Cigar
Rémy Latour (1996)

Probably the best earthy patchouli note ever. The dry down is perfect bliss. With tobacco, fruits, and bay leaf, this juice is in the masterpiece realm. It is simply perfect. I wouldn't change a thing.

BOSS

No tobacco fragrance captures the smell of a cigar box inside of a cigar lounge better than Remy Latour Cigar.

The "aura" of sweet fruits combined with cedar, tobacco and more are all there throughout every phase of this awesome cocktail. 4 sprays, sit back, and relax.

At $15 bucks online, it's the easiest no brainer blind-buy of all time for tobacco enthusiasts.

4.5 stars.

Released in 1996, Remy Latour Cigar forms a kind of bridge between Aramis Havana and later scents like Michael Kors Michael for Men and Burberry London; "Zino Davidoff goes to the tropics" captures something of Cigar's vibe. It's a rich, fruity, woody tobacco scent, too woody and green to be a gourmand, but with a boozy sweetness running throughout. Michael Kors would steal Cigar's plum-and-tobacco, while Burberry London would steal from Cigar's drydown (and that of its flanker, Cigar Commander).

There's something of a mature feel about it, but Cigar is not stuffy. It might be a drugstore cheapie, but it's a good one. Cigar's composition has some more depth and gusto than most (to compare it to Burberry London, for example: London opens with more razzle dazzle but has a thinner and less satisfying drydown).

At current market prices, it's a no-brainer pickup for tobacco lovers. I have both a vintage and current bottle of Cigar now and have done my best to compare them, and while there are differences, the differences mostly fall in the "not better or worse, just different" arena.

The most noticeable between the "separate cap" original and "integrated sprayer" reformulation lies in the opening. It's more aggressive in the reformulation, whereas it's very smooth in the vintage. That said, give the reformulation a minute or two and it smooths itself out just fine.

After a minute, when that "harshness" in the reformulation subsiderms, the reformulation enters its fruity phase, which is where the original starts. Both have different fruit blends. The fruits in the vintage Cigar lean "darker" and a bit boozier (more like the Cigarillo flanker) while the fruits in the reformulated Cigar are a bit brighter. The reformulated Cigar has a prominent overripe pineapple note I don't find in the vintage.

After their respective fruity phases, they end up at near the same place, with the reformulated version's drydown feeling a bit woodier and warmer than that of the original, with more prominence given to the dry sandalwood. That sandalwood functions as more of a background component in the original.

I can't find any real detectable difference in performance or ingredient quality between the two. Latour Cigar always been a cheapie, after all. I like both versions, but prefer the current for its brighter feeling.

Cigar by Remy Latour is probably my favorite cool weather fragrances. As much as I like Aramis fragrances no...this is a very different animal than Havana and more true to a dirty tobacco fragrance.

Cigar is a very dry scent built on a lot of a sandalwood base and a lot of tobacco. Fused to the tobacco is a darkness of some plum and some slightly sweet spice. It's not cinnamon or anise, something else old-fashioned that the plum renders hard to point out and makes you think of a pipe tobacco smell really than a cigar. There is a little bit of patchouli in this to introduce a little green and earthy feel to the tobacco and wood.

Cigar is a dark and dry aromatic...there's few notes at work here but it presents itself as a thick scent. Cigar wears a mature audience because it smells like you've walked into a tobacco shop. Two elderly men playing chess and their pipe smoke combining and producing a pleasing mixture. The smell of wooden cigar boxes lightly drifting in the air. Not a crowd pleaser but may very well get a compliment for it's nostalgia.

It's wonderfully masculine and musky with plenty of old-school lavender and spice. I'm not sure if anyone else will enjoy this while I'm wearing but I like the smell for myself. There's plenty of things going on here but the dominant note is tobacco.

Performance is very good . Strong projection and lasts 6-8 hours.

Bang for buck? 10/10. Lots of good reviews here and I´ll have to agree on any one of them. A truly safe blind buy as this juice is very cheap but does its work and then some.

Not to sure about the tobacco note, though. Usually when I try new scents I´ll go "oh, this reminds me of this and that". In this case... no. This reminds me of nothing I have tried before. A fresh, no nonsense scent that can´t possibly offend anyone.

Sillage and projection slightly sub par. Over all? A truly magnificent scent. Bottle and package caused some domestic smiles as my daughter hates Jacomo de Jacomo and thought this would be something smokey. Wrong. Quite sweet and light.