toasty, BUT, it added a “similar” effect, and it worked about as good. If any of you REALLY want a TOAST, stop screwing around, and get some Solub Arome Breakfast. You can thank me later for that. At 25% which WAS 5% below FLAVRZ’s recommendation it was very full, and sweetness was just below mid-level, and I didn’t detect any squirrel-y notes to complain about. The lack of a totally convincing “toast” was expected, and I won’t mark it down heavily for that, but that would be about the only nit-pick. All in, it wasn’t a bad showing, and the Raspberry was just jammy enough, and the “toast” elements carried their weight just fine, but not stellar-ly so. I’ll push it up a little higher than my friend Gazza did, and stick it at about a 9.0/10.

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You explain it so much better than me!
I concur with your thoughts, it’s just that my haphazard interpretation didn’t capture the flavour as well.

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I REALLY WANT TOAST!! Please is there a recipe utilizing this Breakfast flavor?

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Not at all @Gazza7, we just explained it DIFFERENTLY. To my reading, you marked it down more than I did for the lack of toast, whereas I compared it to :Monster’s approach using OOO and CAP to “simulate” toast, and even that wasn’t really close, so I just mentioned it, compared it, and gave FLAVRZ a pass on the toast without marking down too much.

Well thank you for that, but I have to disagree, I don’t think your review was haphazard at all. You actually set the stage VERY nicely by FULLY explaining what happened when you tried the SB Jam Toast, and your mixing weight choice. That’s actually VERY important to the reader to know BTW. You also revealed that you don’t typically like RB, which again, added a lot of value. You covered the RB to Butter ratio, and then you hit the toast comments. Seems pretty spot on to me mate.

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OMG @McDuckie if you WANT the TOAST, I mean REALLY want the TOAST, you need to get a BIG BOTTLE of SA’s. I think FA has a toast or bread flavor but I’ve never tested it, but I HAVE used the HELL out of SA’s Breakfast. Almost burnt (but not quite) toast, in ALL it’s glory, with a HINT of Strawberry. SOO easy to tweak into a full blown Strawberry Jam and Toast it’s rediculous. Either add your favorite SB Jam, or fashion one out of maybe INW Shisah SB maybe OOO SB Jam, and add a dash of butter, and BOOM. Done.

A LOT of mixers don’t know about Solub Arome, but, hehe I do, and now YOU do too.

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I’m already thinking SA Breakfast with OOO Sttawberry Jam. The 2% Cap Golden Butter and 2% VT Pudding Base for a buttered bread, and then a touch of SSA Crisp Waffle for those crispy toasted edges.

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@McDuckie the Pudding Base, and Crisp Waffle are interesting pairings. I don’t 100% know if they will go with the Breakfast profile or not. OOO SB Jam, DEF will, and CAP GB for sure. If you pick up the SA Breakfast, try it solo, and see what YOU think. I’m about 99.9% sure, you are going to be surprised. IF you do, please let me know.

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I just randomly grabbed Hippy’s recipe, and see the WF Baked SB, and that would be the only one (from his) that would leave me ??? on it. I know EXACTLY how well INW Shisha SB and OOO SB Jam pair. I may have to mix it up, JUST to see how it does work. Maybe it won’t for me, hehe, you never know. Now I feel like I’m splitting hairs, picking out a 1.5% flavor lol. I might not even be able to taste it for all I know.

The SA Breakfast has some VERY strong toast notes, and although it’s NOT an Ultra, start low, and move up.

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It is interesting back during my Developed premium member days Nachef taught me a neat trick during their goldfish Apple Butter remix that 2% Golden Butter and 2% Pudding Base makes a buttered bread flavor and I added SSA crisp waffle or a plain waffle flavor to add the toasted aspect to the bread.

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That’s interesting as I wouldn’t have thought of that, for adding “toasted” notes.

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