more tobacco adventures, then, courtesy of the infinite generosity of Spiros. going into tales of cigarettes, or if you like fags, necessitates a disclaimer form of warning, look you see. please do not forget, no matter how exciting or sensational all of this may seem, that smoking is particularly bad for you. to this end you are advised to not start smoking. equally, if you are a smoker, seek assistance and guidance in quitting.
and with that cautionary in place, to be sure, on we go.
Spiros has been on his travels again. as usual i cannot divulge much detail of what he does in a professional capacity, but with him being the greatest legal mind of his generation you can be assured that it is something important. what i can say, though, is that once again he has kindly picked me up some cigarettes what are both cheap and resplendent in colourful packaging.
yes, quite, indeed. this time, rather that procuring for me yet another example of Greek cigarettes Spiros has gone for one of the most luxurious brands in the world. these are, as you can very clearly see above, Sobranie cigarettes.
Sobranie, it says on the internet so it must be true, is a luxury tobacco brand based in London, England, innit. they are also the oldest luxury brand of cigarettes out of London if not the world, or at the very least the longest surviving. posh members of society down in London will smoke these, then, be they part of the landed gentry or simply nouveau riche sorts from Eastern Europe and Russia.
none of the above was, but of course, in the thinking of Spiros when he selected them. no, in a way unaware of the history, he happened to get these as they are pink and were quite cheap.
what a lovely, lovely bit of branding there on the inner lid packaging. Sobranie presumably take a great deal of pride in their luxury packaging. it must delight them some that there still exists countries where they may show off their flair with elegant branding on the packaging.
the branding in this instance, as you may well have noted, is most decidedly focused on pink. i do believe that it was the pink nature of these pink branded cigarettes what served to draw the attention of Spiros. maybe he saw them and instantly decided they were the ones, or perhaps one of them men he forms short term but mutually beneficial friendships with in public restrooms and so forth suggested them in passing. i would quite like to think the latter, and further would hope that the gentleman was called something like Jerome or Tristan. often, alas, these friendships are so short term Spiros fails to catch the name of his chum, but no matter.
Spiros had hoped that the cigarettes within the pink packaging were as pink as the box. alas, no. it is quite rare for cigarettes to be any colour other than predominantly white. fear not, though, as no total failure greeted this ambition of Spiros. as you can see, at least the cigarettes have "pink" written on them, indeed yes in pink.
once again, then, quite like them rather splendid Ome cigarettes what he got me, these are "slims". what this means is that they are close on 50% thinner than the more traditional "king sized" cigarette, but do have the length of 100s or "super king" sized fags.
visual comparisons are always what work best with the above point, so with that in mind here you go, here is a visual comparison.
there you can see one of the Sobranie fags unhoused from the packaging. for scale i have added a regular pack of so called king sized fags and a new £10 note. for those entirely unaware of what scale is implied by a new £10 note i thought it best to include the old £10 too, so you may compare with a frame of reference you are comfortable with.
what are they like to smoke? well, they get the job done. just. one of those speculative Google search things suggests that the much desired nicotine content of these particular fags is 0.05mg. should you think that is a lot, alas, it is not.
on the plus side, they have a much more interesting aroma than one would normally associate with cigarettes. there's a distinct musky rose scent to them. the kind of thing, going on what Spiros has told me of such places, that you would expect to smell in the heavily perfumed "dry down" area of a Turkish Bath which seems to attract only gentlemen as clients.
and just what is it that Spiros is doing on these travels around the world? other, that is, that getting me some much needed fags and forming friendships with like minded men around the world? as pointed out earlier i cannot disclose too much. several of the many fans Spiros has have speculated that he is in some capacity engaged to sort out all this Brexit / leaving the EU stuff. others have assumed that he is perhaps involved in the legal recourse being followed after the "banning" of the Uber system in London. perhaps is the only answer i can give to any such comments, perhaps.
so anyway, that is that for this post. i do hope my fellow cigarette enthusiasts have found something of interest somewhere in this article. my great thanks again to Spiros for his highly appreciated kindness and generosity in making articles such as this possible.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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