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Great articles. What about Honey? That's one flavor descriptor that I encounter on occasion.

I'd also disagree with floral not being prevalent with cigars. Well, maybe I'm confusing it with what you describe as "perfuminess", but I definitely pick up some floral flavor notes when smoking some cigars. (not that I've eaten many flowers) :)
 
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Great articles. What about Honey? That's one flavor descriptor that I encounter on occasion.

I'd also disagree with floral not being prevalent with cigars. Well, maybe I'm confusing it with what you describe as "perfuminess", but I definitely pick up some floral flavor notes when smoking some cigars. (not that I've eaten many flowers) :)
I guess for me flowers "smell", and I really don't know what a flower tastes like, with the exception of rose (rose water) and maybe honeysuckle (a frequent wine descriptor). But I do think the aroma of a cigar can have a perfuminess, which as you described would be something like floral undertones.

Honey is another wine flavor I cannot pick up in cigars, what have you smoked that has given you honey notes. Just curious.
 
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Honey is another wine flavor I cannot pick up in cigars, what have you smoked that has given you honey notes. Just curious.
I smoke a few Brazilian puros that offer an aroma I discern as "tawny honeycomb" isolated coming from the cut. I get this from the cut of Cuban Montes at times too.
 

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I guess for me flowers "smell", and I really don't know what a flower tastes like, with the exception of rose (rose water) and maybe honeysuckle (a frequent wine descriptor). But I do think the aroma of a cigar can have a perfuminess, which as you described would be something like floral undertones.

Honey is another wine flavor I cannot pick up in cigars, what have you smoked that has given you honey notes. Just curious.
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Disclaimer: I am in no way a habanos head. I love Tatuaje, Pepin, Dion etc. That said a lot of the flavors discussed I find a little easier in some Habanos cigars.

I guess for me flowers "smell", and I really don't know what a flower tastes like, with the exception of rose (rose water) and maybe honeysuckle (a frequent wine descriptor). But I do think the aroma of a cigar can have a perfuminess, which as you described would be something like floral undertones.

Honey is another wine flavor I cannot pick up in cigars, what have you smoked that has given you honey notes. Just curious.
As for Floral I have experienced it 2x both were in Graycliff cigars which leads me to believe it is something in their blend. The first was a custom roll. I was passing it around the shop and guys were freaking out about how floral it was. Some didnt like it, some like myself loved it. Strangely I experinced the same flavor but to a lesser extent on the 1666 maduro.

Honey I have only tasted on The Por Larranaga PC which was 4 years old. Fresh there is nothing there and I thought a little on the asia regional robusto, but that could have been my head looking for it because of the PC.

I think many CCs do have a sweetness. A prime example being the HDM Du Depute. This stick is very sweet like a fruity charachter. The Du Prince is another. Juan Lopez Pcs as well. I think some may put this sweetness as honey. I can send you a Du depute to try to give you an example of this sweetness.

Or saltiness.
Much of the CC Sancho Panza line has a saltiness.
 

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I guess for me flowers "smell", and I really don't know what a flower tastes like....
Ah, you see, there's the difference between us.

My description of flavors includes what my brain thinks something ought to taste that I've smelled but not necessarily tasted. For instance, I have never actually tasted dog shit, but I've smelled it...and since aroma is such a huge component of taste (some say upwards of 70%) my brain says, "this literally tastes like dog shit", even tho I guess I don't really know what dog shit actually tastes like.

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"this literally tastes like dog shit", even tho I guess I don't really know what dog shit actually tastes like.

Yeah, kinda like when people say something tastes like a$$! :bouncetau
 
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Ah, you see, there's the difference between us.

My description of flavors includes what my brain thinks something ought to taste that I've smelled but not necessarily tasted. For instance, I have never actually tasted dog shit, but I've smelled it...and since aroma is such a huge component of taste (some say upwards of 70%) my brain says, "this literally tastes like dog shit", even tho I guess I don't really know what dog shit actually tastes like.

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I think you may not have been clear. I agree with your statement 100%. "My description of flavors includes what my brain thinks something ought to taste that I've smelled but not necessarily tasted." That is how you determine a lot of these flavors (moss, leather and hay for example).

I guess what I'm trying to relay is that the only floral quality I have experienced is in the aroma of the smoke from the cigar. Not on the tongue or through retrohale. I often pick up different smells from the smoke than I get from the "taste" (tongue and sinuses). Does that clarify.

But certainly we all have different tastes and palates. I will add honey and a general floral quality to the list. Someone also said salt (definitely agree with Punches), but i thought I had that... if not I will add.
 
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