Oliva Serie O Torpedo Review

The Torpedo is the pointed Serie O - a 6.5 by 52 that tapers to a sharp head, and that head changes how the whole thing smokes. Mine wore the Ecuadorian Sun Grown Habano wrapper, a firm chocolate-brown leaf with a bit of oil, packed dense right up into the neatly finished point. The tapered head is the point, literally: it funnels the smoke into a tighter, more concentrated stream across the palate. I clipped it just below the tip, and the cold draw came focused and intense - cedar, cocoa and a clear sweet-spice edge, more concentrated than a flat 52 would give.

The Torpedo opens with more focus than the parallel-sided sizes - the tapered head funnels the smoke onto a smaller patch of palate, so the cedar and cocoa hit with more concentration and the sweet spice reads sharper right away. It's medium in body but feels more intense for the way the smoke is aimed. My draw came slightly tight through the point at first, as a good torpedo should, then opened as I clipped a touch more, feeding a dense concentrated stream. The burn settled level below the taper, and the ash formed a firm dark-grey stub that held tight.

Once the taper burns out into the full 52 body, the Torpedo settles but keeps its intensity. Cedar and cocoa deepen at the centre, a roasted-coffee note steps up, and the sweetness turns toward brown sugar - all delivered with that concentrated punch the pointed head set up front. The 52 ring keeps the heat in check across a full seventy minutes. My burn tracked clean once past the head, the firm ash stacking in dense grey segments before I knocked it. The figurado shape front-loads the focus, then broadens into a satisfying, fuller medium.

The last third pushes the coffee and cedar to their deepest, the sweetness holding while a firm earthiness settles underneath and the body edges toward the top of medium near the nub. My verdict: the Torpedo is the Serie O with its smoke concentrated - the tapered head funnels the blend into a sharper, more intense delivery early, then broadens into a fuller-bodied 52 through the back half. The honest caveat is that the point demands a careful clip and a measured draw, and rushing it wastes the focus, but for a smoker who wants the O aimed and intensified, the figurado shape delivers.