I don’t know much about this blend, except that the cigar is made from Nicaraguan tobacco and has a beautiful dark wrapper with some veins. The cigar has no band. The Taboo Exotic Blend II that I smoked was a 5 x 50 maduro.

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The cigar has a weird, acidy aroma which reminded me a bit of urine. I had these cigars for over a year so they aged a bit, and it definitely wasn’t ammonia that I smelled. The predraw was fine and gave me a raisin flavor.

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I can taste the flavor of dried hay and chocolate, soon to be joined by my friend pepper. The flavors give me a dry feeling in my mouth. Halfway the chocolate disappears and all I taste is a bitter spice. An inch later the chocolate returns as a supporting flavor on the background. The bitterness slowly fades away and the chocolate grows stronger towards the end.

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The draw is very good, the right amount of resistance. I get a lot of white, thick smoke and the ash, which has some dark spots in it, is firm. The burn is pretty straight. This is a medium flavored medium bodied cigar.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes, I prefer these over the twists that are too mild for me.

Appearance: 7 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 7 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 6 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10
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Nice Review, Ferdie! FWIW, I've Smoked Many Of The Taboo Exotic Blend II & Original Exotic Blend & Prefer The "Original".:-)
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Other than the urine aroma, it sounds like this was a pretty good smoke. Thanks for sharing--I keep hearing about the Taboos but I haven't had any.
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go get 'em Michael, Rob is a stand up guy, member of the Asylum and he offers great deals.
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Ferdie...only you could provide a review with the word urine in it.
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and still make it sound good, right?
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Exactly!! :-)
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Nice review Ferdie.
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