I had seen these cigars in the past and always left them for what they are, as I was afraid it would be a bad cigar due to the Playboy logo. I expected this to be a ‘status symbol’ cigar, made for posers instead of true cigar lovers. The appearance of this 5 x 52 cigar is pretty with a flawless dark wrapper. The oily Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper has hardly any veins although it has some spots on it. The cigar band is simple, black with a silver edge and a silver Playboy logo printed on it. The construction seems to be good, I didn’t feel any hard of soft spots on inspecting this cigar with its Dominican, Nicaraguan and Peruvian filler with the Connecticut broadleaf binder. I did notice that the wrapper has a very smooth feel to it. The aroma is quite nice with a barnyard feel to it. Cutting it with my Palio was easy. The predraw is pretty light and leaves me with a sweet but peppery flavor on the lips.

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Upon lighting the cigar with my torch could taste coffee, full flavored with a hint of nutty toast. After a few puffs, the nutty flavor grows in strength. The coffee flavor slowly disappears while the nutty flavor grows. The toasty aftertaste remains. After about a third the coffee flavor is gone completely and its all nuts and toast.

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At the halfway point the toasty aftertaste is replaced by a chocolate flavor and later on even some pepper. At 2/3rd the cigar gains power and becomes hot, it leaves a bit of a burning sensation on the tip of my tongue but the flavors are still very nice. I slow my smoking down to let the cigar cool a little and the burning sensation disappears so I can enjoy the last few puffs and part from this surprisingly good cigar.

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The cigar produces a nice amount of smoke. The burn is flawless until midway, the burn starts to get crooked there and its getting hard to keep the cigar lit. After I corrected it, the burn was fine again. The draw started as a bit too easy but the resistance increased along the way without becoming too hard. The silver gray ash is a perfect combination with the silver & black band with Playboy logo. At the end, the ash splitted.



The cigar starts out as a medium bodied cigar, but it grown in strength to a full to medium bodied cigar with quite some nicotine build up, it made me a little light headed. Flavor wise I can only say that this is a full flavored smoke.

Would I buy this cigar again? If the price is right, yeah!


Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 6 / 10
Appearance: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 8 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 8 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10
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Thanks for the review:-)
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Great review!!!

You were spot on with the flavor and strength profile!!!:-)
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That's exactly what I thought when I saw this cigar. If the price is right, I may have to at least try one. Thanks for the review.
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Now I may actually be interested in trying one. Hopefully some models come with them. :-)
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Are these the same Playboy cigars by Don Diego just with a new band? I really liked them.
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as far as I know, these are made by Altadis.
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:-)
Thanks for the review. :-)
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I got mine in the 3 for $9 sampler and yes at $3 I would say they are a great cigar.
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Altadis is still running there offer, 3 for $7.95.

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I'll try one. I liked the Diego Pboys.
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I just bit on this deal again, yesterday. They take a while to arrive, but you can't beat the price.

Thanks for the GREAT review (as usual). :-)
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Sweet review, they'll be reciving a visit tomorrow
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This cigar is nothing like the Don Diego version.

Playboy by Don Diego = Mild.

Playboy = Full Flavored.

Personally I found them at opposite ends of the spectrum -- i.e. the former is very mild and the latter is very full.
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Thanks Ferdie.
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