No. A good recipe only needs to be what you like, if you think it's incredible then it's good for you.

I would say good and complex are just two different things.

Most of it is imaginary. Its a hipster thing to have 20 concentrates in a mix in tiny percentages, peoples taste buds just simply arent that good and often you can remove alot of the superfluous flavours with zero detectable change. Flavour hyperbole is akin to craft beer wankery.

Depends on what you mean by complex.

Lots of ingredients? No. No, no, no. No. Some of the best recipes have only a well-balanced mix of 3 or 4 ingredients.

Complexities of flavor? Yes, I'd say some measure of complexity keeps you interested and coming back for more and makes for great recipe. But you can absolutely achieve that with no more than three ingredients.

There's no point making a complex recipe, especially if you are still new at mixing. Start with the foundation, then slowly build it up, working on the flavour nuances till you hit what you are aiming for. And the most important part, learn when to stop. A lot of people, myself including, can't help tinkering with recipes. You need to learn to let go.

Sometimes you don't realize how complex one flavor can really be. So even a two flavor recipe can be wildly complex and well integrated.

Goodness no. Especially depending on what you're after!

I wanted a strawberry kiwi juice. I started with the basics so I could get the appropriate ratio of TPA strawberry, TPA ripe, and Kiwi. I intended to begin making it thicker and adding layers to it - I still am yet to move off of the 3 flavour mix because I like it so much.

Different strokes for different folks! If you are chasing a complex flavour, of course you'll need several ingredients, but sometimes there's no use overcomplicating it!

My favorite recipe that I created is 2 concentrates, some nic, and vg. I vape a 120ml of it every week on top of others but it's my adv. It's a clone of the downside and I started complex and when I finally nailed it , it was 2 ingredients spot on. So honestly no I've had single flavors at the right % that were amazing. So honestly it's whatever clicks . Sometimes recipes with too many nuances kinda makes it and unenjoyable vape.

Short answer : no.

Long answer : still no. But complexity helps a recipe stand out. I've had some killer recipes that only use two flavours. I've had some shit recipes that use 15 flavours. Some concentrates are inherently complex on their own, FLV Milk and Honey comes to mind immediately. But if you know how to mix your concentrates and you know what flavours work together, a simple 2 or 3 flavour mix can be significantly better than an obscure recipe that uses 0.15% of multiple different ingredients.

A Strawberry Kiwi is a simple recipe, but an iced Strawberry Kiwi lemonade with a cherry on top is complex. Some prefer the complexity.

Also some profiles that seem simple, can be hard to put into a recipe, like donuts, or chocolate chip cookies. They tend to turn into very complex recipes.

It all depends on the flavor profile you are going for, and whether that profile is easy or hard to replicate accurately into eliquid.

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