i tried one of these beauties today for the first time..... right out of the box too. it was pretty good, if you are a maduro fan. and the price is very reasonable. i dont know why i havent tried one of these sooner. it is as well constucted as all the other oliva smokes ive had, but not as strong. i bet after a few months of hybernation.... this will be a kick azz cigar.

They are very very good. A nice everyday smoke for a maduro lover.

Have you had Padron maduros or a Torano Exodus Gold yet?

ive had EVERY padron maduro, but have NOT had ANY toranos. my local place dont carry them. i am currently winning a bid on c bid for a sampler.

i think smokeall.com has a good price on a sampler too

I got hooked on these after Idesign sent me one in a bomb, and i just bought another box of perfectos last month...a real nice cigar with that nic. flavor, but still hard to beat the fdo maduros for the price...

I think I have one of the torps resting in my humi. I'm going to leave it there for a while before I smoke it. Charloods, deffinately try those Torano Exodus Golds. My two favorite vitolas are the Robusto or the Torpedo. I'm pretty sure Cigars International has 5-packs of them for like $19 and $21 respectively. Check it out cause they're one hell of a smoke. If you're liking maduros and haven't tried them yet, give the Camacho SLR robustos a shot as well as the ERDM robusto/robusto largos. I've smoked a few of the robustos and tried my first robusto largo today and it was really good.

will do, thank you

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Originally posted by charloods:
i tried one of these beauties today for the first time..... right out of the box too. it was pretty good, if you are a maduro fan. and the price is very reasonable. i dont know why i havent tried one of these sooner. it is as well constucted as all the other oliva smokes ive had, but not as strong. i bet after a few months of hybernation.... this will be a kick azz cigar.

These are one of my all-time favorites, although I haven't had them for a while because I've been going to a shop that doesn't carry them. Planning to stock up on some within the next week.

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will do, thank you

No problem . Always happy to help a fellow BOTL.

hey sauyl... thay got em like 60 dollars a box near me.... if you cant beat that price lemme know.... ill get em and send em to ya!

Yes they are a very nice smoke with a good aroma. If you let them sit, they will be even better. That last box of Perfectos Idesign had were kinda young at first, but I got a couple from him. Smoked one about a month later and still have another in the humi.

If you like these you may also like the FDO Grand Cameroons. Seahawky got me hooked on these, I like them better than the Gran Maduro. They are on my list for next box.

Yep, the last box I bought was very young, but they are really coming around. Glad to hear that those I've sent them to enjoyed them. I think I ended up sending out about 3/4's of the box, lol......

I enjoyed the perfectos that Idesign sent me as well. They were very good especially at that price.

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Originally posted by the_stogemiester:
Yes they are a very nice smoke with a good aroma. If you let them sit, they will be even better. That last box of Perfectos Idesign had were kinda young at first, but I got a couple from him. Smoked one about a month later and still have another in the humi.

If you like these you may also like the FDO Grand Cameroons. Seahawky got me hooked on these, I like them better than the Gran Maduro. They are on my list for next box.

I just bought a box of the grand maduro perfecto's about three weeks ago, they're also pretty young tasting, but still a good flavorful stick, they stayed backordered for about 4 weeks, so i'm sure all the maduros are very young...I picked up some of the grand cameroons, figurado's, at nicks last month, man they are really nice, and i plan on that being a box purchase very soon...

Smokum, what do the Gran Cammie Figurado's look like? That is the size Ive been interested in, the torp is the one SeaHawk sent me.

Smoked my first Gran Maduro this afternoon, a Torpedo. It was a really good smoke. I thought the flavor profile was "similar" to the Padilla maddies without as much sweetness.

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Originally posted by the_stogemiester:
Smokum, what do the Gran Cammie Figurado's look like? That is the size Ive been interested in, the torp is the one SeaHawk sent me.

hey stogie, they're kinda odd looking, because the foot looks like a crude pigtail, but it's a big cigar, going on mememory here, but 6+,54rg, and has fabulous flavor...

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Originally posted by charloods:
hey sauyl... thay got em like 60 dollars a box near me.... if you cant beat that price lemme know.... ill get em and send em to ya!

Thanks, Charlie, I think I pay about $3 apiece so it's about the same. Oughta buy a box and get them even cheaper!

Atlantic and Cheaper have them for about $45 a box. Cigars Int'l used to have them for even less, but they are out of stock it looks like.

Hope that helps,
Andy