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This Cigar Sense Reviews Guide is intended to explain the objectives and the taxonomy used in our cigar analyses.

Our analyses are compiled based on detailed descriptions performed by our trained cigar analysts over more than 100 attributes, following sensory analysis norms. We believe that applying sensory analysis is extremely important for the benefit of all industry actors and, above all, for consumers who seek the best sensory experience for themselves.  In fact, contrarily to subjective reviews, objective cigar reviews help consumers make educated purchases and find the cigars that best suit them.

The data

Cigar anagraphic data: we aim to direct the reader to the source, which is typically the manufacturer’s website or a social account.
Polar charts: Aromas – they represent a high-level view of the aromas, and their intensity, that you will most likely encounter while smoking the cigar.
  • The charts focus on the aromas of the lit cigar
  • It represents the aromas that you are likely to find in the cigar, which is not the collection or the simple average of the subjective observations from each panelist
  • When you see many aromas on the charts, this does not necessarily mean that the cigar is complex.

Polar charts: Tastes & Feel – This chart combines tastes (bitter, salty, savory, sour and sweet) to the additional key palate perceptions (spicy, creamy/oily, dry/tannic) that are most frequently found in the tasting of cigars.

Nicotine Strength – we measure it based on the classic 5 levels: light, med-light, medium, med-strong and strong.
Overall Aroma Register – the most likely aroma you will encountered when smoking another sample of the same cigar
After Smoke Aroma – the most likely aroma you will sense in your nose after your cigar is left to go out in the ashtray
Organoleptic Richness, aka balance – the convergence of key attributes such as aromas, tastes, tactile sensations and nicotine strength
Complexity – the horizontal dimension provided by the proportion, the variety and the quality of the various components of the aromatic palette along with the taste/tactile sensations
Evolution – a time dimension, representing the changes of the cigar characteristics as the tasting of the cigar progresses.
Persistence – the duration of the nose and palate sensations after you have smoked the cigar.
Smoke Duration – you will see that we tend to smoke slowly when we taste-test the cigars and we encourage you to smoke slowly too. This is the only way to truly enjoy the cigar and limit health impacts.
Shape – we observe the manufacturer preferred naming convention for the shape. For your search purposes, data is normalized.
Length – expressed in inches
Gauge – the diameter of the cigar, expressed in 1/64 of an inch
Country of Origin of cigar and wrapper – the country where the manufacturer communicates the cigar and its wrapper come from
Wrapper Type – “natural” or “dark”. The detailed wrapper leaf information and its color classifications (eg claro, colorado claro, etc) are collected for further analysis. Our focus here is on matching cigars to consumer personal preferences rather than providing a simple filtering on leaves as reported by manufacturers.
Price Range – it usually corresponds to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price with the United States as a starting reference market. Prices are reviewed with manufacturers before developing predictive analytics projects for international markets.

Value for Price – based on blind assessments and considerations by our trained panelists.

The additional analytics

We also may provide an indication about the prediction of liking of the cigar among consumers. This will show as the % of our members to whom the cigar is being recommended because it highly matches their personal preferences. The higher the % of members to whom the cigar is recommended, the better the cigar is expected to perform across our members at worldwide level (90%+ accuracy). As we increase the size of our consumer samples worldwide, our error decreases.

We don’t score cigars, we rank them based on how they fit our members’ unique personal tastes. In fact, no generic score can tell you whether you will actually like a cigar.

If you wish to learn more about cigar tasting or even envisage to be part of our sensory panel, we strongly recommend you to enroll in A Cigar Tasting Course.

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Cigar Sense predicts which cigars best fit your personal taste. We are committed to preserve the highest objectivity, integrity and independence in the creation and dissemination of our analyses and industry analytics. This is why we do not sell cigars, nor cigar ads.

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