I’ll admit that I have not given Al Waha the time of day in the better part of 6 years. I had written off the brand as low quality and not worth trying, but they have changed their formula as of late and I just tried Al Waha Lemon and I’m happy with what I discovered.
This is definitely a modern style tobacco and it is soaked through with glycerin. There is a lot of juice to deal with, but happily it’s not dyed red.
The smell is nice and sweet without smelling like cleaning products. It doesn’t smell like the lemon oil that you get with Nakhla lemon and it doesn’t smell like lemon drop candies in the same way as Social Smoke lemon. This tobacco bridges the gap between the two and it’s pretty nice.
The flavors is something akin to a lemonade gum and I think it’s worth checking out. I wish it was a little more sour, but sourness is extremely hard to achieve in hookah smoke. I’ll be smoking the rest of this package happily and I’m now much more interested in trying the other flavors that Al Waha has to offer.
7 out of 10. I’d call this a good lemon flavor, but there are a few that I enjoy more. I think that it’s a nice middle ground with aspects of both natural and candied lemon that will appease many and offend very few. If you like lemon oil flavors, go with Nakhla. If you like lemonade favors, go with Social Smoke. But, if you want a semi-natural lemon flavor to share with a lot of people, Al Waha lemon is a good choice.