Setup: Recoil w/ flavor barrel, Dual 12 wrap 24g 3.5mm SS316 @.33 ohms. 60w power, 450F temp limit. Full Cotton Wicks.
Testing: Flavor Revolution Cream, 1% and 3%, 60/40 VG/PG base, Steeped 31 days.
Flavor Description: Dry, fluffy vanilla cream.
I get more vanilla than dairy out of this. Not full-on frosting, but that same kind of bright vanilla note. Moderate vanilla overall, but sticks out quite against a more mellow cream. Vanilla gets slightly chemical and bitter with extended vaping.
Light and nondescript richness here. Somewhere between buttery and waxy. Nothing butryic or too aggressive, but very little identifiable dairy taste. Vanilla dominates most of the vape, but some dairy sneaks in on the back end. I get more dairy on the breath after vaping this, then during the actual vape.
The mouthfeel on this is interesting. Its moderately full but fairly dry. Vanilla makes it seem a bit more lively in the top notes than something like FA Fresh Cream, but lacking some of the richer base and mouthfeel. Almost seems a bit fluffy compared to a flatter cream flavor. The vanilla, lack of dairy notes, and the fluffiness definitely leans towards a whipped cream bordering on a drier marshmallow or meringue flavor.
Off-Flavors: Pretty solid vanilla hit for a straight cream flavor. Gets a bit bitter solo. Dry, fluffy texture.
Throat Hit: Light, mostly from the dryness.
Percentage testing: At 1%, this is pretty dry and light on flavor. Soft vanilla, not much actual cream.
At 3%, this feels a bit fuller. I'm still getting some dryness in the middle of the flavor but the base is a bit richer. Vanilla is getting pretty aggressive, and doesn't really mesh with the lighter dairy notes all that well.
Just based on these tests, I'd probably start out around their suggested 2% with this one.
Uses & Pairings: I'd probably use more like a whipped cream for layering. Probably a better fit for bakeries than trying to use in a milkier profile. The vanilla could kind of stand in for a cereal malt in a cereal milk, but the dryer texture is going to sit on top of bakery bases rather than really fill in the gaps.
Second Opinions: I can't really find anything out there on this one.
Great review Concrete. As it has fluffiness and full-on vanilla, would this pair well with FLV Cream which has the body but no vanilla? or maybe paired with FLV Frosting for a vanilla icing?
It could theoretically lighten up a frosting flavor? I don't know if there's much to recommend it over INW Vanilla Cream or something similar there. It's kind of a meh flavor, at least personally. I'll be doing their vanilla cream tomorrow and I think it does what this flavor is trying to do quite a bit better.