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Gitanes·France
Gitanes Brunes
Dark air-cured tobacco, unfiltered, and the most distinctive smoke in this catalogue.
18 mg tar · 70 mmNot rated yet
Gauloises Blondes Blue
The blonde reinvention of a dark-tobacco legend. Pleasant, and much less interesting than what it replaced.
In production since 1984
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Our notes
Blondes is a competent modern Virginia blend wearing a famous name. It is clean, faintly nutty and completely unlike the black tobacco Gauloises that built the brand.
Judged on its own it is a fair mid-market cigarette. Judged against the Brunes, it is a compromise.
What works
- Clean nutty profile
- Reliable construction
- Widely available in Europe
What does not
- Bears no relation to the original blend
- Little to distinguish it from any other blonde
Specifications
10 mg
Tar
0.8 mg
Nicotine
84 mm
Length
20
Pack
Medium
Strength
Regular
Flavour
King size
Format
Filtered
Filter
Tar and nicotine are the manufacturer or market-label declarations, measured by machine under ISO conditions. They do not describe what any individual smoker inhales.
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