How to clone e-juice?

[..nico..]

After stacking up on various ready made e-juices as well as nicotine bases and DIY flavors I realized the perfect mango blend for me is a ready made from Liqua, the HP Summer drift. 65% Vg.

There are more tones then just the mango, but I can't single out what other flavors are there. How should I go about cloning when I can't single out the various tones, I surely taste more then mango, but can't really pin point it.

Before anyone points out that Liqua is cheapo, taste bad or whatever try the HP series specially for sub ohmers before you make your mind. They are so much different the the original Liqua series. At least to me they are.

any tips training my palette or guidelines and basics of cloning will be much obliged.

 

[AndriaD]

I find cloning ready-made ejuice the absolute hardest DIY thing to do. I love PipeSauce's Long Bottom Leaf, but I can't handle all the VG (it's 95% VG!), so I tried to clone it, based on what I thought I was tasting. I came up with Smocha... it's pretty dang good, but nothing at all like Long Bottom leaf.

Andria

 

[Jimi D]

I would be looking at Chinese mango flavorings for a starting point.

 

[JuicyLucy]

After stacking up on various ready made e-juices as well as nicotine bases and DIY flavors I realized the perfect mango blend for me is a ready made from Liqua, the HP Summer drift. 65% Vg.

There are more tones then just the mango, but I can't single out what other flavors are there. How should I go about cloning when I can't single out the various tones, I surely taste more then mango, but can't really pin point it.

Before anyone points out that Liqua is cheapo, taste bad or whatever try the HP series specially for sub ohmers before you make your mind. They are so much different the the original Liqua series. At least to me they are.

any tips training my palette or guidelines and basics of cloning will be much obliged.

It helps to know the brand of flavorings Liqua uses before you bigin - that way you know which Mango is giving you the flavor you are enjoying so much.

If you can't find an exact clone recipe online, it helps to look at clone recipes to see if you find a what other flavors mango is most often pair with and at what ratios

The few clones I have attempted ended up (after fails, near misses, etc) way better than the original, but it can be a very frustrating process

 

[Heabob]

I surely taste more then mango, but can't really pin point it.

Peach goes well with Mango, unless it's not another fruit you can pinpoint.
Cloning is a real PITA tho.
Other than that, just keep trying it with different flavors.
Cream
Vanilla
Marshmallow
Custards & Cheesecakes
Cake Batter
VBIC
You may find it, or think of it, eventually.
Unless you could find others to help with tasting it, someone else may be able to pick up on other flavor/s.
I have a hard time picking up certain flavors that are in the mixes myself, but I can look at my recipes to find out.
Certain flavors have a very distinctive taste, but many do not.
Some just add fluff, body, sweetness, baked effect, etc., much harder to pick them out in a mix.
You may just end up with "close enough", or you might just come up with something even better.