Although you can at times find them being sold elsewhere (when, seemingly, inventory is dumped on the open market), The La Perla is effectively an internet-only "house brand" of Cigars International and its parent and affiliated companies.
I have not tried the 1515's but I did smoke several of what turned out to be the 1515 "prototypes" -- the old Blendlab PH-650. It was a pretty good cigar but not, according to my notes, amazingly great. I should try the 1515 sometime though since I do like most of what AJ puts out.
Of the rest of the line, the Morado was the best that I have tried and the only one with any real decent flavor. The rest have been just, "Meh." They often show up in samplers or freebie deals.
However, do not be fooled by any of the advertised ratings like "93 rated" or "#__ Cigar of the year" for any in this line, especially the La Perla Habana Morado. These ratings were from many years ago and the current blend is nothing like the blend that won any of the accolades or ratings. I never had one but people around here used to say the original release (2007?) Morado WAS a great cigar, then the packaging and blend changed to what is now a bargain basement internet smoke.
The current Morados do not burn very long and, while they taste fine, they are not a "93" level smoke.
That being said, I used to pick up the Morado's back when you could actually get get them on Cbid for $1-1.50 per cigar WITH shipping! For that price - and fully aware that this was NOT the "93-rated" blend - that they were simply a good 40 min. smoke - I was more than happy with them. Now they seem to go for more than $3 BEFORE shipping and I can get a lot of better cigars here and elsewhere for that. Again, if you can get them here or elsewhere for right at or under $2 per with shipping, I would say they would be worth a try.
https://www.cigarbid.com/a/oliva-master-blends-3-mega-sampler/3438785/ Just wait several cycles until the price gets down to below $58, then with $6.95 shipping you have a really good deal on a cigar that is FAR better than any La Perla I have ever had.
Somewhere on here there was a huge thread with people going apoplectic about how misleading it is to still advertise the "90" and "93" ratings on these cigars since the ones being sold now are NOT even close to the same cigar. Not the same tobacco, not the same construction.I would search for it, but I'm too lazy....
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