Secret's Lab Secret Garden The Panther 30ml Concentrate

The French manufacturer Secret's Lab presents The Panther, a concentrate mixing a blond tobacco flavor with hazelnuts.

Like any DIY concentrate, you'll have to mix it in a base liquid. The dilution recommended for The Panther is 10% for 50PG/50VG, which equals 10ml per 100ml of base.

Secret's Lab recommends a steep time of at least a month in a dark and dry place.

The Panther concentrate is composed of food flavorings and propylene glycol and is delivered in a 30ml bottle with a safe childproof cap and a dropper tip.

Who is Secret's Lab?

This French manufacturer makes all its recipes for electronic cigarettes in its labs in Marseille.

Secret's Lab is the creator of renowned collections like Secret Keys, Secret Garden, and Biggy Bear.

The Secret Garden collection

This concentrate collection is particularly meant for enthusiasts of fruity flavors offered in versions with or without freshness.

The tobacco-lovers will also find more complex recipes, such as The Panther or The Tiger.

The Secret Garden concentrates are offered in different capacities and are all meant for e-liquid homemade preparations.

How to prepare The Panda concentrate?

What are the necessary ingredients to prepare my concentrate?

• A ready-made base
• One or more concentrates
• Optional: an additive to enhance your preparation

What do I need to prepare my concentrate?

• A syringe from 10 to 30ml for the base
• Plastic or glass bottles to make your preparations
• Latex gloves
• Protective goggles
• A label to write the name and the dosage of your preparation

What are the preparation steps?

1. Wash your hands, take your place on a clean work surface out of reach for children
2. With a syringe or a pipette, fill an empty bottle with your ready-made bottle
3. The base with nicotine has to be handled with a lot of precaution. We recommend using latex gloves and protective goggles for maximum safety
4. Shake your concentrate bottle before using it
5. Add some concentrate drops (see dosage recommendations on the product sheet or the label)
6. Optional: add one or more additives
7. Energetically shake for 10 to 20 seconds and let it sit to respect the steep time
8. Wash your hands again, clean your equipment and your work surface
9. Write your recipe to do it again or to pass it on

Our recommendations to help you:

The steep time:

It’s the key part of DIY e-liquid making. The steep time is the length of time during which your e-liquid sits. It allows the flavors to develop and express themselves. The longer the maturation period, the more flavors develop.

For an optimal steep time, the necessary length is:

• 15 days minimum, or several weeks for tobacco and sweet/tasty concentrates
• 48 hours minimum for fruity and/or mentholated concentrates

Tip for an optimal result: shake the bottle of your preparation a bit every day so the flavors correctly diffuse.

According to the PG/VG ratio of your base, the steep time may be longer. The higher the vegetable glycerin (VG) proportion, the longer the steep time.

The tasting:

Once the steep time is over, your e-liquid is ready-to-be-used. It might need some adjustments.

If you find the flavor rendering too light, you can add some drops of concentrates and let it sit for an additional 48 hours.

On the contrary, if your e-liquid is too strong, you can dilute it by adding base.

To help you:

• If your preparation is too intense, you have to dilute it. Then, add some base.
• If your preparation is not strong enough, add some drops of concentrate
• If you’re a beginner: start with one concentrate before thinking about mixing it with other concentrates.
• For the additives (optional), stick to proportions of 1 to 3% of your base liquid + flavor concentrate(s) mix, as additives are generally highly concentrated.
• Precisely label your preparations with the date, the dosage, and the concentrates used
• Put your new recipes in 10ml bottles but in low amounts (5ml for example) to allow you readjustments of concentrate or base.