How much more fruit should I add?

Hey all, I've made my own flavor and I'm proud of it. It went through multiple stages and changes. But let me cut to the chase. I'm at a vape shop and I have some of my juice on me. I call it Peachmelon Custard. I ask the guy who is sampling me flavors if he'd want to try it. He said yeah sure. He tries it and he says it's good. But there isn't enough fruit. Here's the current recipe

Peach (TFA) 4%
Watermelon (TFA) 5%
Vanilla Custard (Caps) 2%

So let me say a few things. I've gotten mixed reviews. Some said it was great, don't touch it. Some said it was too fruity, and the guy at the shop said there isn't enough fruit. I made this in a 15ml. I start with a 15ml 50/50 then if it's good, I'll do 80/20. So do you have any suggestions for what I can do to balance the fruit and custard? The only reason why I have custard is so it mutes the fruit a little. Since without it the two flavors clash and it's way to flavorful even at low percentages.

Shark Vape said:

Dump the custard and experiment with creams and vanillas first...

FA vienna cream (3%)
TFA or Caps Sweet Cream or Bavarian cream
... & Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
...and Vanilla Swirl

All good starting mixes.

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I'd rather not go through the trouble of doing that. I'm actually running out of bottles lol. Just ordered 50 30ml bottles for $25 on Mount Baker Vapor. Do you have any other suggestion besides making different vapes. Keep in mind, I'm not really a cream/custard kind of person. I used the custard to mute the fruit.

Shark Vape said:

Inawera Cactus.

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Okay you lost me. What is Inawera Cactus for?

EDIT: I'm an idiot. It's for muting the flavor correct?

creeperfan5236 said:

So let me say a few things. I've gotten mixed reviews. Some said it was great, don't touch it. Some said it was too fruity, and the guy at the shop said there isn't enough fruit.

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This is not at all unusual as everyone has different taste buds.
Some have issues tasting certain fruits too.
And usually different equipment, vape style, coils, PG/VG ratios, etc.
Make it how you like it best.

But yes, other/better, things can be used to soften the fruits also.
You can try lowering the Custard down to 1% tho.
And use lower amounts of both fruits too if it's still too strong.

Heabob said:

This is not at all unusual as everyone has different taste buds.
Make it how you like it best.

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I see what you mean. But my bad OCD drives me nuts since I want it perfected and well, vapable. So say if I'm out somewhere and a friend runs of out juice, I can give them mine and they won't vape it since there's nothing else you know?

I agree with heabob. You can't make everyone happy.

As for mixed reviews. Well, that's what a customer does. They say yes they say no. When I used to buy ejuice I would try 10-15 juices before I would pick a purchase. Sometimes I would leave without buying anything. That's a 5-10% success ratio.

If you want to make lots of people happy. Make two versions. A fruity'mc'fruits version and a custard version.

creeperfan5236 said:

But my bad OCD drives me nuts since I want it perfected and well, vapable.

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If your recipe isn't vapable you need to be willing to either start over or change out some flavors/brands.
It may be a case of "you can't get there from here", if your only gonna use those 3 flavors/brands.
But even using other brands you may never get it perfect.
It's just the nature of the beast with DIY.

EM will also help mute the fruits, and maybe even a drop or 2 of sweetener.
Other brands of Peach might work better.
A little Vanilla instead of Custard might be better, or worse...
Maybe Peach & Watermelon aren't compatible with each other.
Probably a hundred different things you could do with it.
But experimentation is the key, and patience.

Heabob said:

If your recipe isn't vapable you need to be willing to either start over or change out some flavors/brands.[

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It is vapable. By that I sort of meant it won't get old or boring after the one bottle if you know what I'm saying.

creeperfan5236 said:

It is vapable. By that I sort of meant it won't get old or boring after the one bottle if you know what I'm saying.

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Gotcha, that's the reason I mix up quite a variety at one time as I easily get tired of the same thing day after day.
After a 15ml bottle is gone, time for a change...

Heabob said:

Gotcha, that's the reason I mix up quite a variety at one time as I easily get tired of the same thing day after day.
After a 15ml bottle is gone, time for a change...

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Lol I got a 30ml from vape box finished it in less than a week, Ordered it again since I loved it. I have 3 quarters of the bottle full. It was a cherry cola with fruit undertones. It was called Capone by Blind Tiger Dripping Spirits

Not to be rude but WHO exactly are you making the juice for? You or the shop worker/friends? If you are making it for you than when you YOURSELF likes something...why change it? only to make it better IMO. But why fix something that isn't broken? Everyone has a different and unique palate for taste, you simply cannot please everyone all the time. You want that PERFECT JUICE that suites everyone's palate....but it simply is not out there. Making e-juice isn't going to be an easy fix. Now, if you are trying to make it for the population than my suggestion is to start looking at recipes, read the critiques left by people who have made it, read the flavor descriptions/profiles of all the flavors you want to work with (and more), then start mixing together some basic flavors...mixing by trial and error. You need to know exactly how strong and/or not strong the flavoring is at starting points and take your own notes. If you don't want to change it, than don't change it. If you want to work with it...likely it is going to take time and plenty of errors to get where you want to be at. I don't think nobody on this site is going to suggest something that you like, because there simply isn't an easy fix to your dilemma. Best of luck !