I would definitely take any review of a cigar from most of the major online cigar shops with a grain of salt, if you believe everything they say about the cigars you'd think each was rolled personally by Jesus in heaven. I've found most new cigars I like through word of mouth... most times when someone here suggested a cigar as being good it has been.
The topic of the way a cigar tastes is a pretty hot one, so you'll likely get different responses from different people.
My opinion is that 90-95% of a cigar tastes like tobacco, and in the rest you'll get subtle hints of other flavors like leather, chocolate, coffee, cream, grass (the kind you cut, not smoke), nuts, etc. But most of those flavors are very subtle and require time to discriminate. Certain cigars have distinct tastes to me (punch as being peppery/spicy for example), but they've only gotten that way after I've smoked a lot. Some cigars I smoke and don't get anything. In short, you're not missing anything if you don't pick up the tastes. There are a lot more people who have smoked a lot more than me who think the whole flavor/taste think is a load of crap.
Blowing some smoke through your nose can help to pick up flavors, but I smoke to relax and enjoy the cigar so that's not really the thing for me. If you're really interested in picking up some of these flavors you could try that. Doing some searches on the forum could help too, as the topic has been discussed before.
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