N: Smoke, peat, peat smoke, sea spray. Smoked meat. Salted fruits, if that's a thing. Fruit is mostly red, but there are hints of citrus and maybe banana dropping in and out. Leather and earth combine in a way that reminds of dry tobacco. There might be an almond nuttiness in it too - not sure about that one. P: It's an ambush! Feels like everything hits almost all at once. Salty and sweet just barely lead the charge. The salt is a sea spray type salt with a subtle meaty, earthy, smoky undertone. It's combined with the sweet, which is very red fruity and ranges from something almost like fresh strawberries to dried cranberries. The effect is, again, salted fruits. I don't hate it though. Before you've figured out the salted fruit opening, you're hit mid-palate with a rich caramel, chocolate, hazelnut attack. The salt carries through, so all those things are of the salted variety. There's a slight baked goods feel to it too. The finish starts about the same time as the mid-palate taste and merges into the baked goods adding heat and cinnamon. The salt and smoke fade some, but the chocolate lingers deep into the finish, so you get a sort of chocolate swirled cinnamon roll with just the right amount of ethanol heat. This is my 2nd review of this bottle. In between the two, I had COVID and lost my sense of smell for a while (taste was not lost, but reduced to simple things like salty, sweet, bitter, etc.). I bought this and another redo bottle thinking I'll re-review without reading my previous review first and see if my senses of smell and taste are back in full force and can be trusted again. After spending some time with this fantastic dram, I think I know without even comparing the reviews. What I recall from my first review of this bottle was that I was a bit overwhelmed by the smoke (high percentage of Lagavulin, if I recall correctly - something very smoky anyway). I also remember my more recent review of the Artist's Blend from the same Great King Street series. In that review, I said something along the lines of the Artist's Blend having a more complicated nose than palate, and that that was okay at times. This Glasgow Blend proves the opposite can also be true. I still find the nose to be dominated by the smoke and a bit one-note in that way, even if I did find something more this time. The palate here, however, is complex, phenomenal, and delicious in a way that more than makes up for a softer nose. My only complaint, if it even counts as a complaint, is that ambush feeling of the palate. A little slower presentation of the flavors would likely allow even more to come out and elevate this dram. But I can't really make that complaint in earnest for a $40 bottle that contains juice from some fantastic houses. This is a great whisky and a great value.