This thread is a perfect example of many great things:

-everyone has a different palate and you just don't know until you try it

-your palate and tastes change over time

-whenever you have cigars you are no longer interested in you can find someone who is and a trade ensues

-Ccom is the greatest meeting place in the Universe.

I love this place.

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oldsoulrevival:

Well, with all of the conflicting opinions, I am just going to have to see how I like them myself. Sniper, have you had a chance to smoke yours yet?

I did so last night sir, as promised. GOOD NEWS! Harpoon and I dont have to get divorced, because I had the exact same experience he did... went a little something like this...

1st 1/8 - solid light, decent draw, good power, notes of some pepper, nice!

2nd 1/8 - power still up high (good!), pepper mellowing out, so far so good!

3rd 1/8 - Whats that creeping in? Earth... wet earth...

4th 1/8 - REAL REAL wet earth!!!! The only thing I can think to compare it to is when you rake your leaves into a great big pile in your yard in the fall... then it rains. If for some reason you have had to rake those leaves again days later, that wet, composty smell that the leaves towards the bottom have? THATs what I was getting.

For the sake of the experiment, I finished the thing off and it pretty much stayed where the 4th 1/8 took me. Some good news to be had here - the months spent in the humi seems to have cleared up the burn issues I was having with them when they were younger. Also, the draw is where I percieve most cigar smokers to like it - I like mine very loose, but this one was not impossible to pull. Put out a good amount of smoke too.

Alright, DISCLAIMER TIME - If you are reading this imprompteau review, DO NOT let this dissuade you from trying the Dominus. While I does like me a powerhouse of a smoke, I find that with the fuller bodied lines is where I tend to not see eye-to-eye with the majority of folks. LOTS of people go gaga over the JdN Dark Corojo, but Ive never enjoyed it. Same thing with the LFD Double Ligero. Conversely, a lot of people think the Cain line is not Scottish (which makes it CRAP!), but I enjoy them, especially in the Nub size.

Go forth, try EVERYTHING you can get your hands on and decide for yourself if what you're smoking is a good stick or not. The single best piece of advice Ive ever gotten regarding cigars is this - nobody can tell you what is a good stick for you, better than YOU! :-)

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"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill

The Sniper:

oldsoulrevival:

Well, with all of the conflicting opinions, I am just going to have to see how I like them myself. Sniper, have you had a chance to smoke yours yet?

I did so last night sir, as promised. GOOD NEWS! Harpoon and I dont have to get divorced, because I had the exact same experience he did... went a little something like this...

1st 1/8 - solid light, decent draw, good power, notes of some pepper, nice!

2nd 1/8 - power still up high (good!), pepper mellowing out, so far so good!

3rd 1/8 - Whats that creeping in? Earth... wet earth...

4th 1/8 - REAL REAL wet earth!!!! The only thing I can think to compare it to is when you rake your leaves into a great big pile in your yard in the fall... then it rains. If for some reason you have had to rake those leaves again days later, that wet, composty smell that the leaves towards the bottom have? THATs what I was getting.

For the sake of the experiment, I finished the thing off and it pretty much stayed where the 4th 1/8 took me. Some good news to be had here - the months spent in the humi seems to have cleared up the burn issues I was having with them when they were younger. Also, the draw is where I percieve most cigar smokers to like it - I like mine very loose, but this one was not impossible to pull. Put out a good amount of smoke too.

Alright, DISCLAIMER TIME - If you are reading this imprompteau review, DO NOT let this dissuade you from trying the Dominus. While I does like me a powerhouse of a smoke, I find that with the fuller bodied lines is where I tend to not see eye-to-eye with the majority of folks. LOTS of people go gaga over the JdN Dark Corojo, but Ive never enjoyed it. Same thing with the LFD Double Ligero. Conversely, a lot of people think the Cain line is not Scottish (which makes it CRAP!), but I enjoy them, especially in the Nub size.

Go forth, try EVERYTHING you can get your hands on and decide for yourself if what you're smoking is a good stick or not. The single best piece of advice Ive ever gotten regarding cigars is this - nobody can tell you what is a good stick for you, better than YOU! :-)

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy, we're not getting a divorce!!!

Ummm...hmmmpppfff....scratch balls...tape man card back to ball cap....spit on carpet....errrr....contemplate naval.....

The one thing I can add is that after decent rest, my Dominus are from 8/10, the body comes way down. I'd no longer call them a powerhouse smoke at all, more like a solid medium plus. That part was kinda nice actually, and the burn was great.

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j0z3r:

Thought they were ok fresh, with some time on them they really start to blossom.

This. I still have a pair of Robustos from around the time I started smoking cigars, and the last time I burned one it was awesome. Black pepper, cedar, and super oily leather dominate. Big, bold, Nicaraguan flavor bombs.

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I had a couple of the churchills and enjoyed them. I've been meaning to pick up some more.

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Mohandas Gandhi.

bigharpoon:

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy, we're not getting a divorce!!!

Ummm...hmmmpppfff....scratch balls...tape man card back to ball cap....spit on carpet....errrr....contemplate naval.....

LMAO!!!

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"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill

If any of you guy's have some left and don't like them, just give me a shout. I will gladly trade you for them. I have liked these since they first came out.

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docbp87:

j0z3r:

Thought they were ok fresh, with some time on them they really start to blossom.

This. I still have a pair of Robustos from around the time I started smoking cigars, and the last time I burned one it was awesome. Black pepper, cedar, and super oily leather dominate. Big, bold, Nicaraguan flavor bombs.

To me, that's Padilla in a nutshell, they improve so much with time. I still have about half a box of 1932 torpedos that I bought about 3 years ago and they've gotten better and better.

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"Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth" Bill Hicks

I've got two with a couple months if anyone wants to trade

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catfishbluezz:

I've got two with a couple months if anyone wants to trade

What vitola are they? What do you want in return? PM me if interested.

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I bought the top tier sampler of Padillas - I'm totally new to the brand. I smoked a 1932 last night and it was fantastic. I noticed one thing that surprised me...and this is going to sound strange...but it tasted like chewing tobacco (long cut) smells. Not the mint or any flavored blends, but if you've had Copenhagen or Skoal straight, I got the taste like the tin smells when you open it. Just in-your-face tobacco. I really enjoyed it, and am interested to see if the other Padilla's are like this too.

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Been smoking since high school, drinking and smoking since college, and loving it ever since.

laker1963:

catfishbluezz:

I've got two with a couple months if anyone wants to trade

What vitola are they? What do you want in return? PM me if interested.

PM sent

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