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I recently was under the belief that I was getting a free sampler of ACID from a CBid forum member who shall remain nameless.

He ended up sending me some ACID knockoffs called "Contraband." I wasn't mad about it or anything, since it was a gift and I didn't lose anything for, except my lunch, but that's another story.

Along with the two oddly-shaped Contrabands were some other bottom shelf cigars that had apparently been put in the same coolerador with them, since they all shared the same...unusual...aroma.

My buddy, Godfather1453406, being the brave soul he is, decided to try one yesterday when we did our Monday evening ritual of going down to Rich O's Public House in beautiful New Albany, IN, a place that makes its own pizzas, brews its own beers, and is the only fervently cigar-friendly restaurant I've found on this side of the Ohio River.

So Godfather decided to try a small, robusto-sized, cone-shaped Contraband with a little pig tail (I have no idea which size of ACID this corresponds to), while I opted for a safer bet, a Perdomo Series Y2K.

Upon lighting the cigar, we discovered it's already strange scent intensified into the smell of, as Geckoheart put it in an earlier post, an old lady who wears too much damn cheap perfume. According to Godfather, he was the unfortunate one to have to taste it, he said it tasted even worse! I'm surprized Godfather didn't just spew all over the table right then and there...I was about to from the smell alone!

Godfather couldn't stand more than a couple of puffs and he had to put it out, luckily he had the foresight to bring along an A. Fuente Exquisto for backup.

Now for the positive side of the story, the Exquisto is a great small cigar with a great, smooth taste and dark maduro wrapper. The one I had, the Perdomo Series Y2K, wasn't as severely box-pressed as the near-rectangular red label Perdomos (which is a good thing) and had a strange cedar aroma to it, which made for a great taste and helped veil the lingering grandma smell of the ACID knock-off.

I hope all ACIDs don't taste and smell like that.

I had to laugh when I read your post because I have a 5-pack of the Contriband that I quietly hid in my girlfriend's humidor. She has a small humi that she uses to store flavored cigars. When I got my Contribands, I thought they smelled like raw ass. They've been hidden in the humi for about 8-9 months now and they still smell like crap. Luckily she has some Mango flavored cigars that cover the smell. hahahaahhaah

Havent smoked any of the Contriband and dont plan on it. I'm gonna use them in an upcoming cigar raffle instead. I'm a big fan of Acids and these didnt resemble them at all. To be specific, I think my Contribands were supposed to be Lars knockoffs. Still, I think there was a huge difference.

Much props to your buddy for trying one. I just cant bring myself to trying one since there are better looking cigars in the humi. I'm surprised he didnt smoke the Fuente first.

I am fine now. I had a Fonseca Vintage Longsdale today. IT will be a long, bumpy road to recovery.

You guys are cracking me up!

Um...well if "They don't just smell like ass, they taste like it too!...", then you could say you had a "piece" of ass. NO?

Those counterfeits are sold here as Lars Tetens knock offs. They are garbage.

We do now, Ken......but we paid a terrible price for it

Yeah...riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

At least some good came out of it. We give the rest to our friend Patrick, and he seems to like them pretty well (because he also has no taste).