I found all the comments above interesting, especially Alan's.
Until today, I had not smoked FMOTT but have been working my way through a tin of FM; consequently, I've been contrasting the two. The first thing I noticed on opening the tin of FMOTT was the greater prevalence of Orientals and some Virginia (including a few flakes). The tin smell is much more of an English/Oriental blend than FM which smells like Latakia only to me. Consequently, I expected something more along the English/Oriental/Balkan line.
FM, to my taste buds, is all about Latakia; I just don't get much else from it (and I like Latakia so that's not a bad thing). FMOTT is more balanced due to the Basma but still seems to me more of a predominately Latakia blend with a nod toward the Orientals. Compare McCelland's Oriental Mixture #14 to see what I'm getting at.
It has a nice room note, no bite, and burns well down to a fine ash.
I am a fan of McCelland products, especially British Woods, but I can't say as yet that FMOTT (or FM for that matter) would be in my regular rotation. It's a nice change of pace if you want a hit of Latakia.
Speaking of Latakia, I'm curious whether this blend has Syrian or Cyprian Latakia. McClelland's literature doesn't state which Latakia is used for FM, FMOTT or FMOTB. They do state that Syrian is used in FMATP.