:-) And I don't smoke them at all now, I should try one again sometime.
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SLR serie A

Toddzilla, a few years ago.
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The first cigar that really grabbed me and got my attention was a Tatuaje Especiales gifted to me at my first herf.
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padron 3000 Maddy... pre-light aroma is choco goodness
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Hemingway Short Story. Perfect intro: Not too long, not too strong, but great flavor and a perfect burn.
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My First "Cigar" was a Dunhill Altimiras Tubo 4 years ago while Deer hunting... I had been smoking a pipe for about a year prior to that I stuck to the sweet Blends (Honey Maple, Blue Note, Vanilla etc...) about 2 years ago I tried an "AF Short Story" and down I went! The cigar smoking has crossed my pipe smoking over to the english blends and I have never looked back.
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Well, I was North of 40 and on my first "real" vacation in years, when I ambled into a beer store just outside Ocean City, NJ. I had been wanting to try something other than the turds you usually get at weddings, etc. So I grabbed a Romeo Julieta 1875. From there I hit CAO, Carlos Torano, Helix, Fuente, Pepin, Padron. I rate them all on an Excel sheet and will continue enjoying.
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Cusano 18 paired maduro was the first higher end cigar that I really enjoyed, I have not had one in over a year, maybe I should pick one up and give it another try and see if I still enjoy it

EDIT: I should also add the Padron X000 series, those and the cusanos were my first cigar favorites (padrons are still)
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The cigars that actually hooked me were the RPV90 and Gurkha Regent Warrior box pressed.
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The first stick that hooked me was coincidentally the first non Phillie Blunt I ever smoked :-)
It was an AF 858. Ironically, I'm not too big of a fan of these anymore.
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padron 3000 and partagas short
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I had swiped some of my dad's stogies when I was a kid and tried them...and of course having no smoking etiquette, I tossed my lunch. Tried some sticks in college at parties but it was just a prop to look cool in front of the chicks, I still lacked the knowledge of how to enjoy a cigar.
Then, one year for Christmas, unplanned, almost everyone gave me cigar paraphernalia...I guess because I drive vintage cars, drink scotch and play golf everyone assumed "he looks like a cigar smokin' kinda guy!"
So here I am with all this awesome cigar stuff...and not a single cigar.
Went to the local B&M, reluctantly admitted my noobness and asked about cigar etiquette and what's good for a budget noob.
Got my questioned answered and left with 2 Punch Rare Corojo Rothschilds...
...bought a box of them the next week.
So like many of you, concerning the friendly well informed B&M owner...should I thank him or curse him?:-)
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First one I feel in love with was a CAO Odyssey.
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Started out about 30 yrs ago on HavaTampa's then it was an occasional Mac or Punch, Then 14 yrs ago I picked up a box of AF 858s for my sons birth, would pick up a box every once in a while. About 5 yrs ago a friend turned me on to CAO Brazillas, well bought my first humidor 3 yrs ago, 100 count that now has morphed into a end table cabinet. And there's a box of 858s in there along with a lot more (dam Cigar Monster):-)
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It was winter of 2007 and I wanted to get into cigars. I figured it was going to be like wine with different tastes, hints, notes of flavor like wine. I worked at the airport and my supervisor was flying overseas. The plan was to have him pick up a box of cigars for me at the Duty Free store.

I joined CigAff and decided that I was gonna pick up a box of Davidoff Short Perfectos. A lot of the members on there were skeptical that someone with no real cigar exp. would pick up a box of said cigars. I did, I enjoyed them and passed a few around to other members of that forum. Then I found the old forum and found the BABOTL. And as they say the rest is history.
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For me, it was an Opus #4 that I fired up the first time we used the fire pit after we moved into our current house over 4 years ago. I'd been smoking for almost a year before then, but that was the one that truly got me hooked into this obsession. :-)
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A buddy gave me a baccarat on the golf course and I really enjoyed the experience of it while playing golf. A few months later the same buddy got me a part-time job at the local B&M when I was laid off from my full time gig at the time. It was all down hill from there.
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Licenciados was one of the very first cigars I ever smoked! it's been over 10 years...maybe even longer, like 15 or so..anyways my wife and I were out camping and I smoked one of them at the campfire...I thought it was awesome!! of course my tastes in cigars have evolved since then...
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For me it was a Padron 2000 Maduro
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My first premium hand rolled cigar was an Arturo Fuente Spanish Lonsdale. My second was a Padron Maduro Londres. I have not had a Spanish Lonsdale in a long time but I still buy Londres frequently.
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