Salvatore Parisi runs a company in Italy called Scuola Romana Rorschach, which provides a very unique human analysis service.

But the interesting thing is, he has a collection of 60,000 Cuban cigars. This is not a typo. Including 14 Cohiba Behikes, a short fat Hoyo Salomone, and a lot of pre-embargo cubans.

Some of his cigars are made with the mythical Pele de Oro tobacco. What the hell is that?

Great article in the December Forbes magazine. Is this guy for real? Apparently the Italian courts and the Vatican uses him to vet a persons state of mind or personality traits.

He has a great quote: "I'm not sure if God exists. But if He does, I'm sure He smokes cigars - only Cubans."

To read the article use the link below and scroll about half way down the page: http://avinsamtani.blogspot.com/

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Hey Steve hows the weather up by you we got hit with 13 inches yesterday today its 45 almost all melted tommorow we are supposed to get a Nor easter.I don't think i am gonna get up to Bingamton or be able to meet you at correnti.I was looking foward to it anyway we will do it sometime.Got side tracked here we go.

Yes i have heard of him yes he is for real.A real lover of Cuban and only Cuban leaf.I would venture to say 60,000 Cuban Cigars is a very modest estimate.He also has Pre Castro stuff he collects cigar Molds old books anything to do with Cuban Cigars.He is some kind of psychiatrist the Roman Church use his services to determine if people are it the right state of mind when asking for things like a divorce.

Pelo de Oro is over powering.Its a dark, resinous plant furry like sage Pelo de Oro plant is prone to disease like black shank and blue mold and easily infects other tobacco plants thats why it is not mass produced they save it for people who are willing to pay a premium.Also it is spoken of in whispers sort of like when some one in the States secures a source for Cuban Cigars mums the word.

I have smoked a Custom rolled stick with this tobacco.You either love it or hate it.It has a sort of cheesey smell very oily.Some people get a rash from touching it.He is very easy to find if your ever in Rome he loves to share knowledge. This guy has a Mahogany paneled room in his basement cool and damp thats where he keeps most of his collection.While i have never met him personally i was made to understand he is a nice man.If he likes you and your a guest at his house he does not mind sharing his goodies.Maybe i should spend more time in Rome.
Ciao.

Another Italian job may be in the works - I hope he has his stash insured!

Now you tell me

I was in Rome once, back in 1990/1991. If only I had known then

It's funny too, because we (a group from the USS DALLAS - SSN 700) attended a Papal audience at the Vatican and the one guy in our group who was probably THE most unreligious person you've ever known, made an effort to push his way to the front in order to get close enough to touch the Pope himself!

Yep, that was our navigator

Yea way too much snow. Too bad. let me know your timing for the the next TO visit.

Those Cuban cheese sticks sound nasty.

Probably after I finish building my new software company I will need Psych treatment from Mr. Parisi.

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Originally posted by SHEEPSHEAD BAY:
Hey Steve hows the weather up by you we got hit with 13 inches yesterday today its 45 almost all melted tommorow we are supposed to get a Nor easter.I don't think i am gonna get up to Bingamton or be able to meet you at correnti.I was looking foward to it anyway we will do it sometime.Got side tracked here we go.


Pelo de Oro is over powering.
I have smoked a Custom rolled stick with this tobacco.You either love it or hate it.It has a sort of cheesey smell very oily.

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Probably after I finish building my new software company I will need Psych treatment from Mr. Parisi.

Nah just ask him for some of his vintage cigars i am sure a couple of those will make you feel fine and dandy.

Mmmm, I love cheese and I love Cuban cigars, that could be a good mix. Cohen and Sheep just wait and see what you have started,,,, guys will be going to there local B&M looking for "cheesy cubans". I'm feeling a whole new level of counterfeit cigars, crappy fake cuban maduros rolled in blue cheese.

I don't mean cheesy in a bad way.Haven't you guy's ever had a really old stick.They develop that smell as well.Like i have some Davidoff's and Dunhill's back home.While not as pronounced as these Pelo de Oro's are there is a faint cheesy smell.I have also smelled this in thing's such as Dry aged beef before cooking.All in all it is a good thing.

I have one 50 stick humidor reserved for old sticks, some are 10+ years old, and they do not smell like cheese or beef. They smell like dark chocolate.

Monti A's, Partgas Salomones, and my Diademas are some of my best aged sticks.

Sheep, maybe a mouse chewed a hole in your humidor and died inside, and that may have resulted in the cheese and beef smell.

But this does not mean that I would not try one of these Pelo de Oro sticks, I would just approach it with caution.

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Originally posted by SHEEPSHEAD BAY:
I don't mean cheesy in a bad way.Haven't you guy's ever had a really old stick.They develop that smell as well.Like i have some Davidoff's and Dunhill's back home.While not as pronounced as these Pelo de Oro's are there is a faint cheesy smell.I have also smelled this in thing's such as Dry aged beef before cooking.All in all it is a good thing.

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Sheep, maybe a mouse chewed a hole in your humidor and died inside, and that may have resulted in the cheese and beef smell.

But this does not mean that I would not try one of these Pelo de Oro sticks, I would just approach it with caution.

You are too much LMFAO! I really am sorry i didn't get up by you I would have liked to meet you in person.You really are a funny guy.