And the main reason I will avoid offering any thoughts is it leads to exchanges like this.
Every review is just an opinion. I don't have the desire to argue my opinion.
I was asked once on another site how I describe floral as I was looking for more "floral" type cigar suggestions.
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Well that opens wide the flood gates, in a 'sense' (pun intended). There are many different flowering plants. Each one has it's own smell and can run the gambit from musky to sweet. I am not trying to be difficult here, I love making a study of the senses. I just wanted to know how the OP defines "floral" as that can have many different flavors/scents. If we go off of floral just meaning 'relating to a flower', then ANY cigar would fall into that category as tobacco is a flowering plant.
My response:
Frankly I wouldn't want to spend my smoking time trying to pin down a flavor to a specific plant even if I could. It seems that the general cigar smoking world is OK with generalities as long as they tie to a cigar flavor wheel.
Up until a couple of years ago I was a casual cigar smoker of NC's. Over the past year and a half I have found (thanks to many) that I like CC's much, much more. So much so thats all I smoke now. With that I will explain "floral" as it is to me.
Last year I had a Partagas from the 1970's that really had a "taste" that I fell in love with. I couldn't put my finger on it but it reminded me of flowers. Talking with one BOTL and explaining what I found he said, "like potpourri?". BAM! That was it! That was what I had in my head that I couldn't put my finger on! It tasted like potpourri smells! After that I found the flavor wheel and the BROAD category of "floral". Since that seems to be an accepted term that's what I have used. So since that Partagas from the 70"s I have been forever in search of "floral" cigars.
In one of Docs posts he said it was, "perfumy...like smoking a bouquet of flowers. " So it seems I'm in good company with my use of the term.
http://www.internationalcigarclub.co...ghlight=floral
I could spend a lot more time on this but I think this covers it more than enough.
Between reading your avatar and this post I am way behind on things that need to get done around the house.
To all that have posted their thoughts here I truly appreciate it.
Some of my favorites :
Partagas 1970's
One of the top two cigars I have ever had
Rey Del Mundo Lunch Club
Draw perfect / Burn perfect / Great floral flavor with tons of smoke / Note to self, buy a box
Quai Dorsay Corona Claro
One of my favorites, first box purchase has NEVER let me down
San Luis Rey Petit Corona
Draw perfect / Burn perfect / Floral clearly evident. Note to self, buy a box
2000 La Gloria Cubana Medaille D'or #1
Great cigar Draw was perfect / Burn was perfect / A lot of floral from start to finish.
Sancho Panza Corona
Great cigar Draw was perfect / Burn was great till the last two inches and got a little rough / not an overwhelming floral presence but one I would love to have around!
Ramone Allones Specially Selected
This is a cigar that has won a spot on my favorites of all time list. Just a truly enjoyable smoke from start to finish. Not to light and not as heavy as a Cohiba.
San Cristobal de la Habana El Principie
Wonderful cigar - Great draw - Even burn - Tons of creamy smoke / Floral
Ramone Allones Small Club Corona
Always room in my humidor for this line! RASS has to be one of my most favored smokes. Creamy floral this guy fills the bill again! Great draw, burn and taste!
********* Response:
Thanks. I now know what you mean when you say floral.
I think your list goes to show that taste is VERY subjective. I would never put some of those on your list into a "floral" category as defined by you. Furthermore, when I think of potpourri, I think of a horrible type of smell. Like a craft store might smell. Personally, I can't stand potpourri (and yes I know there is practically an endless variety of potpourri scents)
I think that Fauntleroy has a great point. When describing "floral" most are going off of the notes of well known flowers. And of some thier definition's may have a wider or smaller range depending on the list of flowers they are referencing in thier head.
For my personal list of cigars that taste like a 'bouquet of fowers':
Vegueros #1 and #2
LGC Mdle #4
ErdM PC