I just purchased the journy to chateau de la fuente sampler and i thought i was supposed to get a forbidden x with it. there are three cigars in the package and i guess the long thin one is the forbidden x lancero but all pictures that ive seen of the forbidden series have a black background on the band and say "forbidden X." This one has the exact same band as the other two. Is this my missing forbidden x?
Where is my Forbidden X?
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moki
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from here: http://www.vitolas.net/displayimage.php?pos=-193
"Forbidden X" is a new band, and a new broad moniker that applies to non-regular release Opus X cigars; the blend of various Forbidden X cigars may be different.
The first cigar to actually be called a "Forbidden X" was this cigar:
http://www.vitolas.net/displayimage.php?pos=-202
(though the cigars that came with the Forbidden X Humidor were also called "Forbidden X cigars" colloquially)
It basically is used for non-regular production or special release Opus cigars. It was used informally for a while, then Fuente decided to make a band for them as well, to distinguish it from the Opus band.
They seem to use it fairly arbitrarily though, the BBMF you can buy at Casa Fuente has a Forbidden X band on it. The BBMF you get in the gift sets has an Opus band on it. The cigar itself is the same.