good tobacco is good tobacco, whether it is rolled into cigars or processed for use in pipes, ... most of the pipe tobacco sold in drug stores is the equivilent of the cigars sold in drug stores and flavored pipe tobacco is even worse than flavored cigars ... cherry blend for pipes and swisher sweets cigars are cousins
If you go into a Tinderbox or a similar store anywhere, and purchase tobacco for a pipe, it is rare that you'd just get a bagful of tobacco from a single jar ... typically, they'd make you a blend using some of this and some of that ... the brand name tins you see on the shelves there are all blends ... the blends are 'aromatic' not because they're flavored, but because a good blend smells good ... it has a good aroma ...
Goose, next time you go into the Tinderbox for pipe tobacco, ask the guy to make a blend using a full, mature Virginia mixed with a bit of perique ('puh-reek') ... he might urge you to add a little latakia too, but tell him no ... be sure the cake in your pipe is scraped out pretty well (you DO want SOME, but if it's built up thicker than a nickle, its's TOO much ... a penny's worth of thickness is good) ... pack the tobacco firmly, but not tightly, light it evenly and after lighting, tamp it down lightly and re-light ... now, then ... don't smoke too quickly ... just as sucking on a cigar too heavily will make it burn hot, the same is true for your pipe ... draw frequently enough to keep it lit, but not enough that touching your cheek with the bowl feels too warm ... then let me know what you think ...