Maybe it worked, and you drifted on off. I've been on a Semois kick this week for my last smoke of the day, but my Cotton Boll is in the jar looking at me like a puppy wanting to play.
It is a strong smoke, about the strongest I've ever smoked. It doesn't have the same flavor as a cigar, but if you like cigars for their strong tobacco taste, you might like it, especially if you like the stronger cigars.
Harsh? Why it's as smooth and rich and luxurious as a straight jacket in a padded room. It's made of rustica tobacco, which was historically what the Native Americans smoked before the white folks arrived, or so I have read.
A rope for chewing, well some for smoking. After my straight perique experience( which everyone should try) I ready for anything. I felt like Barney Fife saying that. 8)
Cosmic, that Semois is mighty fine. I was skeptical when it was written up in The New York Times, the glamor of the unattainable, but I've become a devotee.