...and you have lots of money to burn... then get yo'self a La Aurora Preferidos #2 Ruby Edition Tubo.
Otherwise, get yourself any number of straight-shanked cigars in the 3-10 dollar range, and have an equivalent experience.
I don't normally smoke perfectos, those bomb-shaped sticks that dovetail at both ends. Here's why: You spend the first inch smoking the first dovetail down to a normal ring size that produces useable smoke. Then you get two inches of nice, fat smoke. Then you get another inch of tar and nicotine-clogged dovetail burning at the butt end. So, in a five-inch cigar, you get two servicable inches of smoking. What's the point?
The point, apparently, is that when women go into smoke shops to buy their hubby a "good, expensive cigar" for his birthday, they get one look at the cute ruby-colored tubo and lose their minds. 25 bucks? Must be a wonderful cigar. He'll love it!
I didn't exactly love it, but I liked it. Those middle 2 inches were great. And it sure beat the hell out of an insipid Gurkha Centurian.
So if your wife wants to waste 25 bucks making you feel special, tell her to get a LONG, STRAIGHT cigar, not something that comes in a nail-polish pink tube that looks like it could serve as a vibrator.
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Jake -
I'm a big fan of some of the perfecto shaped cigars like the Carlos Torano Signature.
I smoked the Sapphire awhile back and thought it was pretty tasty but more affordable alternatives could be found.
http://www.stogiereview.com/?p=115
Funny you say that, Jerry. My wife bought me a sapphire too, and I'll probably smoke it pretty soon. I feel obligated because she spent all that money.
Really, for the extra dollars you're not getting much extra value in terms of the smoking experience.
I still don't see the allure of perfectos. A piss-poor shape for a cigar.
@ Jake
You know I read once that La Aurora stopped making the perfecto shape and when they moved to their current factory location, one of the youngsters happened on the old perfecto cigar molds. He asked if he could try rolling them and obviously had success as they are still making them today. If they had only lost those damn molds for good!
Cigarfan did a review on the Preferidos Robusto back in June and it spurred me on to try one. I had the Cameroon #2 and actually enjoyed it very much. Only issue I had is the price. Outlandish for what you get.
Much rather have one of their 100 Anos.
Enjoyed your opinion! Hope my wife doesn't get any ideas!
Now that seems some nice cigars but are they available online as discounted cigars like others are being availed.
I believe you are all missing the point. The beauty of a perfecto is that you get to smoke the pure wrapper for 10 minutes, then that gets juiced up by the filler blend, and then you get another shot of wrapper at the end plus all the great melty filler juice. It's the boilermaker of cigars.
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