MEGA Review: Felicia (My Father Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo)

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Taste 2nd Third:
Getting a little acrid...purge helped a bit.	Pretty much the same (Spicy, tasted earthy).
Musky sweet tobacco. More flavors coming out now. Still full body and flavor. A little toothy. Some light mint. Oily too, and needs a purge.	Had a little flavor to it now that the 3in1 oil wore off.
Wow, went bland big time. Strange. Ash held well and wasn't flaky like other's experienced. Strength is med-full. I guess I can taste a little wood/earth and maybe leather but I'm reaching. Still nice amount of smoke, and my burn is straight. Taste just went away, bummer.	Not much changed during the 2nd third, except a slight ''buttery'' taste began to develop and tapered off as time went on.
I don't remember anything at all.	Not a bad cigar, but lacks some depth, I think. I notice that there isn't much aftertaste in this middle realm. Taste doesn't linger very long before it's gone.
Raisin/date sweetness. Secondary notes of roasted caramel. Light creamy mouth feel.	Same (some spice tobacco pepper).
There is nothing wrong with Felicia. It could be the beautiful day and fantastic beer, but I'm rather enjoying her company. The burn finally got close enough to the booger to heat it up and flake off, and she's none the worse for wear. Nothing standing out flavor wise but pleasant is the overwhelming feeling I'm getting. Time for another beer.	More spice at this point and the cigar is kinda acting a bit like a sleep on me, seeming not so powerful and then sneaking up and kicking me in the backside a little. Very woodsy but very good. I am definitely enjoying this cigar at this point. Makes me wish like heck I was out side with my friends next to a nice fire, on the other hand I can deny that this smoke has paired amazingly well with my choice of T.V. show and my rum. I have worked past the wrapper issue and I am having a very good smoke.
Much more of the same. Seems one dimensional to me. The ash is somewhat flakey.	Harsher. Not much other than burnt flavor. A little spice with a nose exhale.
Same (very woody and leathery but no sweetness).	Developed a more grassy/hay taste. The spice has dropped right off. Earthy leather becoming the dominant flavor profile. Very strong cigar and full bodied. Experienced some light headedness.

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Taste 3rd Third:
More of the acrid...continuing purges needed.	Same (Spicy, tasted earthy).
Cracking wrapper. Burning ok. Mint, oily thick and rich. Needs another purge.	Right at the end it had a little taste to it.
Strengh, full. Taste, bland. This cigar was interesting for a couple minutes, then the only thing that seemed to change was it's strength.	I had to purge the smoke at this point, which 0brought the ''buttery'' taste back. But, it quickly disappeared again.
Feeling green...	Good amount of smoke, this cigar is burning kind of quick - maybe it's me. It's freezing outside. then the tar comes. It's like I bit into a pen or something. First, it's just a little bit, then it intensifies. Not a fan. I thought about re-cutting, but pushed through. From that point, it just started getting bitter.
Pleasant bitter black coffee taste. Slightly sweet.	Ramped up spice and pepper.
Solid buzz going. Just read the label and this damn beer is 8.4% I'm starting to think the third beer was a bad idea. Oh, the cigar is ok too. Not a lot going on.	Started really good but then it went downhill due to operator error. I became distracted and let it die. It did not fare well on the relight. Became a bit hot and acrid tasting. Overall B- but again operator error killed it I think.
I'm starting to get some tar buildup. Clipped the foot, but it's still there. At least there's some zing to this thing finally. And I can feel the buzz from the tar.	Really harsh. More burnt flavor. No more spice. Watery eyes and burnt nostril hairs with nose exhale.
Towards where the band should be it got potent and pungent like a lot of Nic cigars seem to get to me.	All leather now. No more spice at this point of the cigar. Developing a bit of an oily mouth feel. Grass/hay taste is also gone. Last quarter getting a bit acrid.

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