Flor De Oliva...

I bought a bundle of these a few months back on recommendation.

I wanted a cheaper good smoke to fill the humi but mainly a nice yard gar...

I have tried them on 4 different occasions(I have 21 left) and I cannot stand them! They just seem very "stinky" for lack of a better term. I bought the Maduro..5x50 I think.

Do these get any better after possibly a few minutes? I have tried them a few times and just can't seem to like them. I put them out after maybe a half inch.

If any of you have any ideas let me know. Or if you like these and want to trade please let me know also! haha


I will be buying Roly's I think next time. However right now I have no space in the humi's so it will be a while.

Ill take em. LMK what you want for them

You know...the bad thing about working in a cigar store, is that you tend to get 'spoiled' on good smokes. For the longest time, I used to turn my nose up, at the FdO bundles, simply because they were a bundled stick, and I was too new and stupid to cigars to know that you can get a good stick, in bundles. But after seeing customer after customer grab these things by the handful, I finally decided to give them a try...and am glad I did.

In my experience with these sticks, almost always, the first half inch or so is harsh, nasty and bitter.....BUT...once the cigar warms up, they settle down into a very good, tasty smoke. It's just getting them to that point, that can be painful...but I think it's worth it.

Just my humble opinion....YMMV

Scot

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Originally Posted by Sadiq

You know...the bad thing about working in a cigar store, is that you tend to get 'spoiled' on good smokes. For the longest time, I used to turn my nose up, at the FdO bundles, simply because they were a bundled stick, and I was too new and stupid to cigars to know that you can get a good stick, in bundles. But after seeing customer after customer grab these things by the handful, I finally decided to give them a try...and am glad I did.

In my experience with these sticks, almost always, the first half inch or so is harsh, nasty and bitter.....BUT...once the cigar warms up, they settle down into a very good, tasty smoke. It's just getting them to that point, that can be painful...but I think it's worth it.

Just my humble opinion....YMMV

Scot

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You are new but your comments seem honest.

I decided against selling them. I Am sending out a fiver to a fellow BOTL. I will give one another shot this week. If anything possibly make a trade or two.

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You are new but your comments seem honest.

I decided against selling them. I Am sending out a fiver to a fellow BOTL. I will give one another shot this week. If anything possibly make a trade or two.

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Great....now Kevin will be all over me, for jacking his trade.. :smiley36:

scott is a regular at a few other bb's...he works at rockys,which is an account of mine...he's good peeps,as is his boss,mike,who posts as humidormg.....


welcome scott!!!!....:smiley20:

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Originally Posted by Sadiq

Great....now Kevin will be all over me, for jacking his trade.. :smiley36:

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Nah Scot I was just offering to trade him some primos for the bundle cigars. If he wants to keep them he should and give them another try. Oliva makes some great product.

Welcome to the board bro:smiley1:

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Originally Posted by kevin7

Nah Scot I was just offering to trade him some primos for the bundle cigars. If he wants to keep them he should and give them another try. Oliva makes some great product.

Welcome to the board bro:smiley1:

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I Am going to try to get past the first half inch and see what happens. If not I will get a hold of you. :smiley40:

I've only had one Oliva bundled stick, it was a cameroon wrapper, that's all I can remember, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was for a cigar that cost only a little over $2 each.

The maduro FDO's do get much sweeter after at least 6 months.But,I think they are sweet from the door,just not as sweet as aged.
The corojo is my other favorite FDO and also does great with age,it smooths out the spiceyness of the raw new bundle.The corojo I had yesterday was 9months old under 65%RH and it was so damn tastey,smooth,and burned perfectly.
The burns on FDO's are a perfect even burn and bright white strong ash that always goes 4in or better,especially the maduro.
I will take an FDO over a roly,connie,or el credito any day.