Characteristics of the juice tested
- Sponsor having lent material for the review: Curious
- Price of the tested packaging: 21.90 €
- Quantity: 50 ml
- Price per ml: 0.44 €
- Price per liter: 440 €
- Juice category according to the price per ml previously calculated: Entry level, up to 0.60 € / ml
- Nicotine dosage: 0 mg / ml
- Proportion of vegetable glycerin: 50%
Packing
- Presence of a box: Yes
- Are the materials making up the box recyclable? Yes
- Presence of a tamper-evident seal: Yes
- Bottle material: Flexible plastic, usable for filling, if the bottle is fitted with a mouthpiece
- Cork equipment: Nothing
- Tip characteristic: Thick
- Name of the juice wholesale on the label: Yes
- Display of PG / VG proportions in bulk on the label: Yes
- Wholesale nicotine dosage display on the label: Yes
Vapelier's note for packaging: 4.16 / 5 
Comments on the packaging
Evaluating a Curious e-liquid is always an event in itself. Indeed, in recent years, the Ile-de-France brand has left the status of a “brand in the making” for that of a manufacturer to be relied on, earning its stripes through flavors unanimously appreciated, strategic choices towards one more vape. in addition safe and a great professional seriousness.
The Natural range is completely in the DNA of the brand. She offers us a dozen simple recipes, with a universal vocation, according to the following principle: develop taste using the safest ingredients and those closest to nature. Thus, exit the propylene glycol in the composition and place in Vegetol ©, a molecule patented by the Sherry laboratories, obtained by fermentation of vegetable glycerin, which has the particularity of being non-irritant for the respiratory system and of being a flavor enhancer. We thus obtain here a composition very different from our habits: 50% of Vegetol © and 50% of vegetable glycerin for the base of the liquid. And, of course, the essential food flavors.
The “Strawberry” liquid, which we will observe today, therefore comes from this innovative range. Available in 10 ml for 5.90 €, in this case it displays the following nicotine choices: 0, 3, 6, 12 and 16 mg / ml. In our specific case, we will be dealing with the 70 ml container for 21.90 €, comprising 50 ml of overdosed aroma that will have to be lengthened by 10ml of neutral base to obtain 60 ml in 0 of nicotine or to include one or two boosters for get a ready to vape in 60 ml and 3.33 mg / ml of nicotine or in 70 ml in 6.66 mg / ml.
However, if this system is virtuous for a healthy vape, it has a limit. Indeed, if you add one or two “standard” boosters, ie composed of PG and VG, in general in 50/50, you will introduce propylene glycol in an equation which would do without it very well, blurring in this case the benefits of the presence of Vegetol ©. It will therefore be necessary to resolve to use dedicated boosters, based on Vegetol © and vegetable glycerin (50/50) available at 5.90 € for 10 ml in the same Natural range.
This additional cost will bring your ready-to-vape liquid to € 27.80 in 3.33 mg / ml and € 33.70 in 6.66 mg / ml. I have no value judgment to make on these prices, ignoring the additional cost generated by the presence of Végétol © on the production but, starting from an aromatic base of 50 ml at 21.90 €, price quite in the category average, we end up with a finished product that is in the high end. In this sense, the 10 ml containers, standardized at 5.90 € and containing nicotine at the rates previously exposed seem to me to be better deals.
But an e-liquid is not just a price, it is also a taste, a safe approach and even a packaging. All of which we are going to observe now.
Legal, security, sanitary, and religious compliance
- Presence of child safety on the cap: Yes
- Presence of clear pictograms on the label: Yes
- Presence of relief marking for the visually impaired on the label: Yes
- 100% of the juice compounds are indicated on the label: Yes
- Presence of alcohol: No
- Presence of distilled water: No
- Presence of essential oils: No
- Compliance HIDE: Do not know
- HALAL compliance: Do not know
- Indication of the name of the laboratory producing the juice: Yes
- Presence of the contacts necessary to reach a consumer service on the label: Yes
- Presence on the label of a batch number: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding the respect of various conformities (except religious): 5 / 5 
Comments on the security, legal, health and religious aspects
We can be curious and serious! And here perfection is achieved in terms of compliance as it far exceeds the obligations of the CLP Regulation. We find all the warnings, pictograms and composition detailed to perfection in order to usefully inform the consumer and, in passing, demonstrate that the vape is a responsible industry and ahead of the legislation.
