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la aurora preferidos sapphire

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la aurora preferidos sapphire
the one in the blue tube. i'm gonna review all 5 colors eventually.


soft feel,not spongy though. light tobacco smell


xikar guillotine to cut,lit with my trusty bugatti torch.
light pepper,cocoa and cedary tobacco flavors in the first few puffs


1/3 in,the draw was a little tight at first,but it has opened up nicely.
really good burn for a perfecto. the trick is to smoke slow with small puffs.
average amount of smoke,has a leathery coffee taste when i retrohale


let's take a minute to say how we really feel about australia...i really like their hats...lol


halfway with a spicy creaminess that i'm really liking.
cedary tobacco and that leathery coffee from before is pleasing my palette.
great burn and draw from the start with a good looking ash


3/4 and it's getting a little peppery,didn't really expect that to happen.
tobacco still has a cedar taste,but it's also a little earthy tasting now.
leather has faded a bit,coffee has picked up a bit of cocoa flavor


last couple of inches and the ash fell as i was removing the band.
still smoking like a prize winner,with the same great flavors


the nub finished with a pretty good pepper kick,the creaminess faded with the leather,coffee with a touch of cocoa and earthy cedar tasting tobacco remained after 45 minutes of smoking.
Zilla,get a haircut,you hippie!


hope you enjoyed the review!
 

SkinsFanLarry

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Excellant review and pic's Ron! :thumbsup:

Please tell Zilla I like the new look! :thumbsup:
 
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Ha, everytime I see a review by shuckins I immediately click and read it.

I love these preferidos, by far my favorite is the one in the platinum tube, the Cameroon.
 
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