If you’ve been active in the PVF
Facebook group, you would have definitely have seen me post quite a few rants
about the local juices that gets released nowadays. As I’ve mentioned on my old posts, I’ve
been out and about trying the new juices but most, if not all, were met with
utter disappointment. Most of what I’ve tasted lately had weak flavors because
they were designed to cater to the cloud chasers more than the tank users- they
were good on multi-coiled atomizer builds but almost had no taste when placed in single
coil tanks or atomizers. Some juices were good at first, but as days go by and
as they steeped, they lost their flavor. Other juices had weak nicotine
strength that even their 11mg didn't even have throat hit that could match a
proper 3mg juice. So with those repeated experiences, I was afraid of trying new
juices because the failure rate was so high that I limited myself to the old
juices that I have proven to be good in the past.
But as fate would have it, I was approached
by my dear friend Carlo, who you might know as the admin of the Box Mod PH
group admin. He told me that he’ll be hooking me up with a fairly new local juice
line that has been garnering positive reviews. I was a skeptic at first but in the
spirit of fairness, I gave it a shot.
Enter the Royal Mist Premium E-Liquid juice line.
I met up with brother Dom of
Dreadtac Vaping Rigs, the connoisseur, who gave me samples for me to experience. I
was given a bottle of each flavors which I will be going into further detail in this review.
The juices given to me were a 50/50 PG/VG mix in 6mg strength, vaped an average of 3 days
per flavor on the Kanger Subtank Mini built at 0.60 to 0.75 ohms and was fired at 25
to 30W using the Cloupor Mini.
First up is the Rameses. As it is
described, it’s a creamy butternut tobacco blend. It is reminiscent of the RY4
blends that we have all grown up with. But their twist is it’s a bit sweeter
and more butternut than tobacco. It’s a 3/5 for me because I personally prefer a leafy
tobacco blend, even on the RY4 variants.
Next is the Horus which is a nutty
pastry that is roasted to perfection; and the description cannot be more
spot-on. It’s as roasted as any properly roasted peanuts are and is damn good!
It’s nuttier albeit less sweet than the other local juice that is also known in
our community. It’s a 4/5 and it’s a pleasant
all-day vape for me.
Third on the list is the Amon-Ra,
which is a sweet, minty chocolate blend. This juice is my favorite of the whole
juice line and I managed to run through the whole bottle in just 3 days. It is
very reminiscent of the US-made juice that is normally associated with the
Irish and leprechauns and whose brand is named after the rings on the heads of
angels and saints. The flavor on the drag is of a fairly sweet chocolate where
you taste and feel the minty chocolatey goodness on the exhale. And with me being the
lactose-intolerant ninja that I am, I indulged myself in this sweet, sweet
chocolatey goodness without fear and guilt. It’s a perfect 5 in my books and I
will henceforth be keeping a bottle of this goodness in my stash at all times.
Fourth is the Pharaoh. It is a refreshingly
sweet mixed fruit blend. Its taste profile can be compared to that of a certain
local blend that’s named after the concoction used to remedy snake bites.
However, Royal Mist’s mix has a stronger, more intense, flavor in it and is a
more tank-friendly blend. The most dominant fruit flavor in this mix is the
watermelon but some would contest it and say that it’s more toothpaste than
watermelon. But whatever it is they say, it’s a strong 3.5/5 in my books.
And last on the list is the
Cleopatra. It’s a sweet berry and taro pudding. An explosion of flavors which
has a dominant strawberry taste to it. It is very much like the old strawberry-filled
Rebisco cracker sandwich but sweeter and in e-juice form. It is too sweet for
my taste and is too much for me to be able to chain vape, even so to be an
all-day vape. It’s a 2.5/5 for me but other people will definitely appreciate
it more than me.
So to summarize all this, the
flavor profile of the Royal Mist juice line is more on the sweet side. Its
flavor is intense but unlike most new juices in the market, its flavor didn’t
fade over time but even improved as it steeped. It tastes good on any setup
your atomizer is on and will not fail you. The throat hit and nicotine hit of
the 6mg was spot on and very satisfying. I can say this with confidence – this juice
is at par with the 2011-2012 quality of juices and it left me feeling nostalgic
of the time that once was.
However, as with all things, the
Royal Mist line also has a few flaws: namely the gunk build up on the coils.
This is a common flaw on juices that have a sweet profile and also on the
dark-colored juices so I don’t believe it to be a fatal flaw.
But all in all, the Royal Mist
juice line is exceptional and went beyond as I expected it to be. It is a high
quality juice line that I would very much recommend to anyone who’s looking for
something old, yet something new. And oh, did I mention that it’s only 250 per
30ml and is available almost everywhere? Yeah, you read that right.
TL;DR: Quit your slacking and get
yourself some Royal Mist juices. It’s damn well worth it.
