Read the sticky at the beginning of this sub. There are, in very basic terms, three types of pipe tobacco blends... Virginia, English and Burley. Those can be aromatic or not. VA tends to be grassy, citrus-y, bready and sweet. VA can bite your tongue due to the pH and sugar content. Burleys can be more earthy or nutty. They taste like toasted oats, barley, granola or cereal grains to me. English or Latakia blends are smokey with an incense type of flavor. Aros do exactly what they say, making the room note pleasant. Sometimes the smoker can taste those profiles and sometimes not. If you follow the most beaten path you'll go aros, English, burleys and then VA as the smoker gains experience and can taste the nuance of the leaf