Solubarome concentrates from France

[Sal]

dibbylou found this French site that had good reviews for its concentrates so I thought I would give some a go.

I bought the 58ml bottles which worked out at about £2.65 each, postage seemed steep at around £11 but having ordered 9 concentrates it still worked out at about £3 a bottle which is around what I have been paying for 10 ml here, give or take.

Delivery was very quick, under a week, and the bottles were well packaged and clearly labelled.

I mixed up a 5 ml sample of each, 10 % flavour, nicotine free, 50/50 PG/VG about a week ago and have just got round to trying them in the dripper.

I am seriously impressed!

Generally the flavours are very 'natural' tasting and so far I would say 10% is plenty strong enough for me.

These are the ones I have tested so far:

Vanilla - proper vanilla bean flavour
Caramel - (my favourite caramel so far )
Cappuccino - fairly strong coffee flavour, I don't generally like standalone cappuccino flavours but this one is very nice, I plan to mix it with caramel but will have to report back on that!
Ginger - proper ginger root flavour, lovely and fresh tasting ( I have a friend who is obsessed with ginger e-liquid and I know she will love it).
Lime - again, a lovely natural lime flavour, but also quite sweet.
Bergamot - this is perfect, I like to use this in my take on vodka and lime and this fits the bill perfectly, very citrus-y and the right amount of sharpness.

Anise - wow, just lovely sweet aniseed balls flavour, a lot nicer than some I've tried.
Absinthe - tastes exactly like absinthe 
Liquorice - It's liquorice colour! Again, tastes just like a decent quality liquorice with a slightly earthy quality to it.
(I've also mixed the last three in a version of Pluid/Fluid but will wait another couple of weeks to try that).

All in all I am very pleased with these concentrates and they will last me for ages! 

I want to go back and order loads more!

[Deleted]

Nice one & cheers, Sal, off the back of that, I'm off to order their Anise.

[Sal]

Hope you like it jess, I'm guessing the postage will be cheaper for you too, win win!

[Deleted]

Yep, thanks Sal, it was €5.52 postage for one, so I've gone for three & I could have more for the same postage. That's 345ml of concentrate for not a lot & it will arrive quite speedily compared to my usual wait. Defo win win!

[Sal]

yay jess I will look forward to hearing what you think of them - I felt rather nervous writing my thoughts in case no one agrees with me

[clivealive1]

can i have french lessons please

[Sal]

Feb 20, 2014 10:02:23 GMT clivealive1 said:

can i have french lessons please

Lol I use Google Chrome and it auto translates the site each time I visit so I'd kinda forgotten it's in French!

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Feb 20, 2014 9:56:04 GMT Sal said:

yay jess I will look forward to hearing what you think of them - I felt rather nervous writing my thoughts in case no one agrees with me

Dibby likes them, haven't seen specific reviews though & as I've been ummm'ing & aaah'ing about getting their anis, (even though I've been happy with the ready made that I can get locally) so I'm really relying on your WOW, Sal!! So no pressure.  I will let you know as soon as.  

[Sal]

jess hahaha I'm packing my bags and preparing to leave the forum in a hurry!! No, I'm sure you'll like it, it's definitely the nicest Anise I've tried

[Deleted]

Nah, Sal, I'm sure it will be lovely, so stay put! Really am looking forward to trying it though.

[papyts]

fruits are good,

great value as standalone
no steeping


I've tried, liquorice, pineapple, pear, walnut.



liquorice is a coil killer.
pineapple is good  14 drops  / 10 ml
walnut is good with tobaccos
pear is strange, I find some alcohol,  not great in recipe with absinthe.

[dibbylou]

So far I've tried
Orange @10% very nice orange juice flavours. I found there was no need for sweetener
Blueberry @10% more of a natural blueberry taste.
Cherry 10 drops to 10 ml not keen on this one at the mo. But then I haven't found a cherry I like (apart from black cherry)
Chewing gum @10% not much flavour on the inhale but leaves a spearmint chewing gum flavour on your tongue. Nice but might try it a bit stronger next time.
Pear 14 drops to 10 ml tastes like tinned pears, yum
Still have quite a few to try as you can see but won't need to buy flavours for quite a while


I've put a 10ml bottle of mango concentrate not bought from them but for size comparison. Big bottles at the back 115ml, smaller bottles 58ml and the smaller bottle at the front is 25ml.

[boyofford]

Hi Sal,

Nice review, how do they compare to other fruit concs you've tried?
And which other brands have you tried? I need fairly strong flavours it seems!
dinamic22 mentioned a pomegranate flavour that I'm keen to try, and I've been browsing the website looking at other stuff.

Cheers
Rich

[Sal]

Feb 23, 2014 18:10:35 GMT boyofford said:

Hi Sal,

Nice review, how do they compare to other fruit concs you've tried?
And which other brands have you tried? I need fairly strong flavours it seems!
dinamic22 mentioned a pomegranate flavour that I'm keen to try, and I've been browsing the website looking at other stuff.

Cheers
Rich

Hi Rich, I am really pleased with these concentrates, I have tried loads of others (TPA, Capella, Inawera, LT, Lorann etc) and have to say they are up there with all of them in terms of strength, if not stronger. The flavours seem more 'natural' than some I've tried, the lime is beautiful, very crisp, the ginger is wonderful, exactly like root ginger. I only mixed my testers at 10% and they are all strong enough for me, whereas I'd use 15 or 20% with some other makes. The bottles are bigger too so they don't seem to go down fast at all, I made 200ml ginger for a friend yesterday and it looks like hardly any has gone! I would have used more than a 10ml bottle with the concentrate I used before.

[boyofford]

Feb 23, 2014 20:33:51 GMT Sal said:

Feb 23, 2014 18:10:35 GMT boyofford said:

Hi Sal,

Nice review, how do they compare to other fruit concs you've tried?
And which other brands have you tried? I need fairly strong flavours it seems!
dinamic22 mentioned a pomegranate flavour that I'm keen to try, and I've been browsing the website looking at other stuff.

Cheers
Rich

Hi Rich, I am really pleased with these concentrates, I have tried loads of others (TPA, Capella, Inawera, LT, Lorann etc) and have to say they are up there with all of them in terms of strength, if not stronger. The flavours seem more 'natural' than some I've tried, the lime is beautiful, very crisp, the ginger is wonderful, exactly like root ginger. I only mixed my testers at 10% and they are all strong enough for me, whereas I'd use 15 or 20% with some other makes. The bottles are bigger too so they don't seem to go down fast at all, I made 200ml ginger for a friend yesterday and it looks like hardly any has gone! I would have used more than a 10ml bottle with the concentrate I used before.

Think I'm gona have to try out some then!!
Natural flavour is best, some stuff does taste fake/chemically doesn't it.. even if its vapable.