Before I go in to the recipe for this tribute to Adirondack's popular Placid, I'd like to preface that this IS NOT A CLONE. While I've tried to clone Placid, and feel like I'm quite close to the original in other recipes, this post is more about the profile that Placid can offer as a base to support fruits other than the original. I originally started this tribute, and it's many variations, as a result of a simple flaw in my palette. I'm among those few cursed individuals who simply cannot taste strawberry flavors in vapes. Without further ado, here is the recipe and accompanying notes.

Placid tribute

• Honeysuckle (TFA) 4%

• Pear (TFA) 3%

• Pear (INW) .5%

• Pear (FA) 1%

• Fuji (FA) .5%

• Raspberry (FA) 2%

• Raspberry (INW) .5%

• Key Lime (TFA) 2%

• Lime (INW) 1%

• Honeydew (TFA) 1 drop per 10ml

Notes

Honeysuckle: TFA Honeysuckle is a unique floral flavor that provides the sweet, refreshing flavor that really supports nearly any fruit. Any lower than 4% and you won't taste it at all, but over 4% and it really gets funky fast.

Pears: TFA Pear is great on it's own, and it's always my go to for starting any pear flavor. I used both FA and INW Pear to provide some more depth to the pear profile. FA I find to be a bit "juicier" while the INW really adds a unique note I'd place somewhere between fresh pears, and the juice from canned pears, making the pear stand out well. FA Fuji does it's job supporting the 3 separate pear flavors and helping to bring them all together.

Raspberry: I went through a number of alternatives to strawberry in the first 10 or so iterations before I landed on Raspberry being my final choice. FA Raspberry is the strongest standalone raspberry, so I chose it for the base. At 3% it began to overpower the pears so I stayed at 2%and augmented it with the rather amazing INW Raspberry to give it some extra tart/sweet notes.

Lime: TFA Key Lime is definitely my favorite lime in my inventory. Again I wanted the lime to be present, but not to walk all over my delicate base. I originally started at 3.5%, and slowly worked it down to 2% while working INW lime in to the mix. To me INW Lime adds a fresh rind and slightly candied lime flavor to the already fantastic Key Lime notes.

TFA Honeydew was my final addition. It's also part of my clones, as I believe this may be the sweet juicy note that's almost unidentifiable in the original Placid. Using any more than 1 drop per 10ml causes the honeydew to stand out way too much, but it's definitely noticeable at this addition. It contributes to overall sweetness and the juicy mouthfeel.

Final notes: It's pretty good as a shake and vape, but it really comes together after 2-3 days. Substitutions -could- be made but I think it would throw off the flavor quite a bit from what I've put together here. Feel free to ask about them though, as I've gone through probably 20 or 30 variations to land here on this mix.

TL:DR - This is not the greatest juice in the world, this is just a ^tribute