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Ibaria

by Weiss
Info Details
Country France   
Type Flavored   (Orange; Semi-Dark 67%)
Strain Blend   
Source (Ecuador; Trinidad)
Flavor Fruits & Flowers   
Style Classic      
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‘Gourmet’ jelly bean-flavored lipstick... smacks of sugar & orange kisses
Appearance   4.2 / 5
Color: burnt orange
Surface: a few pimples to go w/ the dimples
Temper: shined wax factor
Snap: snarling; exposes abrasive citrus rinds on the inside
Aroma   8.7 / 10
beautifully proportioned transporter: zing & zest balmed in cocoa butter -> perfumes orange blossoms & white pepper, then nose-dives on powder soft of gardenia & comes femme until... faint tobacco leaf leads to oud to adds masculine edge to feminine touch
Mouthfeel   10.9 / 15
Texture: arid...
Melt: ... orange zest gums up the works
Flavor   40.7 / 50
opens strong see-thru orange, enough to flare the adenoids -> gradually dissolves into Weiss’ usual shy bed of Dark Chocolate to tone down if not balance out the flavor altogether -> slips onto stringent peel -> vanilla oud
Quality   16.1 / 20
Taste-hounds may think this saves the best for first because while chocolate tempers the citrus, it comes a bit vacant, no tannic structure, & begs for a little more dimension to its frame besides just vanilla. As such, the intensity splits between that flushed opening & the dissipating backend. But in character with Weiss’ modus vivendi, a bar that charms the wonkas out by the end... caressing pastel browns & oranges.

Reviewed 9/20/09

  

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