When do you taste the flavor of a cigar

[N8DCJ]

Man , I wish I could have posted this one anonymously

Anyway , the limited number of cigars I have smoked (6) I never seem to get any real taste other than a peppery/ slight burning sensation on the inhale (I don't actually inhale in the normal sense of the word like cigarettes). Even on exhale not much , now then , if I wait a minute or so (the actual time varies) I get a slight taste , the only flavor that comes to mind at the moment is a vanilla taste , obviously it changes depending on the cigar...

Now my question is , is this normal , if it is that's fine , if not , I must need to change something...

I hear and read people talking about all the "flavors" etc... I get the impression that it is much more of a front end than back end taste...

Ok , fire away ......

Dan