Humidor Ivan's Box

Quite satisfactory cigar - the taste is perfect maduro, medium to strong, yet very well balanced, so well, that the aroma is gentle... perfect! 2 remarks on the quality - first, the ash was falling on flakes, not very strong, one have to remove it more often and second, the second band, where 'Le Bijou' is written was glued to the wrapper and hard to remove, even when warm - I took it with a piece of the wrapper, which spoiled a bit the smoking experience in the last third. Overall would gladly taste again, the aroma is very fine.

Good humidor, fit for purpose, especially if you season it nicely before using, but the hygrometer is 10% off from where it should be and you can't easily calibrate and adjust, as on the adjustment bolt there is a drop of lacquer and you can't twist it, nor is easy to clean the lacquer in the tiny hole... rather you should remember how much the measurement is off or change the hygrometer.

Visually very nice, rolled well, not too tight, but quite evenly. Lights easy, burns nice, the wrapper a bit unevenly, which is normal for a maduro wrapper. Qualitywise is good cigar. In terms of taste I kind of expected more from the maduro wrapper - it had the typical aromas, but not strong enough, not tasty enough... good cigar, but depends on the taste...

I am a fan of Macanudo, especially the maduro series - the aroma is great, very reach and complete, without the cigars being strong, which for me is the perfect combination. Good cigar, good ~60 min smoke, the maduro wrapper is not burning too good, but this is normal for maduro, all the rest - smoke, draw, etc. is perfect. However, the price is a bit high due to the glass tube, one that looks very fancy, but is not needed - for example Hyde Park is 1.50 Euro cheaper, yet same format and quality (even a bit bigger ring).

Very good cigar, strong, but the maduro wrapper gives very nice mild yet smooth full taste... A bit expensive for 50 min smoking, but worths trying for sure.

Hmm, good quality, but very light taste - some leather and cream and that is it, pepper when going to the end - not sure if the particular cigar was the problem, per reviews it should have much bigger and stronger taste range... this one was very muted!

The cigar started very well, not too strong and quite pleasant. But there was a straw inside and in the middle of the cigar there was tar dripping on big nasty brown drops from the cut - this is the first time I see this - was not able to finish the cigar.

Decent first half, second one becoming too hot as a taste, almost unpleasant, overall no much aroma, definitely one can expect more from the taste. Everything else is fine - good quality in terms of shape, vision, burning, smoke, ash and draw, quite easy to smoke, but one smokes the cigar for the taste at first place...

Overall this is one of my favorite cuban cigars, though cubans are to strong for my taste. However, the last one is not burning well, neither is rolled well, hard to smoke - maybe will not finish it, as losing patience. For this price range, better behaviour is expected.

4 years ago a friend gave me a bundle of Domaine de Lavalette blue band corona cigars and they were quite decent, I shared some with friends and the cigars were overall well accepted... I took cigarworld.de page from the band and last year started ordering from the site on a regular base - the price of the cigars is same like in Bulgaria, but there is much more choice... in the first order I ordered some Domaine with red label (Nicaragua) and they were quite good, especially the robusto. I wanted to try the 660 from the maduro, since I like maduro wrappers, but it was missing for some time, meanwhile took a free sample of the 460... and the cigar is quite a no-go for me. It looks decent, but when squeezed between fingers, there are gaps, the cigar is overall lightly rolled, not enough tobacco for such a format. I lit the cigar, it was burning inconsistently, more from one side, less from the other, then cracked in the middle from the heat... the ash was falling on flakes... too much smoke, also coming from the front of the cigar, and not the typical white-blue smoke, but milky white and yellow, like chemistry... like the smokes we used to make from nitrate and newspapers to throw at the neighborhood football games. Taste was a bit of cream or chocolate, but hidden behind some bitter and sour front-taste... at 15 min smoking I felt nausea and left the cigar down... for me, this is a cigar I personally cannot smoke...