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Thank you everyone for the warm response to my first review! I am more than excited to continue doing these and hope you find them useful.

To add some clarification, Flavor Monks does ship worldwide! The time it took to get from Belgium to me in Canada was around 2 weeks. The Belgium to Canada trip was actually only 2 days via BPost. CBSA and Canada Post slaughtered the fast shipping time from Belgium.

Setup

Lost Vape Therion DNA 166 with an Augvape Druga running dual framed staples(6*.5 ribbon, 26G SS Frames and 40G N80 wrap)

Tested Percentage

10% as recommended on the bottle

70VG/30PG

Main Flavor Notes

Gin. Call me crazy but if you told me 3 years ago I would be vaping on a gin flavor, I'd have laughed at you. I had been told previously that Flavor Monks Gin flavors are pretty exceptional and I'm really glad to say that this did not disappoint in the least. Its extremely unique and really satisfying as a solo mix.

Flavor Monks has said that all of the herbs used in these gin flavors are grown in their own herb garden(Inside a large facility, due to Belgian regulations) and the flavors in these are all natural.

I get a very, very distinct gin taste on the inhale, real boozy but carrying that distinctive dry gin taste, without the dry effect. Its actually quite full bodied and smooth. Floating in the background, there's a faint hint of banana. I get more of a semi ripe taste from it, somewhere in between the yellow stage and brownish yellow stage(brownish yellow is actually ripe).

The Gin/Banana gives way to a light but accurate orange citrus. The Orange is coming through as being really authentic. The orange is complimented by a pretty strong Juniper. I think the Juniper really works very well with this combination of banana and citrus. The description of the flavor indicates that the Juniper taste will get stronger as you increase the PG of the mix. Isolating just this flavor note could prove really useful in mixing with florals. The gin/juniper is what sits on your taste buds after exhaling and does linger for a good few seconds. The whole flow of this one concentrate is executed very well, I would have no issues mixing this as a solo and vaping it. I imagine this would pair really well with some alcoholic beverages over the holidays. It has this warm sensation about it that just makes me want to crack a bottle of fine liquor while sitting in front of a crackling fire , in a brown leather chair.

I think for most folks, this will be a love it or hate it flavor. As with most experimental flavors and oddities, it's usually the more veteran vapers that take to these flavors, in my experience anyway. After vaping the same profiles for nearly 4 years, it's really nice to find something different and unique. Overall, this flavor will definitely get some good use. I will update later on with my success in isolating the Juniper.

Off Flavors

Just like the Blackberry, I'm not getting anything chemical or off tasting. The Juniper may catch some folks off guard but it's pretty fantastic tasting.

Possible Pairings I don't think that this is going to work well as a whole in a mix. Unless you're going to take this as the main note and add florals to it or something along those lines. Isolating notes is where I think getting the most out of this will work. With the Juniper coming through with more PG, I'm thinking a 60/40 or 50/50 mix around 2%..maybe 3% would bring out the Juniper without the other notes , save for maybe a bit of Gin. There is definitely going to be a balance between flavor percentage and pg content to obtain the results. Trial and error is about the only solution.