Gauloises Cigarettes

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Gauloises originated in the land where creating any product, even cigarettes is considered as an art form. Yes, this brand was first made in France. The makers of this brand have used all their skills to create something so magical and so exquisite. Gauloises cigarettes are currently made by the Imperial Tobacco Company which bought Altadis, the previous maker of Gauloises, in the year 2008. This brand is unique because of the blend of tobacco used and the method of processing the tobacco leaves. This unique tasting brand has a strong and rich flavor which is due to the dark tobaccos from Turkey and Syria. The makers of this brand realized that with changing times many people have started using cigarettes that have moderate tobacco strength and is less punchy, so in the year 1884, they launched Gauloises Blondes which were made using white tobacco which are much lighter and is of mild and smooth taste. And for people who prefer lower amounts of tar and nicotine, the manufacturers sell light cigarettes that are available in red and golden or white packets.

As mentioned above this brand is an artwork so there are numerous famous admires of this brand. There are many well known people from various artistic fields who have smoked this brand this includes Pablo Picasso, elite intellectuals like - Albert Camus, Jean Baudrillard and Jean Paul Sartre, and in music - Jim Morrison. Apart from these fields and people, George Orwell mentions that he smokes the brand in Down and Out in Paris and London; Henri Charrière, French author and convict, repeatedly references the smoking of Gauloises in his autobiography Papillon. You would also come across this brand in the works of many writers and artists: in stories written by Julio Cortazar and mainly set in Paris; Ian Fleming's hero, James Bond, smoked Gauloises; in John le Carré's book Smiley's People and Roman Polanski film The Tenant; and also Fictional Detective Sergeant Mort Cooperman smokes Gauloises in several mystery novels by Richard "Kinky" Friedman.