Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg View Post
I've never been 'blown away' by any cigar... but then my top dollar cigar expenditure is about $35/5pk. I won't spend any more than that on rolled up rotting leaves. I tried a $12 Padron once. It was good but it wasn't what I'd call twice as good as a $6 cigar. I've smoked a bowl in my pipe and thought "Wow! This is the best blend EVAR" only to smoke the same blend in the same pipe 2 days later and have a 'meh' experience... so it wasn't the particular blend after all but just one of those magical moments.
A man after my own heart as I've been smoking cigars and pipes for over 40 years and I can't seem to pay over $10 for almost every cigar out there except for some CC's and Opus. Funny you mention the "magical moments" with tobaccos as when you're in those moments you can love a big girl as much as a skinny girl if the planets are aligned. I've done some world travels and smoked a lot of cigars in some amazing places and the cigar or pipe I smoked on those occasions became so much more significant than smoking them at home or in a B&M. I try not smoke anything when I'm in a foul mood because I know the experience will tarnish that time and cigar with such a memory association. You probably touched on something that is more significant than you realized and our state of mind when we enjoy our tobaccos can enhance it more than we know.