TFA "Cream" & "Custard" Flavors

[EarnestAccord]

I'm new to the DIY sceene just have about 4 recipies dialed in so far. I need some help with the cream,custard and egg yolk side of things. I initially started making single fruit recipies like Melon,Blueberry,Strawberry and Pear. Then started to add some creamy notes to them by adding Vanilla Bean Gilato, DX Bavarian Cream, French Vanilla and Whipped Cream. They all turned out good. Attempting to tease out some of what each one of those flavors brought to the palate and move towards my personal holy grail flavor, Vanilla Custard, I started mixing them individually with the fruits and as single flavor recipes. What follows are some my perceptions and am ulitmately just looking for better insight and/or affirmation that I'm on the right track.

Whipped Cream:
It seems essentially a dairy fat flavor. Creamy in a fatty richness kind of way. When paired with a light flavor like Pear it does not work on it's own, think cold unsalted butter with cold applesauce, oil & water. Even the addition of a little Vanillin doesn't help it. That's fine, deduced it was more for blending richness & mouth feel.

DX Bavarian Cream:
I made up a single batch of it and even after taking it up to 12% and using my flavor chaser set-up I can't really taste a thing. It is creamy, but not the in-your-face fatty kind of way that Whipped Cream is. Barely notice any Vanilla or spicing. I'm at a loss as to what exactly this is bring to the table. Is this just another blending flavor?

Vanilla Bean Gelato:
I think this is where much of the muscle came from when blending with my fruits. Slightly creamy, definatively Vanilla and a slight sour milk note.

French Vanilla:
I'm surprised how light & crisp this flavor is, only slightly eggy. It reminds me a lot of Breyer's Brand Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. Very good as a stand alone. This also seems to have brought most of the actual flavor to my original mixes.

What are other peoples experience with these flavors? It's all pretty confusing because reading many of the reviews out there give very contradictory info and perceptions that are so far from mine. I've recently also bought some French Vanilla Creme and Vanilla Swirl so I'll see what those can add to the mix.
Thanks for the support

 

[Rin Vapes]

Whipped cream is my favorite cream flavor. I use at 1-2% in conjunction with other flavors (usually fruits or desserts)
Bavarian Cream, I use the original version so Idk how/if it compares but I use at 1-2% if I'm using it merely to smooth a recipe out/ and richness. To get any actual flavor from it, it needs to steep quite a bit. (weeks)
Vanilla Bean Gelato- I use at 1%... it's very sweet and anything above that percentage begins to taste too buttery to me (I am sensitive to dairy notes in vapes)
French Vanilla- I think the highest I use on this is 3%... again, it gets too buttery at higher %s.

I use my flavors on the lower end (percentage wise) compared to most people. I seem to be sensitive to flavors so I don't need to use high amounts. (I also drip/use RDA's most of the time... and vape high VG)

 

[Heabob]

Whipped Cream I don't get much from and prefer to use Marshmallow instead, or Toasted Marshmallow.

Have the regular TFA Bavarian, not DX, but actually prefer CAP Bavarian, I think it's sweeter.

Vanilla Bean Gelato was one I didn't like too much, but the Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is great, both TFA/CAP.

French Vanilla is OK but have switched to TFA French Vanilla Deluxe, more richness IMO.

Vanilla Swirl is a pretty decent flavor, normally 2-3% with fruits, but I like to use it with 1-2% Sweet Cream.
(Hangsen Cream is worth a mention as it's also quite good)

Don't get very much flavor with any of those you mentioned when used as stand alones tho.
But 5% Vanilla Bean Ice Cream + 5% French Vanilla Deluxe is great IMO.

FA Coconut is also worth a mention, as it helps to add a "creamy buttery effect" when used at 0.5-1%.
(At least is does for me anyway).