cdegenerate Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 New to FOH and fairly new to CC’s. Smoked an HDM Epi No.2 and I was hooked. The floral notes on it were so upfront. Any other recommendations for heavy floral sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Trini coloniales with a couple of years on them. Cake like floral sweetness abounds. I wouldn't directly call it floral. But I think you'll like Quai D'Orsay Coronas. Creamy portage oatiness, with tannic cedar. Touches of anise. Vanilla. Just amazing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 For me, Rafael Gonzalez has always been the king of floral. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomF Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 56 minutes ago, db13 said: La Gloria Cubana Yes! The Medaille D'Or #4 is wonderfully floral. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponfed Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 29 minutes ago, TomF said: Yes! The Medaille D'Or #4 is wonderfully floral. I smoked a HdM Elegantes recently that was fairly floral in the first third. Will try to notice on the next one if it was just circumstances or if its constant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdegenerate Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 13 hours ago, 99call said: I wouldn't directly call it floral. But I think you'll like Quai D'Orsay Coronas. Creamy portage oatiness, with tannic cedar. Touches of anise. Vanilla. Just amazing Thank you for help. Good start 11 hours ago, TomF said: Yes! The Medaille D'Or #4 is wonderfully floral. This one was just mentioned on another forum. I’ll add to list. Thank you 12 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said: For me, Rafael Gonzalez has always been the king of floral. Perlas had a slight note for me. But I’ve only smoked that one and only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump89 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Rafael Gonzalez and JLPC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Another vote for Rafael Gonzalez. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponfed Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 24 minutes ago, crking3 said: I recently had a RG Perlas 2011 and was very impressed with it.....dark coffee predominated and the smoke was super soft a creamy ......didn’t pick up any floral characteristics tho.....maybe I’m just not attuned ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My experience is that the floral notes disappear with age. That seems to hold for all cigars. My theory is that the volatile compounds that evoke floral notes are really unstable and break down with age. Same thing with the fruitiness in SLR Regios. Just me experience though. YMMV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David88 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Like others I would say Raphael Gonzalez, both the pc and Perla I find to have a floral character. Also the HdM elegantes was noticeably floral when fresh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponfed Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, David88 said: Also the HdM elegantes was noticeably floral when fresh See! I told the voices in my head I wasn't crazy! Elegantes ARE floral. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 14 hours ago, crking3 said: I recently had a RG Perlas 2011... You must have some solid connections since the Perlas was a 2012 release. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 14 hours ago, ponfed said: My experience is that the floral notes disappear with age. That seems to hold for all cigars. My theory is that the volatile compounds that evoke floral notes are really unstable and break down with age. Same thing with the fruitiness in SLR Regios. Just me experience though. YMMV. I can tell you that I had one of @PigFish's early 2000s RGCE last year and it was off the charts floral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponfed Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 15 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said: I can tell you that I had one of @PigFish's early 2000s RGCE last year and it was off the charts floral. Whoops... well that's a data point that puts a big ol hole in my theory..... Is there anybody on this forum that has a background in organic chemistry and that could give us a clue about these aromas and flavors like fruitiness or floral. You know, things that you wouldn't think you would get out of burning tobacco? Outside of lakeland style pipe tobacco, I never got floral except for some few habanos ( and the Lakeland are sauced so it doesn't count) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponfed Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said: You must have some solid connections since the Perlas was a 2012 release. There's a guy I met in Santa Clara, in Cuba. His uncle works in the factory and.... you know... ? Kidding @crking3 , I'm sure it's a mistake or typo. Not like my glasstop 'didos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikB72 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Funny how the brain works... smoking a RG Panatelas Extra while reading this thread and all of a sudden I taste floral notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthson Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Rafael Gonzalez PC Fonseca no 1 LGC MdO 4 Partagas Chicos Illusione mk RyJ sometimes surprise me with shots of flowers. It happens sporadically - sometimes even as a fleeting theme in random RASS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 8 hours ago, crking3 said: Nice find, indeed they were in circulation in late 11. Looks like mostly to Spain in 2011, so one would have to have been able to snag some from Europe right then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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