The manufacturer even goes so far as to indicate the presence of furaneol, methyl cinnamate and cinnamic aldehyde. Don't panic, these are organic compounds found naturally in strawberries or cinnamon and various other plants. But the simple fact of pointing it out, for people who may be allergic, is a clear sign of transparency and concern for the well-being of vapers.
Likewise, it is appreciable that our liquid dispenses with sucralose or other sweetening molecules.
A real cardboard in this chapter. Well done.
Appreciation of the packaging
- Do the graphic design of the label and the name of the product agree? Yes
- Global correspondence of the packaging with the product name: Yes
- The packaging effort made is in accordance with the price category: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding packaging with regard to juice category: 5 / 5
Comments on the packaging
Cardboard, it will be a question in the theme of the packaging since the Strawberry from the Natural range arrives in a very becoming colored craft paper box. As usual, Curieux takes care of its design and delights our eyes before feasting our taste buds.
Displaying a cat with a spacesuit, the box and the label are of a very pleasant design and probably well studied by a designer decidedly in verve. The raw cardboard appearance evokes the naturalness of old paper bags from food stores, touches of bright strawberry red dot the background here and there and our alien feline friend, armed with the star fruit, illustrates the future. The taste or the vape, the choice is yours.
In any case, the packaging has been the subject of extensive research and the result is even more convincing. Often, everything that seems simple is more complex than it seems. Here it is simple and beautiful.
Sensory appreciations
- Is the color and the name of the product in agreement? Yes
- Do the smell and the name of the product agree? Yes
- Definition of odor: Herbaceous, Fruity
- Definition of taste: Sweet, Herbaceous, Fruit
- The taste and the name of the product, are they in agreement? Yes
- Did I like this juice? I won't splurge on it
- This liquid reminds me: Nothing precise
Vapelier's note on the sensory experience: 4.38/5 
Comments on the taste of the juice
In order to appreciate this liquid, you will have to give up everything you think you know about strawberries in the vape. No tagada candy here, no more bubble gum already chewed or chemical strawberries drowned under a ton of cream.
The first striking note is a very pronounced herbaceous flavor reminiscent of the undergrowth. Almost green tastes, if you know what I mean. Then, a strawberry is discovered, at first with timidity, then reveals itself after a few puffs. Contrary to my expectations, it seems more of the wild strawberry type than gariguette or charlotte or other commonly appreciated species of strawberries. It seems to me to be of the order of the mara des bois, with this characteristic little tangy taste preceding a subtly sweet reminiscence on the finish.
Greenness and fruit blend together in a natural and realistic combination. But beware, this Strawberry will not appeal to everyone. Our tastes have long been formatted by the food industry on things sweeter than reason and our vision of the real strawberry has undoubtedly suffered from these decades of chemical aromas struggling to emulate a reality that is today. now more abstract than ever.
Here, no cheating, it's a natural strawberry, without make-up or fanfare, one of those we pick up in the early morning, still wet with dew.
The tasting ends with a slight note of freshness, just to signal that the fruit has just been picked. The recipe is effective, it is not simple, far from it. It takes a certain talent to paint nature as it is.
Tasting recommendations
- Recommended power for optimal taste: 25 W
- Type of steam obtained at this power: Normal
- Type of hit obtained at this power: Light
- Atomizer used for the review: Psyclone Hadaly
- Value of the resistance of the atomizer in question: 0.60 Ω
- Materials used with the atomizer: Kanthal, Cotton
Comments and recommendations for an optimal tasting
A good MTL or DLR atomizer is recommended to enhance our fruit of the day. Not too much power, not too much heat, not too much air, to get the most out of it.
Recommended Moments
- Recommended times of the day: Morning, Morning - tea breakfast, End of lunch / dinner with a digestif, All afternoon during everyone's activities
- Can this juice be recommended as an allday vape: No
Overall average (excluding packaging) of the Vapelier for this juice: 4.51 / 5 
My mood ticket on this juice
The Strawberry from the Natural range by Curieux is an e-liquid with a strong bias. Not very sweet, betting on realism, it will split. Some will love it, others will hate it. This will certainly depend on individual tastes but also on our personal journey and our taste history. However, I prefer to see it as an asset than a handicap in a vaporizer that tends to standardize too much.
The juice gets an excellent mark here. He would undoubtedly have obtained a Top Juice in its 10 ml version, at the more consensual price but the price requested to obtain a ready to vape nicotine taking into account the booster or vegetol boosters necessary from these 50 ml of aroma. is significantly too high for the category.
This does not detract from the taste quality of a completely original liquid in its concept. The only question that remains is this: fed Malabars © and Strawberries Tagada ©, are we ready for a return to nature?
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