Welcome to Cigar Sense,  and thanks for visiting our site.  If you’re a new visitor, you may be wondering what Cigar Sense is all about, and what you can expect to see in our database of cigar analyses.  Founded in early 2014, Cigar Sense aims to provide consumers of premium cigars with a new level of advice and insight into the cigars which best suit their preferences.  We’ve spent last year working “behind the scenes” with our international panel to evaluate hundreds of cigars.  Our process relies on best practices such as multiple blind tastings and a detailed, structured analysis of the flavors, mechanical and overall performance exhibited by each cigar.  As we prepare to launch our consumer service in the spring of 2015, we’ve just begun to publish a few tasting sheets consolidated from the hundreds of cigar analyses the panel has produced to date.

 

Our Mission

We exist to serve those cigar smokers who are interested in exploring new cigars, but are frustrated with the inevitable trial and error connected to purchasing cigars based on advice targeted to a general audience.

Our approach begins by learning about you as an individual.  What are the characteristics you most appreciate in a cigar?  Which flavors appeal to you most – and which do you most dislike?  With this knowledge  in hand we evaluate the cigars in our database against your preferences, and only then assign a fit % ‘score’ which is unique to you.  In this way we aim to provide you the most reliable predictor in the world of which cigars you will love.

Of course, a cigar is a hand-made product; besides, we cannot control the circumstances in which you smoke your cigars; our hypothesis is that you treat a fine cigar just like any other piece of art.  Provided the reproduction of original pieces is somewhat consistent within the artistic process, one artist’s production is very likely to resonate with you, another one not at all.


 

How We Operate

Since our focus is on serving the consumer, we also have a different business model than most other companies in the industry.  We do not sell cigars, nor do we accept ad’s on our website.  In order to maintain such independence, our business is supported by our members, who pay modest subscription fees, and generate commissions for us when they buy through one of our retail partners.

We hope you’ll enjoy using Cigar Sense, and will find over time that we truly are the most reliable source of advice on which new cigars best suit you.  Please feel free to comment on our website, our Twitter account or Facebook page.  And by all means please let us know how we’re doing!

Sincerely,

Franca Comparetto & David Wells

Founders, Cigar Sense inc.

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