Felipe Gregorio OctoPussy is a striking, limited-production blend that embodies three decades of boutique passion and worldly tobacco expertise. Cloaked in an Ecuadorian Cameroon wrapper, it unleashes a bold, medium-full profile built on a Nicaraguan seco binder and a dynamic filler core of Nicaraguan ligero and Brazilian Mata Fina. This 6×54 toro burns with richness and refinement, offering waves of earth, spice, and subtle sweetness that speak to its vintage terroir. Created “por el amor al humo,” OctoPussy unites cigar lovers, prince or pauper, in a shared celebration of the leaf.
– Luxury Cigar Club
Bought from – Small Batch Cigar
Information:
The blend is confusing to me as the information card that came with the box indicated completely different tobaccos from what I found online. Below is what Small Batch Cigars say the blend is, as the box note gives two separate blends.
Wrapper: Ecuador (Cameroon seed)
Binder: Nicaragua (Seco)
Filler: Brazil (Mata Fina), Nicaragua (Ligero & Seco)
Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: N/A
Aging (if any): N/A
Single (MSRP): $28
Box (MSRP): $728
Availability: Limited Release
Size:
6 x 54
Band/Packaging:
“The box is specifically designed from carbon fiber and doubles as a desktop humidor. With the purchase of each box, you will have received a limited edition cigar cutter and lighter also made from carbon fiber with the Octopussy logo.” Pretty sweet branding and packaging.
Wrapper:
Blotches on the wrapper, fairly shiny, some visible veins
Construction:
A bit squishy but well packed, feels a bit over humidified
THE REVIEW
Cold draw:
Wet wood, baking spices
First third:
Woody, vanilla, creamy, butterscotch, wet cedar
Retro:
Cedar, vanilla cream, baking spices
Second third:
Tootsie roll, vanilla cream, wet cedar, chocolate, creamy
Burn:
Excellent, no issues
Smoke:
Not a large volume of smoke, wispy and airy. Perhaps due to it being over humidified
Final third:
Baking spices, creamy cedar, chocolate, tootsie roll, brownie
Retro:
Chocolate, dark fruit, cedar, coffee, baking spices
Duration:
2 hours 12 minutes
Conclusion:
Man.. what a cigar. Right from the light the creaminess really shined through with woody undertones. Vanilla and butterscotch melted on the palate. So delicious. As the second third started the vanilla creaminess was the main note with the wet cedar turning more to a sweet cedar, and tootsie roll, and lots of it! I’ve never tasted this type of chocolate note, but it certainly felt like I was chewing a tootsie roll. From the second third on the tootsie roll and vanilla creaminess were the main notes, with cedar and some baking spices as the undertone. In the final third the baking spices came through a bit stronger for a bit before the tootsie roll note came back strong. So damn delicious. Even with all that said, I feel like there is more to this cigar as this one was certainly over humidified a bit. Some of the notes were a bit muddled and smoke output was light. Can’t wait to revisit this already fantastic cigar.
*2025 Elm City Cigars #9 cigar of the year*
