If only for the Snork...

Lucky_Hippo · 07-04-2009, 07:35 AM

Are there any smokes out there you enjoy strictly for the retro-hale? I whole heartedly think snorking enhances the enjoyment on most of my smokes, if not all cigars, but have you ever run across a cigar that does not fit your flavor profile at all, yet the retro-hale keeps you coming back?

I was thinking about this the other morning while enjoying a FSS Rocky Rosado. I purchased a box from the monster a while back and actually do not enjoy the flavor profile much at all. However, the exhale through the nasal passage keeps me entertained throughout the entire smoke. I can move a lot of smoke without a lingering burn and it's a fun stick if only for the "dragon" effect on each puff.

So how bout it, any sticks you keep on hand as a favor to your nose?

taltos · 07-04-2009, 01:06 PM

Not really, if I don't like the taste or sensation in my mouth, it will not go through my nose.

The Poet · 07-04-2009, 01:16 PM

Can't think of anything that precisely fits your particular - and oddly puzzling - dicta for me, although I did used to keep some Maria Mancini in my rotation. They seem to have a "different" flavor to them, not unpleasant or flavored, just different, with somewhat higher flavor notes. And as the nose is higher than the palate - in most folks anyway - this is perhaps the "snork" to which you refer. But this is only a guess on my part - I'm American, so not good with foreign languages.

TomHagen · 07-04-2009, 11:57 PM

Through the nose Illusione's are specifically great. Although they are also good through the mouth palate, as well.

07-04-2009, 07:35 AM	#1
Lucky_Hippo A Cigar = 42 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Gary Location: Kansas Posts: 494 Trading: (2)	If only for the Snork... Are there any smokes out there you enjoy strictly for the retro-hale? I whole heartedly think snorking enhances the enjoyment on most of my smokes, if not all cigars, but have you ever run across a cigar that does not fit your flavor profile at all, yet the retro-hale keeps you coming back? I was thinking about this the other morning while enjoying a FSS Rocky Rosado. I purchased a box from the monster a while back and actually do not enjoy the flavor profile much at all. However, the exhale through the nasal passage keeps me entertained throughout the entire smoke. I can move a lot of smoke without a lingering burn and it's a fun stick if only for the "dragon" effect on each puff. So how bout it, any sticks you keep on hand as a favor to your nose? __________________ Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips. -J.Candy

07-04-2009, 01:06 PM	#2
taltos Really, really old Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Saugus, MA Posts: 2,486 Trading: (3)	Re: If only for the Snork... Not really, if I don't like the taste or sensation in my mouth, it will not go through my nose. __________________ Jimmy, some of its magic, some of its tragic, but I had a good life all the way. He Went to Paris, J. Buffett

07-04-2009, 01:16 PM	#3
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: If only for the Snork... Can't think of anything that precisely fits your particular - and oddly puzzling - dicta for me, although I did used to keep some Maria Mancini in my rotation. They seem to have a "different" flavor to them, not unpleasant or flavored, just different, with somewhat higher flavor notes. And as the nose is higher than the palate - in most folks anyway - this is perhaps the "snork" to which you refer. But this is only a guess on my part - I'm American, so not good with foreign languages.

07-04-2009, 11:57 PM	#4
TomHagen Rabbinic Consigliere Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tattejuaje Location: NY Posts: 601 Trading: (12)	Re: If only for the Snork... Through the nose Illusione's are specifically great. Although they are also good through the mouth palate, as well. __________________ Cigar Asylum Minyan///Corona Gorda Comparison Thread Do Acts of Goodness and Kindness!!