What is a Lakeland style blend?
Let me try. I believe the definition of a “Lakeland” tobacco is soft and may include more or less than I specify here. The term is usually applied to a type of tobacco blended with floral scents. The only blenders I know who produce these tobaccos are Samuel Gawith and Gawith and Hogarth. These firms are located in the “Lake” district of England, hence the term “Lakeland.” Not all of their tobacco blends would be “Lakeland.” Certainly not a Virginia/Latakia blend such as Squadron Leader by Samuel Gawith. Grousemoor does have a floral scent and would be considered a “Lakeland” type tobacco. Sailorman Jack, 2003-04-15 It applies to tobaccos coming from the lake area around Kendal in the N.W. of England; Gawith & Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith are the two most well known manufacturers, but they are more. They also use (as do other UK tobaccos such as Erinmore) a scent that smells like Camay soap to me and many others. Sonam Dasara, 2003-04-15 To me, Lakeland is synonymous with tobacco that is
