Marzipan Flavor-SSA

I love this flavor. It has a great almond-to-cherry ratio and the perfect amount of sweetness. It’s nice and flavorful, and sometimes I even pop some in my coffee. FA Marzipan is also pretty great. I am a fan of strong flavor, so I use it at 2.5% to 3% (with a touch of FW Sweetener).

**Marzipan (SSA) 0.90% (11-25-23)** -- I don't recall ever actually eating [Marzipan](https://platedcravings.com/marzipan-recipe/), but I've used it from time to time in recipes, most often in cherry/cranberry mixes, or Apple Pies, and it's worked great. Testing this one would be kind of a first for me. Most times, I can't taste much Almond unless it's dark and bitter. That continued with this one, for the most part, as I did get SOME lighter, earthy nutty-ness, but it was fairly low in the mix. This could mean I'm Almond blind ?? The main note did resemble a nice Cherry, riding on a somewhat creamy carrier. Now this was NOT a full on, in your face Cherry, just for clarity, but it did have somewhat soft, yet very distinct cherry overtones. I didn't get an overt bakery element from this, but it had some weight to it, so perhaps that was it. The aforementioned creamy-ness while not to the level of a cream, did seem to soften, or temper the overall flavor. Being a huge fan of everything Cherry this one appealed to my tastes, and I could see using it often. Because it smelled stronger in the bottle I did test this just below 1%, and after 3 testers, it was clear it wasn't overpowering at this weight, and could even be increased a little bit. No off-notes, and it was a few ticks below mid-level sweet. All in, it was a great flavor, with clear Cherry overtones, and a nice creamy middle, with some light nutty undertones on the bottom. This one is harder to rate, as I strongly suspect I don't typically taste Almonds, regardless of the flavor, but with that said, it felt right at a **8.75/10.**