When I ordered this subscription I was never told that it would take 12 weeks to deliver the first magazine!!! Boo - Hiss!!!

Once upon a time, this was one of my favorite magazines. The reason was simple. I love cigars and this was a magazine primarily about cigars. The cigar content now, though, seems often to be an after-thought. The serious articles of the past have given way to more and more ads and articles about watches and shirts that cost more than the gross national product of much of the world. Too much now is about frivolous celebrity culture, devoid of any cigar-related content. If I had the slightest interest in how some actor/singer/athlete lives, I would read one of those magazines. While I will still occasionally pick this up, and still do find the occasional exceptional article, I have now turned to Cigar magazine for my cigar-related content.

This was a great gift item for the cigar smoker in my life. He was so happy to recieve the subscription, and I was happy with the fact that I was able to print out a gift card to present the subscription to him as an actual gift on his birthday.

This magazine is rather interesting as it should come with a socio-economic rating because you need to have a certain amount of wealth to appreciate it. It's not for middle class guys like this reviewer as, even if I wanted to, I could never afford most of the stuff advertised in these pages. In the last issue, I read about vacation ideas which I may or may be able to afford in 30 years--provided I'm still alive. Ads for Porsches and the like are rather lost on me. It does keep its promise though as it focuses on the good life and all which this phrase encompasses. Unlike Maxim or GQ, it's short on women and big on stuff. All the accoutrements of the playboy lifestyle are on parade here. One could spend a fortune even if they took seriously only half of these suggestions. I even saw a ski jacket for $2,500; it must be nice to have that kind of disposable income. Anyway, the cigar content is thorough and interesting. I do wish that there were more articles about cigars in general as opposed to ones concerning particular brands and ratings. Overall, the quality of the features and production is excellent even though it will have limited appeal for the average person.

Cool cars, expensive vodka, Italian suits, football, golf and its accoutrements, watches named after international capitals.

Oh, and cigars.

That's what you get in this quintessential rich man's magazine. Cigars are merely the hook and sustained theme, but upon this hook there hang and around this theme are embroidered myriad topics that men with a lot of discretionary spending power - or those who like to think they have it - enjoy.

The articles are generally well-written, their text surrounded by the volume of attractive white space with which a high-end glossy can afford to pamper the reader's eye. There's not a lot of intellectual content or insightful analysis of world events, but then that's not what men come to CIGAR AFICIONADO to find.

This monthly 'Good Life Magazine for Men' is all about eye candy and expensive guy toys without the soft porn that often peppers such periodicals.