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Taste profiles from fruit to tobacco – why identically named flavours taste noticeably different depending on product and device.
A flavour name describes an intended profile, not a standardised recipe. How it actually comes across depends on coil, wattage, airflow and personal perception.
Anise describes a distinctive spice flavour with a sweet-herbal, liquorice-like basis. Depending on the recipe, it stands alone or accompanies fruit, mint and tobacco profiles; liquorice as an ingredient cannot be inferred.
Open termApple denotes an e-liquid flavour category built around the profile of ripe apples. Depending on the recipe, it may range from sweet and gently tart to peel-like, with other ingredients adding further notes.
Open termApricot describes a flavour profile between gentle stone-fruit sweetness and fine acidity. Depending on the recipe, it may resemble fresh, very ripe or dried apricot and can include lightly floral nuances.
Open termBanana is a fruit-flavour category usually marked by pronounced sweetness and a soft, sometimes creamy note. A recipe may portray ripe banana, greener fruit or a familiar confectionery interpretation and combine it with desserts.
Open termBlackberry denotes a dark berry category combining full fruit, sweetness and noticeable acidity. Some recipes also represent earthy, green or jam-like nuances; the product description indicates the particular direction intended.
Open termBlueberry denotes a dark berry flavour with mild sweetness and restrained acidity. The profile may resemble fresh berries, jam or confectionery and is often accompanied by additional fruit notes in a blend.
Open termBubblegum denotes a sweet confectionery profile with fruity, vanilla-like and occasionally mint notes. The particular blend references familiar chewing-gum flavours without implying gum ingredients or any one fixed recipe.
Open termCake is a broad dessert category for sweet baked batter. Vanilla, butter-like notes, cocoa, fruit or icing may shape the profile; the particular cake style must be taken from the specific description.
Open termCandy is an umbrella category for distinctly sweet, confectionery-style flavour profiles. It may cover fruit sweets, sugar, fizzy-candy or other confectionery notes; the particular direction and composition vary by product.
Open termCaramel denotes a browned-sugar profile with sweet, toasted and sometimes butter-like nuances. It may stand alone or appear in dessert, coffee and tobacco-style blends; only the declaration identifies the actual ingredients.
Open termCereal denotes a grain-based breakfast profile with toasted, malty or lightly sweet notes. Some blends add milk-like, honey, fruit or chocolate accents; the flavour category makes no claim about actual cereal ingredients.
Open termCheesecake is a dessert flavour combining creamy filling, gentle tang and often a biscuit-base note. Fruit, vanilla or caramel may be added; the name alone cannot establish dairy content or allergens.
Open termCherry denotes a red stone-fruit flavour usually centred on pronounced fruit sweetness. Blends may also represent gentle acidity, darker fruit or an almond-like accent without the flavour name establishing any specific ingredients.
Open termChocolate denotes a cocoa and dessert profile ranging from milky-sweet to dark and lightly bitter. Roasted, vanilla or baked notes may complement the blend; the name alone does not establish actual cocoa content.
Open termCigar flavour describes a generally darker tobacco-style category with woody, earthy, spiced or lightly leather-like notes. Sweetness and toasted accents vary; the flavour name confirms neither cigar nor tobacco as an ingredient.
Open termCinnamon denotes a spice profile modelled on cinnamon bark, with dry, sweet and warm-spiced notes. It may accompany baked, fruit or tobacco flavours; the type and proportion of any cinnamon ingredients remain product-specific.
Open termCitrus mix is an umbrella category for combinations such as lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit. The proportions of acidity, sweetness, peel and bitterness are not fixed and must be taken from the individual product description.
Open termCoconut describes the flavour of coconut flesh or coconut milk, with mild sweetness and creamy, nut-like nuances. Whether a blend is framed as fresh, toasted or dessert-like is determined by the specific recipe.
Open termCoffee describes a roasted beverage profile with bean, toast and lightly bitter notes. Depending on the recipe, sugar, milk, cream or dessert-like accents may be added; the flavour name does not confirm those ingredients.
