It’s paying homage to a trusted name. A name that will guarantee you get a quality product.

Today, I use my new Lamy notebook and pen. I’m not sure how big the Lamy company is in the writing world. But it’s a name I’ve seen many times before. A pen shop down the street displays Lamy products in their shop window. Almost as if this Lamy is the producer of luxurious items. Well, not that luxurious, but still rather pricey. I’m not sure if I can tell.

I don’t think I can feel the luxury. This pen. It writes. It’s a fountain pen. Ink better be drawing out. And this paper. It does what paper usually does. Receive ink. So what’s the added features here? I guess it’s the name. And the guarantee that name brings. I guess. I don’t know how to quantify such prices to a name. But I guess that’s where the premium price comes in. It’s paying homage to a trusted name. A name that will guarantee you get a quality product. I don’t know how much I, myself, would pay for such guarantees. I’m too easy-going and adventurous to get disappointed by a faulty product. I’m even more appreciative of receiving any acceptable quality, that I truly enjoy everything and anything I get.

So in terms of appreciation. I’ll appreciate the fact that my brother and sister bought me such a premium writing tool. Holding this Lamy pen is making me feel kind of sassy. Makes me wanna shake my butt with that sassy attitude. But we’re not here to talk about premium pens and paper, or my butt. We’re here to talk cigars.

That’s where the Sobremesa Brulee comes in. To me, this stick is a premium product. Well, at least from what the prestige of this product tells me. Apparently the owner of this cigar is famous for making dark, heavy cigars. And this is his success in the milder cigar world. The bands and appearance of this cigar are also quite regal., with a golden crown and crest for the top, and a gold lined foot band. That, with a beautiful caramel looking wrapper, make this cigar appear sovereign.

The price is also more premium than the affordable Fratello Blu I love to smoke. But here in Australia, the tax evens out the prices, making this stick 45 gold and the Fratello 42 gold. Not much of a distinction in prices here. Funnily enough.

I had my first smoke of the Sobremesa Brulee with Mable, for our weekly smoke. That’s when I got this awesome pen and notebook. Mable and Sis got them for me for my birthday. They also just go their hands on a puppy golden retriever. Ruthless, I’ve name the puppy. I’m unsure if it’s pedigree, but the puppy seems a high-quality breed. So I had a premium pen and pad, with premium company, who now have a premium pet, while enjoying a premium cigar. Who could ask for more?

We enjoyed curry and naan for dinner. I’m unsure if such spices would have ruined my palette. But either way, we got to smoking.

The cigar did have a sweetness on the lips. Apparently, it’s not sweet tipped, but it sure don’t taste that way. And that’s how it smoked as well. Sweet. In my honest opinion, the flavours were not so appealing to me. There wasn’t much complexity. I don’t know if I like complexity, to be honest. The flavour was nice, of course. It was sweet and sort of tasted like the barrels where they age cognac in, so it had a wood-like sweetness. And yeah. It was sweet. The smoke. But unfortunately for me, the smoke was a bit too mild for my liking. Or was it that I didn’t enjoy it’s flavour? It was too clean for my liking, I’d say. Maybe this was how premium smokes were supposed to be. Or maybe, I really am better suited for maduros and fuller bodied smokes.

Or was it that I didn’t enjoy it’s flavour? It was too clean for my liking, I’d say.

I would call it a medium bodied stick. The Macanudo Café I had before was definitely more milder, But I felt I enjoyed that much milder taste more. It could have been the overall flavour. Maybe for me, the sticks need to be very mild, or very heavy. Who knows?

Or maybe it was the curry interrupting my palette. I just felt something was missing. Or maybe it was because we didn’t have any alcohol. That must have been it. The stick might have been better off with some whiskey to match.

I actually can’t remember a time where I had a cigar without any alcohol. That must have been it. The fire the drinks scorched through my veins had added some sort of euphoric stimulation to my smokes. And sadly, the Sobremesa Brulee didn’t get that company.

Or maybe I’m just too wild to enjoy the premium nature of things. I don’t know. All I know was that something felt lacking from this smoke. Either because of my taste preference, or the lack of alcohol.

I’ll have to smoke another to see.

-Daniel Roy