Characteristics of the juice tested
- Sponsor having lent material for the review: Phode Laboratories
- Price of the tested packaging: 13.90 Euros
- Quantity: 20 Ml
- Price per ml: 0.7 Euros
- Price per liter: 700 Euros
- Juice category according to price per ml previously calculated: Mid-range, from 0.61 to 0.75 euro ml
- Nicotine dosage: 12 Mg / Ml
- Proportion of Vegetable Glycerin: 40%
Packing
- Presence of a box: Yes
- Are the materials making up the box recyclable ?: Yes
- Presence of a tamper-evident seal: Yes
- Bottle material: Glass, the packaging can only be used for filling if the stopper is fitted with a pipette
- Cork equipment: Glass pipette
- Tip characteristic: No tip, will require the use of a filling syringe if the cap is not fitted
- Name of the juice wholesale on the label: Yes
- Wholesale PG-VG proportions display on label: Yes
- Wholesale nicotine dosage display on the label: Yes
Steamer note for packaging: 4.4 / 5 
Comments on the packaging
Pride… in the opinion of all, this is a really capital sin… and not even funny! As much with Lust and Gluttony, there is something to laugh about if you think about it, as much with Pride, it is level 0 on the Epicurean scale ... What interest indeed to look at the navel permanently since it doesn't even grow ...
And yet, a liquid from the range of 7 Deadly Sins carries this name. We understand why because a range of 6 Deadly sins, it would have been task and a little iconoclastic.
The Pride is therefore conditioned in the image of its debauchery friends, that is to say almost perfectly, with the famous triangular box that throws it in and the complete list of information, ingredients, rates and ratios. No deadlock has been made on transparency. Proud perhaps, but it displays complete information. It even specifies that the aromas you are going to vape are natural, which is always a plus.
We all know that hell is paved with good intentions but, in this case, it is undoubtedly the paradise of clarity which awaits this liquid if one relies on its presentation.
Legal, security, sanitary, and religious compliance
- Presence of child safety on the cap: Yes
- Presence of clear pictograms on the label: Yes
- Presence of raised marking for visually impaired persons 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
Do not speak of pride but of the pride that one can feel when seeing an e-liquid at this point compliant and equipped with the necessary security.
From the tamper-evident seal to the DLUO, everything is in place, perfectly. There is then no point in lingering. Even looking at the flask in the river like Narcissus, the only thing that can really happen is to stupidly fall into the water.
Just a slight downside. Once opened and the protection removed, the cap becomes difficult to close properly. This was not the case on the other references so I attribute this detail to the vial itself and not to the entire production.
Appreciation of the packaging
- Does the graphic design of the label and the product name 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
Once again, the range presents a high-level packaging and Pride is no exception to the rule.
A black, frosted glass bottle serves as a container for the precious liquid and a support for a white label, embellished with a beautiful illustration in pastel tones. This graphic symbolizes pride by a profusion of mirrors in which an eye is reflected. The correspondence is therefore assured in a good way and I salute the work of the designer in passing for having done a fairly remarkable job across the entire range.
We note the presence of a pictogram indicating the diameter of the nozzle of the pipette, useful information for those who intend to use it to fill somewhat narrow devices.
Sensory appreciations
- Color and product name agree ?: Yes
- Do the smell and the name of the product agree?: No
- Definition of smell: Anise, Herbal (Thyme, Rosemary, Coriander), Menthol
- Definition of taste: Sweet, Aniseed, Herbal, Minty
- The taste and the name of the product, do they agree ?: Yes
- Did I like this juice ?: I won't splurge on it
- This liquid reminds me: No other juice.
Vapelier's note on the sensory experience: 3.13/5 
Comments on the taste of the juice
Pride is an endearing e-liquid whose main flaw becomes quality. Let me explain.
When inhaling, we take in the mouth an indefinable cloud or guess a menthol anise, all in lightness. When exhaling, we feel a rather diffuse bitterness, typical of liquorice as well as a more herbal, more earthy scent, which I liken to the promised absinthe.
The whole is quite weak aromatically and the recipe seems to have been calculated so that none of the aromas take precedence over the other. And this is where the flaw and the quality of this juice lie. Indeed, it avoids clichés of the genre, of the type: devastating freshness, aggressiveness of anise or caricatural predominance of absinthe.
Thus, Phode offers us a liquid in equilibrium, vaporable even by those who do not like its components. The compactness of the flavor is almost unique and the taste is pleasant, a little spicy and dirty and in any case very different from the many variations already present on the market.
Tasting recommendations
- Recommended power for optimal taste: 35 W
- Type of vapor obtained at this power: Dense
- Hit type obtained at this power: Strong
- Atomizer used for the review: Igo-L, Cyclone AFC
- Value of the resistance of the atomizer in question: 0.9
- Materials used with the atomizer: Kanthal, Cotton
Comments and recommendations for an optimal tasting
Its viscosity making it compatible with all existing devices on the market, you will be spoiled for choice. A warm / cold temperature will serve it best. Grow in power ? This is possible and feasible provided you ventilate it well. It will then become more precise but also lighter. But the game is worth the effort.
Recommended Moments
- Recommended times of the day: All afternoon during everyone's activities
- Can this juice be recommended as an All Day Vape: No
Overall average (excluding packaging) of the Vapelier for this juice: 4.18 / 5 
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My mood ticket on this juice
Pride, when you hold us… well you hold us well! Indeed, it is difficult not to succumb to the attraction of this liquid which has a lot of originality despite an assembly a thousand times seen and revisited.
Its lightness and the difficulty in extracting to taste one flavor from another, so deep the interweaving is undoubtedly its main asset and the very source of its particularism. I really enjoyed this moment in his company, even though I'm not a fan of the category, which is already a positive sign.
There is no doubt that lovers of the aromas present will find a very pleasant cloud generator. For others, it is still worth a test because the surprise will undoubtedly be there.
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