Open termCola denotes a drink-style flavour combining caramel-like, citrus and spice notes. Recipes weight these elements differently and may carry more sweetness or acidity; the name indicates neither carbonation nor caffeine content.
Open termCookie describes a baked profile featuring dough, sweetness and often butter-like, vanilla or toasted notes. The category may portray pale biscuits, darker cookies or filled versions without necessarily containing their ingredients.
Open termCotton candy denotes a simple, strongly sweet profile of heated sugar. Light caramel, vanilla or fruit notes may supplement the category; it says nothing about actual sugar or confectionery being present in the e-liquid.
Open termCranberry describes a red berry profile in which acidity and tart fruit notes usually stand ahead of sweetness. Recipes may round out that basis with sugar-like, apple or other berry notes.
Open termCurrant covers flavour profiles based on red or black currants. A blend may therefore be bright and tart or darker, more astringent and lightly green; the specific fruit type should be checked on the product.
Open termCustard denotes a creamy dessert profile modelled on vanilla or egg custard. Sweetness, vanilla, baked and lightly spiced notes may be weighted differently; the name confirms neither egg nor milk as an ingredient.
Open termDragon fruit denotes a comparatively mild tropical flavour with gentle sweetness. Its profile may recall pear, melon or kiwi and often serves in blends as a restrained base for more distinct fruit notes.
Open termEnergy drink is a beverage-flavour category usually combining sweet-tart, citrus or tropical confectionery notes. It represents a style; it does not imply caffeine, taurine or any stimulating property in the e-liquid.
Open termGrape denotes a fruit flavour that may represent light or dark table grapes. Its profile ranges from juice-like and mild to very sweet or candy-like; the category does not inherently indicate wine or alcohol notes.
Open termGrapefruit is a citrus flavour placing acidity and characteristic bitterness beside moderate fruit sweetness. Depending on the variety and recipe, the profile may be paler, pinker, more juice-like or more strongly peel-led.
Open termGreen apple describes an e-liquid flavour profile resembling a less ripe apple. It commonly places clearer tartness beside fruity sweetness and a possible peel note; the individual recipe determines the exact balance.
Open termGuava is a tropical fruit flavour spanning sweet, tart and lightly floral notes. Depending on its interpretation, it may resemble ripe pink or pale flesh and carry a green or subtly musky nuance.
Open termGummy candy describes a confectionery fruit profile with concentrated sweetness and usually a clear fruit note. Acidity or several fruits may be added; the term establishes neither gelatine nor other ingredients typical of actual gummies.
Open termHazelnut denotes a nutty profile with toasted, creamy and mildly sweet facets. It may complement coffee, chocolate or desserts; only the label establishes whether real hazelnut or allergenic ingredients are present.
Open termHoneydew describes a mild, ripe-sweet melon flavour with green and sometimes creamy nuances. The recipe determines whether fresh flesh, a sweeter dessert note or a combination with other fruits is foregrounded.
Open termIce or cooling is a flavour category for an accompanying note designed as cool or menthol-like. It does not identify a base flavour and may accompany fruit, drink or confectionery profiles; the ingredient list remains decisive.
Open termKiwi denotes a green fruit profile combining distinct acidity with light to moderate sweetness. Recipes may emphasise juicy flesh, green notes or a seed-like nuance and may add other fruits.
Open termLemon describes a bright citrus profile with pronounced acidity. Alongside a juice-like basis, a recipe may represent peel, gentle bitterness or sweeter lemonade accents; the name does not establish actual fruit content.
Open termLemonade denotes a sweet-tart drink flavour, often based on lemon or a citrus mix. Added fruits and sweetness vary; an effervescent flavour association does not mean that the e-liquid contains carbonation.
Open termLime denotes a green citrus flavour with sharp acidity and usually limited sweetness. Peel-like, lightly bitter or herbal nuances may be included, while combinations with other fruits alter the precise expression.
Open termLychee describes a light tropical profile with clear sweetness, gentle acidity and a pronounced floral note. Some recipes additionally emphasise grape-like or syrupy facets and combine them with other exotic fruits.
