Holiday Flavors – A Bonus Round!
Enigma – “Grandma’s apple pie with a twist. We added a cinnamon churro crust and drizzled it with caramel. Every hit of Enigma will keep your taste buds guessing making it a perfect all day vape”
Julia: 4 Stars – My first impression of Enigma, as well as Headless Horsemen, was very negative. I’m talking artificial flavor, edgy and totally unlike the other eliquids from Dr. Juice. They were both so bad I emptied my tanks, resealed the bottles, and stashed them in my desk. Now I know why, I think.
Dr. Juice does not include a Born On date on their label, for obvious reasons, so when I opened both bottles a full week before we started this review, I suspect that I was opening a bottle that did not have enough steep time. I say this only because when I revisited them for this review the flavors pounced out and punched me in the face for being so rude before. Both holiday e-liquids changed dramatically during that week off storage.
So, anyway, Enigma. Apple Pie, cinnamon churro, and caramel. All flavors I adore. After several days of vaping the result was exactly what the official description says it is… a real delight to vape. Flavor: 5
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Kiera: 4.25 Stars – Okay, here’s my take on Enigma. Every flavor that is described in the description is there, so there is that. But… the flavors are very, very light.
The apple pie is there, but just barely. That awesome cinnamon churro that is found in spades in Boston George? A fraction at best. And the caramel, on the exhale…maybe. In the end, its all about flavor, and here the flavor failed to meet my expectations. Flavor: 3
Tom: 4.5 Stars – Faced with what I know about Dr. Juice and the flavors we reviewed I was astonished by Enigma. How does a flavor blend like Enigma fail to lift off when made by a company that makes some the best e-liquids I’ve had this year? It defies explanation. Yes, the flavors in the description are there, but they are barely phoning it in. Maybe a steep problem, but I’m not convinced it is. Flavor: 2.5 Stars
Jason: 5 Stars – I was crushed to hear the comments about Enigma from my other team members. They all complained that the flavors, though they were there, barely registered with them. I think they are getting it wrong.
If you buy, or already bought, a bottle of Enigma you will notice instantly that this e-liquid is composed of ingredients that look, and taste, very different than the main non-holiday flavors.
There seems to be tens of thousands of tiny specs of what I believe are real apple bits, or maybe churro bits, I’m not that sure. And the liquid itself runs down the glass dropper like its alive. I’ve only seen this kind of ejuice in organic flavors, although I have no idea if that’s the case here.
Anyway, in order to really taste the complex flavors you really have to drip this one. I dripped it for hours and was completely blown away by the pure flavors and nuances of caramel and churro. The apple pie presents like an all-day-vape, even when dripped, which is to say that it is nothing like the intense spiced apples in Johnson Creek Baked Apples, a standalone e-liquid bound for the Hall of Fame. If my team members expected something like Baked Apples they have it all wrong. Enigma is truly an enigma when you consider the brand behind it. Flavor: 5
Headless Horsemen – A Spinfuel Choice Award Winner
Julia: 5 Stars – I knew I was in for a very different experience in the review process then when I vaped it as it came in the door. This time I could smell the pumpkin and the sugar cookies, and even a hint of the graham crackers. So I loaded up a tank, let it sit for a bit, and vaped away.
Did it deliver? Yes and no, mostly no. I’m giving the general rating the full 5 stars because there is no doubt that this is a high quality eliquid and the description of the flavor is not really definitive. It has all the “right stuff”. But, on the flavor end, pumpkin custard is disgusting. Really disgusting. It was like vaping one of those wild experimental eliquids like mashed potatoes that The Vapor Girl used to throw at us. Flavor: 1
Kiera: 5 Stars – When Jules was trash talking the flavor of Headless Horsemen I decided to remain quiet because of our prior team meeting argument. But I couldn’t believe she disliked the pumpkin custard so much. Yes, it is a “new” flavor that we’ve never encountered before, and it’s okay not to like a flavor. But to vehemently despise a flavor? So unlike her. But, this is about me and my impressions of the Headless Horsemen.
Definitely a quality eliquid, and all the flavor notes are there as described. So, by definition it deserves the 5-stars. The flavor is, to me, also a 5-star winner. Vaping this eliquid in the higher wattages really makes the pumpkin custard pop, it brings out a lot of richness to it that I think some others don’t see. Real, honest to goodness pumpkin is a flavor many people do not like. I understand that, but I do. Flavor: 5
Tom: 5 Stars – The only problem with Headless Horsemen is the pumpkin custard. You see, unlike other pumpkin flavors, which are ALWAYS mixed with other spices, like cloves, is a very plain, and strange, flavor. Fresh pumpkin…have you ever tasted fresh raw pumpkin? If you have then this is it.
I think this eliquid would have scored better with certain people IF Dr. Juice said up front that it was not a spiced up pumpkin and instead it was actually a real honest pumpkin.
At first the flavor is strange, awkward even, but if you stick to it you’ll begin to enjoy it. Ramp up the warmth of the vapor and you will really enjoy this fresh pumpkin custard.
Never judge an eliquid at first vape. Trust me on this, it takes a while to really know an eliquid. The Headless Horsemen is awesome beyond words. Unique, delicious, profoundly good. Flavor: 5
Jason: 5 Stars: Unlike Enigma Headless Horsemen does not look or smell like an organic ejuice. No specs of pumpkins or anything else, it looked more like the other eliquids. That said, the pumpkin custard flavor was light, the sugar cookie was almost lost, and the graham cracker barely hit on the exhale. A good all day vape for the holidays, if you like non-spiced pumpkin, and a 5 star eJuice for all the other reasons. The flavor, on the other hand, could have been more pronounced.
The opportunity with a pumpkin flavor lies in knowing that pumpkin is rarely thought to be a nice flavor unless it is mixed with certain spices. Pumpkin Pie doesn’t taste like pumpkin; it tastes like pumpkin pie. That’s the key, and the audience for Headless Horsemen is going to be scarce.
So, as an e-liquid it gets the full 5, as a personal flavor it gets a 4. Flavor: 4