Hi, being that I am from across the pond originally I have smoked the real Cuban Fonseca brand and can honestly say they are great!! I purchased them in Costa Rica at a very high class cigar store and had not smoked them before. They come individually wrapped in a white tissue like paper and I think they are best described as a mild to medium smoke a little like the Cuban H.Upman. This is purely my view of the Cuban, how was the ISOM?