Open termMango denotes a tropical fruit profile with ripe sweetness, mild acidity and occasional resinous-green hints. Blends may choose a juice-like, creamy or candy-style interpretation and add other tropical fruits.
Open termMilkshake denotes a creamy-sweet beverage or dessert profile. A milky vanilla-like concept commonly frames fruit, chocolate or other additions; the name does not automatically indicate the presence of dairy ingredients.
Open termMint denotes a green, herbal flavour category. It may represent sweet garden mint, menthol-like notes or fruit combinations; the term does not by itself establish a particular mint species or cooling additive.
Open termMixed berries is an umbrella category for combinations of several berry flavours. Which red, blue or dark fruits dominate, and how sweetness, acidity and tartness are weighted, depends on the individual recipe.
Open termNectarine is a smooth-skinned stone-fruit flavour related to peach. The category covers sweet, lightly tart and sometimes skin-forward notes; added flavours may move the profile toward a fresher or dessert-style interpretation.
Open termNut is an umbrella category for raw, roasted, creamy or lightly sweet nut profiles. Without further wording, the particular nut is unspecified; any real nut ingredients and allergens must be declared separately.
Open termOrange denotes a citrus profile with fruity sweetness and mild to distinct acidity. The recipe may represent juice, peel or a confectionery-style orange and can incorporate lightly bitter accents.
Open termPassion fruit denotes an intense tropical profile combining distinct acidity with ripe sweetness. The flavour category may also include seedy, floral or green nuances and is often blended with other fruits.
Open termPeach denotes a stone-fruit profile for e-liquids. It usually combines rounded fruit sweetness with mild acidity and, according to the blend, may suggest juicy flesh, skin or a candy-style interpretation.
Open termPear is a fruit flavour category modelled on ripe pear flesh. Its profile may be mildly sweet, juice-like and lightly floral, or it may include greener and more spiced notes depending on the formulation.
Open termPeppermint describes a mint profile with a more distinct menthol-like and herbal direction. Sweetness and intensity vary by recipe; only the ingredient label shows whether menthol or other substances described as cooling are present.
Open termPineapple denotes a tropical flavour profile with distinct sweetness and acidity. It may represent fresh flesh, ripe canned fruit or a candy-like note, while green and lightly rind-like accents are also possible.
Open termPlum is a flavour category for dark, ripe stone-fruit notes. It ranges from sweet and juice-like to tart, skin-led or compote-like; the e-liquid recipe determines which interpretation is present.
Open termPomegranate is a flavour category featuring red fruit, marked acidity and moderate sweetness. Depending on the blend, juicy arils, darker fruit notes or a lightly tart, dry accent may take the lead.
Open termRaspberry describes a bright berry profile with a clear balance of sweetness and acidity. Depending on the blend, ripe fruit, lightly green nuances or a candy-style interpretation may lead, with other flavours possibly added.
Open termSour cherry is distinguished by a more acidity-led cherry profile. Alongside tart red fruit, a recipe may contain dark, lightly almond-like or restrained sweet notes; it remains a flavour category, not an ingredient statement.
Open termStrawberry is a berry flavour with a sweet, mildly tart basis. A recipe may represent fresh fruit, jam or a confectionery-style strawberry note; the name alone identifies neither ingredients nor their proportions.
Open termTea is a broad flavour category for brewed black, green, white or herbal tea. Accordingly, tart, vegetal, floral or spiced notes may appear; the variety and additions are identified by the product description.
Open termTobacco flavour is a category referencing dried or processed tobacco. It may be framed as dry, earthy, woody, nut-like or mildly sweet; the name does not automatically mean that tobacco is present.
Open termVanilla is an aromatic profile with sweet, creamy and lightly spiced facets. It may stand alone or form a base for dessert, fruit and tobacco-style flavours; origin and ingredients must be checked separately.
Open termWatermelon is a melon profile with mild fruit sweetness and a watery, green basis. Depending on the e-liquid, it may lean toward flesh, rind or confectionery and may incorporate other fruits.
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