I'm the one that triggered all this. I'm in a boxpass with the fellow that Oblik mentions. He in fact started the pass, and I was the first recipient. Noticed that the Esplendido in the box was fake, pulled it, and let the guy know. He maintains that he got the cigar from Oblik. He has no reason to lie, and from what I understand his entire stock of Cohibas comes from Oblik.

I don't know any of you guys from Adam, but the bottom line in my book is if any of you have Cohibas with bands that resemble the one on the left in the picture below, you are smoking fakes. Yeah, it smells Cuban and may in fact be a good cigar, but it ain't no Cohiba:



Have a nice day.