Siglo Limited Reserve

[daniyal]

I still retain the title of cigar nerd, but the blatant deceptive band and name just pissed me off. They are clearly relying on ignorance to boost their sales, the damn thing looks like a Cohiba and is called the Siglo series. They could at least TRY to cover up their evil ways. You know me, I will probably smoke one anyway.

Agreed seems like they're trying just about everything to get the stick out if I saw these while on vacation I'd think they were Cohiba rip offs wouldn't surprise me if they started rolling garbage in them if it catches on.

 

[Zen Cigar Man]

I still retain the title of cigar nerd, but the blatant deceptive band and name just pissed me off. They are clearly relying on ignorance to boost their sales, the damn thing looks like a Cohiba and is called the Siglo series. They could at least TRY to cover up their evil ways. You know me, I will probably smoke one anyway.

There that's better.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I found the packaging and the band to be stunning.

So did I; stunningly awful.

no, because when I saw this cigar in the shop, I stuck my nose up to it. Then my buddy and the shop owners were talking about it, and how new the blend is etc. I had to try it, and actually broke my "cigar ego"; gotta try everything and giving it a chance without dismissing it until you've tried it.

You know Wiggy, while I understand what you mean (and in fact have heard the same thing over and over from other cigar smokers) I don't see how that has anything to do with the DESIGN OF THE PACKAGING.

Certainly, anyone's overall impression of the product--including the packaging--can improve after a positive experience, but that doesn't change the facts that:

(A) the design is a blatent rip-off of Cohiba, regardless of how authorized it is through Altadis.

(B) the design isn't even a particularly well executed rip-off. It somehow looks cheaper than most crappy Mexican Fauxhibas.

(C) the paper-wrapped box is painfully cheap and slapped together.


So from purely a packaging design standpoint, not the product itself or my own impression of the brand, my profession opinion (I am a graphic designer, after all) I think it's safe to say that THE DESIGN is shit.

But make no mistake; that is 100% irrelevant to the taste/construction of the cigar.