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Li Bai, the inclusion of that anecdote with your student was brilliant. What a great way to explain to us, clearly, how a brilliant student can present themselves poorly and in the same the way, so can a potentially great cigar.

Recent Quai d'Orsay releases that have had good and bad batches? Yes, I can relate to that...totally!

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Thank you @JohnS you're too kind !

To be honest after picking and sampling that first box I just thought this 52 was worthless. But I came across another box, maybe 5 or 6 months after, and the cigars were so beautiful, shiny, with a smell indescribable...I HAD to pick one. Smoked it right away and came back to the shop the same day to acquire the box. 

 

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I had a few from the first batches earlier this year and I enjoyed them. I'd say certainly as good as the 54. Quite a large cigar as well. 

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  On 6/1/2024 at 6:41 AM, NSXCIGAR said:

I had a few from the first batches earlier this year and I enjoyed them. I'd say certainly as good as the 54. Quite a large cigar as well. 

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Agreed about the 54, I find them quite similar tastewise (when they're on of course). Do you remember the box code and dates ? Were their wrappers colorado or lighter in shade? I'm investigating 🤔

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The third box I bought:

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Sorry for the poor quality but I had never seen such a difference in wrappers inside a same box. I only took the top layer (on the right) as the bottom one had close to no smell and reminded me of my first box.

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  On 6/1/2024 at 7:00 AM, Li Bai said:

Agreed about the 54, I find them quite similar tastewise (when they're on of course). Do you remember the box code and dates ? Were their wrappers colorado or lighter in shade? I'm investigating 🤔

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Don't know the code as they were Mexican and the health stickers cover the bottom. Would have likely been mid-23 as I smoked it in early 24. Wrappers were lighter, closer to your pic on the left. 

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  On 6/1/2024 at 6:41 AM, NSXCIGAR said:

I had a few from the first batches earlier this year and I enjoyed them.

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  On 6/1/2024 at 11:04 PM, NSXCIGAR said:

Would have likely been mid-23 as I smoked it in early 24.

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Alright, the first boxes I've seen were JUN/JUL 22 and that's those I referred to when I said first batch.

In France, they were quite easy to find at the time and many compadres share my experience with those early boxes.

The wonderful one I acquired later was an UBL DIC 22. In the French community we quite agree that the liga has been changed in the meantime though I can't be sure about that of course. 

Maybe it was just bad luck with this one box JUL 22 but I've been avoiding lighter wrappers in Qd'O cigars since then. 

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It’s wild that a $700 box of cigars is a crap shoot. Don’t know whether they're a dud or not. It was kinda cute when they were $250 a box.

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  On 6/2/2024 at 8:51 AM, bmac said:

It’s wild that a $700 box of cigars is a crap shoot. Don’t know whether they're a dud or not. It was kinda cute when they were $250 a box.

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Well this one's a 10 box so it hurts a bit less. In France MSRP was around 200 euros at the time which is not "much" nowadays but still too much for disappointing cigars, or course.

A 25 box goes now for 547,50 euros but they're nowhere to be found.

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  On 6/2/2024 at 9:14 AM, Li Bai said:

Well this one's a 10 box so it hurts a bit less. In France MSRP was around 200 euros at the time which is not "much" nowadays but still too much for disappointing cigars, or course.

A 25 box goes now for 547,50 euros but they're nowhere to be found.

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I see them at 805 usd with online vendors.

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I had the 52 recently as well. It was ok, but it didn’t taste like a Cuban cigar. I‘m not a smoker of strong cigars by any means, but this lacked complexity. Although the size is great. 

The 50s though have been quite good sometimes. 

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  On 6/3/2024 at 7:14 PM, Garand said:

I had the 52 recently as well. It was ok, but it didn’t taste like a Cuban cigar. I‘m not a smoker of strong cigars by any means, but this lacked complexity. Although the size is great. 

The 50s though have been quite good sometimes. 

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Was the wrapper colorado or lighter on the 52?

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I like the Corona Claro a lot and the 50 is decent. 54 can be real good. I've held off on trying these and will until I hear otherwise. Thanks for the review.

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  On 6/3/2024 at 7:29 PM, Garand said:

I would say lighter, definitely not Colorado. 

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I've avoided those since my first box, fwiw...

  On 6/3/2024 at 7:42 PM, Ford2112 said:

I like the Corona Claro a lot and the 50 is decent. 54 can be real good. I've held off on trying these and will until I hear otherwise. Thanks for the review.

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I love the 54, this 52 when it's on is very similar but longer.

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