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Salts - Pink Pyro Salts - Lemon Blast
VG/PG Ratio: 50/50
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild (10mg/ml nicotine salt) VG/PG Ratio: 50/50
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild (10mg/ml nicotine salt)
Firehouse Vape describe Pink Pyro as a summer fruits blend. The top
note is a bright candy raspberry. It’s sweet, with a syrup-like texture,
not dissimilar to the flavour you would expect from raspberry sorbet.
It has some mild tartness but it’s not quite as pronounced in the salt
formulation. This is complemented by moderate mixed berry notes,
with traces of candy strawberry and a more natural blackcurrant. The
mix is fi nished with a hint of something mildly citric and to my palate
it would appear to be pineapple, which provides further tartness
without overshadowing the raspberry top note. An ideal mix for low
power devices. Lemon Blast is the Firehouse Vape take on the classic lemon tart
profi le. The top note here is a reserved bakery lemon. It packs some
of the tartness you would expect from the real thing but is tamed by
slight creamy notes, reminiscent of a lemon curd. This is supported
by a mild bakery vanilla, which gives the blend a boost of sweetness
that you would expect from a lemon dessert. The mix is fi nished with
a moderate bakery base, adding further buttery sweetness to the
profi le without weighing it down too much. Compared to the original
formulation, I found the lemon to be more prominent, which may be
due to the low power devices it was designed for.
Salts - Blues And Twos Salts - Green Watch
VG/PG Ratio: 50/50
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild, with cooling (10mg/ml nicotine salt) VG/PG Ratio: 50/50
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild, with cooling (10mg/ml nicotine salt)
Blues And Twos is a spearmint bubblegum blend, which has always
been a popular profi le in the UK. The top note here is a moderate
candy spearmint, which is full-flavoured but does not pack any of the
herbal notes that you might expect from a more natural portrayal.
This is supported by a sweet bubblegum base. As ever, this is a
rather ambiguous flavour but it should be familiar to anyone who
has tried a certain fruity bubblegum in the past. This is a simplistic,
unpretentious mix that should suit new vapers nicely. It’s apparent
that Firehouse Vape have upped the flavour concentration for the salt
version, which in my view is a good choice. Green Watch is described as a tropical medley blended with
watermelon. The top note here is a moderate candy watermelon. It
brings plenty of sweetness to the mix, along with mild juicy mouthfeel.
The main note of the tropical medley is a sweet mango to my palate.
It’s more akin to a soda-style mango, rather than the more pungent
south-east Asian flavour that is found in many other e-liquids. There
may well be other tropical fruits in this supporting medley but they
are diffi cult to discern as the mango is much more punchy. The
mango also seems more prominent in the salt formulation compared
to the original.
White Watch Salts - 999
VG/PG Ratio: 70/30
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild, with cooling VG/PG Ratio: 50/50
Additional sweetener: Moderate
Throat hit: Mild, with cooling (10mg/ml nicotine salt)
Firehouse Vape describe White Watch as a secret blend of fruits with
a menthol fi nish. Any veteran vaper will immediately recognise this
as a twist on the classic Heisenberg profi le. The top note here is a
moderate candy grape. It’s sweet and provides the mix with plenty of
sticky mouthfeel. This is supported by a more reserved candy berry
mix, which gives the blend some tartness and additional sweetness,
without overpowering the grape top note. Normally in Heisenberg-
style blends we expect a good helping of aniseed but in this case
I’m not detecting any. The profi le is fi nished with an intense menthol,
making for a refreshing and familiar fruit medley vape. 999 is an unconventional blend of mint and custard. The top note
here is a heavy candy peppermint. It brings plenty of sweetness to
the mix, along with some very mild herbal notes. This is supported by
a moderate custard base, which gives a nice boost to the sweetness
of the profi le, along with voluminous mouthfeel provided by the mild
vanilla and dairy notes. Though pleasant, this mix reminds me more
of a toffee mint hard candy than a minty custard, since the mint
is much more dominant than the custard element. An enjoyable if
unusual vape.
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