i smoke bad frogs, red heads, alhambra's, poderozas, and from my local shop, i smoke don,the bone breaker's house brand, whose motto is "if you don't smoke my cigars, i break your bones." this allows me the luxury of knowing nothing about cigars, but be able to smoke all day.
current purchases:
Bootlegger's Sweet Amaretto Set of 15 3 of 3 at $5.00
Don Guillermo Don Guillermo (25) 1 of 3 at $10.00
Dutch Masters Panatela (50) 2 of 2 at $5.00
Bad Frog Torpedo - Set of 15 7 of 7 at $1.00
i don't know how many more frogs i have to kiss looking for the princess.
"essence" - The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something.
sometimes it's just the band.
when you are old and wrinkled, wear glasses and walk with a cane, won't you still be slimboli?
'essence' of the cigar will be the same if you smoke that dried out, hot burning, cracked wrappered cigar as compared to one properly humidified ...
i like "CRACKED WRAPPERED". it is stored in my memory for the future.