This post contains AI generated images of Le Chiffre, as described by Ian Fleming. These are interpretations and not official in any way. Le Chiffre is described in Casino Royale in several ways, detailing his appearance, habits, skills, and background. Physical Appearance: Habits and Demeanor: Skills and Abilities: Background and Aliases: In summary, Le Chiffre … Read more
When James Bond first meets Darko Kerim in From Russia With Love, the Head of Station T gets him settled. He pushed over a flat white box of cigarettes and Bond sat down and took a cigarette and lit it. It was the most wonderful cigarette he had ever tasted – the mildest and sweetest … Read more
In Thunderball, after James Bond has taken the “nature cure” he has also adjusted his smoking habits. But there was one brand that just didn’t work out for him. The Dukes tasted of almost nothing, but they were at least better than Vanguards, the new ‘tobaccoless’ from America that despite its health-protecting qualities, filled the … Read more
Tiffany Case is a smart lady. Naturally, her cigarette of choice would be Parliaments. Or at least that is what the advertising of that decade would’ve suggested. In Diamonds Are Forever, as Bond and Tiffany arrive (together but separate) at Idlewild, Tiffany shows that she might be a little nervous. THE customs officer, a paunchy … Read more
One of the things that James Bond is famous for is that he has his own brand of cigarette, one that is specially made for him. We’re first introduced to this brand in Casino Royale. He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, We’re given a … Read more
This American brand of cigarette pops up throughout the Bond novels. In Casino Royale, it is the brand that American agent Felix Leiter is smoking. As they get together for their first drink. Leiter shook at Chesterfield out of his pack. ‘I’m glad to be working with you on this job,’ he said, looking into … Read more
This brand of cigarettes, found in France, makes a few appearances in the Fleming novels. In Casino Royale, Le Chiffre lights one up as he gets ready to torture Bond. In From A View To A Kill, Wing Commander Rattray, Head of Station F (France) “chain-smoked Gauloises and his office stank of them.” Bond moves his … Read more