I think this person “smokey_blue” has some sort of issues, I am not sure what is going on there. I suspect she has built some sort of marketing concept plan for FLAVORAH, either as a paid consultant or perhaps taken a percentage payment for orders generated by her web site, which IS an e-commerce site. You can place orders for FLAVORAH products directly there and I assume they are filled by what she has referred to as “her lab”… So there is a conflict of interests there for sure. If you read her material you will see that a lot of it is out of the current playbook of social media pyramid marketing. Things like "and if you use this, postup that you just love Flavorah flavors and give me a shout "
In any event, the synth manufacturers do not want the light of day shining on their compounding techniques, and accurate flavor testing reveals what they are up to. This is a little like the magician that keeps the “trick” a secret. In the case of FLAVORAHs tobacco line of tobacco products, if you read my testing results carefully you will see what they are up to creating this product line. Basically they take one of three different readily available synthetic smoke types and mix them in subtle and different ways with three other top flavors, mostly different nut shell hull types flavors like walnut and almond. In some cases they have used artificial wine flavorings. This is a clever way to create a product line, and not an unreasonable way to get somewhere in the realm of “tobacco”. I am sure FLAVORAH had this done for them, probably under contract by professionals from the food flavoring industry. That’s the way re-sellers approach such a project and create ‘flavoring product lines’.
The problem in this forum thread is that their marketing gal has wrapped this in a cloak of gimmick sales pitches like “ultra flavorings”, and the mantra “FLAVORAH is different”… and so forth. And, of course the “magic trick” must remain as a closely guarded secret, so from that we get the “that tester does not know what he is doing, has made bad mistakes in his testing, so disregard his explorations into our products, rather, everyone please jump on board with 'we must try to enlighten this newbie”
-I can understand all this, and it is fine with me, as it is the way the food industry has worked for a very long time. An example is the closely guarded ‘secret formulas’ of the major cola and soft drink manufacturers… The idea that there is some sort of ‘special secret’ to Coke versus Pepsi, is just marketing nonsense. Under the cover, it is just very standard professional flavor compounding techniques that must meet the goals of repeatable consistency of manufacture, low cost, and a reliable supply of raw precursor chemicals.
On a personal note, I have a very thick skin, especially when it comes to the question she is raising about my palate. I have been around tobacco for longer than she has probably been alive, so the idea that my palate is “new and inexperienced” is grating, but easily dismissed.
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