Flor de Selva Egoista

The moment you open the box, it becomes immediately clear that these must be unique cigars. Every single Flor de Selva cigar must therefore meet the highest standards of quality and enjoyment before it is permitted to leave the Maya Selva Cigars premises. Aficionados can look forward to cigars of the finest craftsmanship and exceptional flavour. This is also confirmed by various awards.
Only Honduran tobaccos from the Danli region are used for the filler. The binder comes from Honduras. A Connecticut Shade wrapper rounds off this visual and flavourful delight. The cigars are not overpowering, yet offer a full-bodied and aromatic smoke.

Maya – the woman behind Flor de Selva cigars

With a mother from France and a father from Honduras, Maya grew up in Tegucigalpa and returned to France at the age of sixteen to study. After secondary school, she trained as an engineer, attended the Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l’Information – School of Engineering (EISTI) and completed her studies in the United States with a Master of Science. As she was not yet ready to commit to a specific career, she returned to Honduras in 1991 to explore various opportunities, particularly those related to tobacco.
MAYA rolled up her sleeves and spent over a year learning how cigars are made in Danlí, Honduras – from A to Z, she eagerly familiarised herself with every single parameter important to the production of a high-quality cigar.
Her meeting with Nestor Plasencia, a renowned tobacco grower and cigar maker, proved to be a turning point. Together with him, Maya Selva defined a set of very strict specifications for the production and quality of her cigars in 1994. And in 1995, the first box bearing the FLOR DE SELVA brand went on sale in France. The new puros quickly found favour with European aficionados. As early as 1997, the Flor de Selva Robusto was described as a classic by the magazine L’Amateur de Cigare!

Tasting Report

Cigar exterior: Fine , velvety wrapper.
Cigar construction: Medium roll, well-made.
Smoke: Creamy , with a hint of sweetness and a medium smoke volume.
Flavour: Wood , leather, toast and nut dominate.
Burn: Good burn