The Vanilla Toffee flavour smells fantastic, but the scent is quite strong and can wind up setting in to whatever to store it with. There is no discernible taste. The balm itself is a pure white colour that is unfortunately reminiscent of vegetable shortening. Spazzstick is slightly softer than your average stick-form lip blam (possibly because it was developed in alaska? Lower temperatures would mean the balm would be more solid, after all.) and glides onto your lips very smoothly. I can't say I've noticed much of an effect energy-wise, but I have a very high Caffeine tolerance.