I can easily tell you if I like it or not, but I have fun trying to pick out nuance. Like a fun little game of "what does this remind me of?" I like medium to full-bodied sticks with spiciness and pepper. I can detect obviously pepper, earthiness, dark chocolate, coffee, leather, nutiness, grassiness, floral notes, fruity notes (which fruit idk, just sweet fruitiness), seems all cigars are some amalgamation of those notes, give or take.
I can talk about the texture of the smoke, for example last night's Ramone Allones by AJF had a "chewy" and "meaty/savory" texture, as in it felt like I had something substantial in my mouth.
Beyond that it's not really "what it tastes like" but more of "what does it remind me of?" Again, going back to last night, the first half of the Ramone Allones reminded me of a rich chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting that I had at some point in the past. I would not expect someone else to be reminded of the same thing since we all have our own story. I think most people take tasting notes a little too literally. That said, tasting notes is part of marketing and I agree some of them are quite
Most the time I like to try and dissect the cigar, to me it is part of the experience. Of course sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and not have to think about it which is OK too.