Opus X ... Am I Missing Something

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Can you teach us how to simply smell a stick and know if it is up to par? Does it tell you how good it will taste?

Opus have a certain aroma by smelling the cigar even not holding it directly to the nose; if you can smell it from a inch or two away; its going to be pretty dam good. If you have a few different sizes in your humidor; give it a try; you'll notice some are "faint" an some are "dead on" .

Hidden Power; munchies.

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

Hidden Power; munchies.

No sa!

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

Opus have a certain aroma by smelling the cigar even not holding it directly to the nose; if you can smell it from a inch or two away; its going to be pretty dam good. If you have a few different sizes in your humidor; give it a try; you'll notice some are "faint" an some are "dead on" .

I wish I had the nose that knows how well a cigar will smoke purely based on smell. Would this be true for all cigars or just Opus X?

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

I wish I had the nose that knows how well a cigar will smoke purely based on smell. Would this be true for all cigars or just Opus X?

When you smoke a certain cigar like people more a certain brand of cigarettes; you get the hand of it. I wouldn't be able to tell with another cigar brand.

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

When you smoke a certain cigar like people more a certain brand of cigarettes; you get the hand of it. I wouldn't be able to tell with another cigar brand.

I think you may have the most unique nose in the cigar community to claim that you can tell how tasty a cigar will be purely based on smell. I have had plenty of cigars that smelled amazing and tasted less than OK and some that smelled like a barnyard that smoked amazing. Its a good thing you can tell which one will even be good before you even light it.