Elux Legend Nic Salt E-Liquid – Banana Ice

Banana Ice: Creamy Fruit Meets a Cold Finish

Banana and menthol aren't an obvious pairing on paper, one is soft, dense and faintly custardy, the other is sharp and cold, but that clash is exactly what makes Banana Ice in the Elux Legend Nic Salt range work. Rather than blending the two into something in-between, this flavour keeps them as two separate acts, one after the other, so you get the full character of both instead of a diluted compromise.

The First Few Seconds

Banana leads, and it's a ripe, slightly creamy banana rather than an artificial, foam-sweet version, closer to a just-ripe banana than banana-flavoured sweets. There's a gentle richness to it, almost milky, that gives the opening some weight rather than a thin fruit hit. It sits mid-palate rather than sharp on the tip of the tongue, which is part of what makes the flavour feel rounded rather than one-note.

The Turn to Ice

Then the ice arrives, and it's a clean, cooling menthol rather than a harsh, medicinal one. It doesn't fight the banana for dominance so much as follow it, arriving a beat later and spreading a cold sensation across the back of the throat and roof of the mouth. The transition from creamy fruit to cold menthol is the whole point of this flavour, and it's a fairly pronounced shift rather than a subtle one, you'll notice the moment it happens.

What's Left on the Exhale

The exhale is dominated by the cooling sensation rather than lingering banana sweetness, which keeps the overall experience feeling fresh rather than heavy. There's a faint banana note still present in the background, but the ice has the final word, leaving your mouth feeling clean and slightly chilled rather than coated in fruit sugar. That's a big part of why this flavour works well for long sessions, the cooling reset stops the banana from ever building up into something cloying.

Who This One Is For

Banana Ice suits vapers who like the idea of a fruit flavour but actually reach for menthol or ice liquids more often in practice. It bridges the two camps rather than forcing a choice between them. It also tends to appeal to people who find plain menthol a bit harsh or one-dimensional on its own, the banana softens the cooling hit and gives it something to sit alongside, rather than leaving mint or menthol as the only thing you taste.

The Right Moment for It

This is a hot-weather, end-of-day flavour more than a first-thing-in-the-morning one. The cooling hit feels genuinely refreshing after being outside in the heat, and the creamy banana base gives it enough substance to work as an evening wind-down vape too, when a purely icy menthol might feel too sharp and a purely sweet dessert flavour too heavy. It's a good middle-ground choice when you can't decide between fruity and cooling.

Set Against Other Ice and Fruit Flavours

Against a straight menthol or mint liquid, Banana Ice feels considerably softer and more rounded, since the fruit gives the cooling something to bounce off rather than standing alone. Compared with a plain banana liquid, it's obviously colder and fresher, trading some of that dense, custardy richness for a cleaner finish. Among the various "fruit ice" flavours on the market, banana's natural creaminess makes this pairing feel less sharp than, say, a citrus or berry ice, where the fruit and the cold both compete for the same sharp register.

Keeping the Flavour Interesting

Because the cooling element is fairly dominant, palate fatigue with Banana Ice tends to show up as the menthol feeling weaker over time rather than the banana disappearing, a common effect with any ice-style liquid vaped repeatedly, since cold-sensing receptors adapt with heavy use. Rotating in a warmer, non-iced flavour such as a custard or straight tropical fruit liquid gives those receptors a break and makes the ice hit feel sharper and more noticeable again when you go back to it.

A Couple of Practical Notes

The banana and the ice both come through most clearly on a slower draw rather than a quick, sharp puff, rushing it tends to mute the banana's creaminess and just leave you with a generic cold sensation. It's also worth knowing that, like most ice flavours, the menthol tends to stay noticeable even as other flavour notes fade with an ageing coil, so if the vape starts to taste like plain cold air with barely any banana left, that's the fruit note fading first and a sign it's time for a fresh coil.

Is the menthol in Banana Ice strong?

It's a noticeable, proper cooling hit rather than a faint background chill, but it's not as sharp or medicinal as a straight menthol liquid, the banana softens it considerably.

Does the banana taste artificial?

No, it leans towards a ripe, real-banana character rather than the sweeter, more artificial banana-sweet style found in some liquids.

Is Banana Ice a good choice for someone who's never liked menthol before?

It's one of the gentler ways into an iced flavour, since the fruit gives the cooling something to sit alongside rather than leaving menthol as the only note, worth trying if pure menthol has put you off in the past.