Made a 30ml bottle of this stuff from a recipe I found online. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but straight up tastes like burnt pecans with a hint of banana. I love banana and was hoping the flavor would come through more. I have let this juice steep for 2 weeks and I'm disappointed to say the least. Maybe it's due to the Acetyl Pyrazine? I only added .3 grams of it, is this too much? I just put a brand new coil on so I know it's good (not burnt).
Usually the toasted nutty flavor is the AP so if it seems like too much back off on it. Maybe try mixing it again with half the AP and see what you think of it. I've made Folkart's clone and found it fairly enjoyable. Though I have no comparison to actual Boss Reserve (have never vaped it) so can't give even a subjective idea of how close it is to the original.
It's very light on the banana vs banana centric, more of a rich toasted flavor. Partly due to the milk & honey. You can always adjust it to taste by backing off the AP and upping the banana. Maybe even try backing the flv m&h to 1% instead of 1.5%.
Everyone tastes things a bit differently too. A lot of people are (or were anyway) using things like inawera cactus to make fruits 'juicier' at 'low' % like 0.5%. At less than 0.2% it destroys the recipe of whatever it's in for me and just makes it taste like bad aloe vera sunscreen or something. Many are fond of fa fuji apple and yet I find it harsh. Or tfa cheesecake graham crust while not completely terrible is really pungent and to me has a certain flavor I can't describe. Other than I can pick it out of a mix immediately. Doesn't make everyone else wrong, just my own tastes/preferences.
I like this one, but I lower the AP to 0.5%, or else it hurts my throat.
https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/76822#boss_reserve_clone_remixmonth_by_folkart
No one can really offer advice on a recipe you're hiding from us...
And, I'm sure you get it. Recipe help requires the recipe :)
The one on eliquid recipes, boss reserve clone #remixmonth
Have you even tried the original Boss Reserve from Cuttwood?!
I am not banana flavor fan at all but what I can tell you, after having vaped maybe a 100ml of Boss Reserve, is that it has a very nasty, strong, adult, even somehow alcoholic flavor - It's one of those flavors, which I can only vape with a drink (/with lots of alcohol). Amaretto or some whiskey and I don't drink that much. ;-)
Many flavors taste similarly "dirty" as does Boss Reserve, it's an adult, decadent flavor, which I can't even describe. And the banana.., I can't taste that flavor at all. So, without knowing the recipe you have tried (pls share it), I can tell you that a good Boss Reserve clone doesn't have to taste much like bananas. This is how it tastes for me, your taste might be different!