Hey all:

I have been lurking here for some time but I've recently registered so I can get some advice (hopefully). I recently bought a humidor using eBay (I know, I know) and I think I got a dud. The cedar aroma is overpowering my smokes!

I have other humidors and when I open them I get just a hint of cedar smell. The new humidor smells like a cedar chest designed to protect clothes from moths! My cigars taste like cedar and I'm thinking that the cedar in the humidor is not Spanish cedar as was advertised.

My question is, how can I be sure? How do you tell the difference between Spanish cedar and regular cedar? I need some authoritative advice in order to square this with the vendor and either get a decent humidor or get my $ back.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Michael