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Review: Illusione *R* Rothchildes (Prerelease)

In late 2012, murmurs started that Dion Giolito would have a new Illusione, the Illusione *R* Rothchildes. It was supposed to be a completely separate project from the La Grand Classe release, which at the time had just shipped. But there were a lot of similarities from the initial details: Nicaraguan filler and Mexican San [...]

Redux: Illusione ~eccj~

Sold exclusively through New Havana Cigars back in 2008, the Illusione ~eccj~ was released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the European Cigar Cult Journal magazine, now known simply as Cigar Journal. Only 300 boxes of 15  were sold of a special 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda with tobacco all from Nicaragua. Here is [...]

Review: Illusione Singularé 2012 Vimana

A week ago Brooks reviewed the 2011 version of the Illusione Singularé, and today’s review is of its accompanying and subsequent release, the 2012 Vimana. We’ve already covered most of the history, here’s what Brooks had to say: In August of 2010, Illusione cigars released their first limited edition cigar, a 6 x 50 Toro dubbed the Singularé Phantom. Only 1,000 boxes [...]

Review: Illusione Singularé 2011 Vimana

In August of 2010, Illusione cigars released their first limited edition cigar, a 6 x 50 Toro dubbed the Singularé Phantom. Only 1,000 boxes of 15 were released, and Dion Giolito announced then that he was planning to release a new version every year, each with a new blend. Fast forward to early December 2011 and [...]

Review: Illusione ~ULTRA~ OP No.4

At the IPCPR show in Las Vegas last July, Illusione showed off a new line of cigars based off of one of their most popular releases to date. The ~ULTRA~ line, named after the 2006 MKULTRA, started with the new version of the Corona, ~ULTRA ~ MKULTRA, which was shipped to a few retailers right [...]

Redux: Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom

The Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom is a 6 × 50 Nicaraguan puro rolled at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras that was limited to 1,000 boxes of 15 back in 2010. There was supposed to be a limited edition released every year, but backorders in tobacco delayed the 2011 version. However, for 2012, the LE project [...]

Review: Illusione MKULTRA

In 2006, Dion Giolito decided to release limited quantities of a cigar that he deemed had not met the standards he had set for his Illusione brand. The cigar was a stronger version of his ~mk~ Corona that was part of The Original Document. Dubbed, MKULTRA, Dion once again turned to his clichés for naming. [...]

Review: Illusione ~mj12~ Maduro

At IPCPR 2011, Dion Giolito, owner of Illusione Cigars, added a Maduro version of four vitolas, to his core line joining the ~hl~ Maduro that has already been out for some time. The four new Maduro sizes are the 88, 888, cg:4, and ~mj12~. Dion is a bit of a conspiracy theorist, and like most [...]

Review: Illusione ~ULTRA~ MKULTRA

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar from Dion Giolito and his brand Illusione, the MKULTRA! In 2006 when Dion was reworking some of the blends for his national brand Illusione there was a cigar called the MK, a 5 1/8 X 42 cigar dubbed, “the teaching machine”, and there was a much [...]

Review: Illusione Burn Churchill

For those of you that don’t know… About 2 weeks ago, I saw on Twitter that one of the Illusione reps had smoked an Illusione I had never heard of, dubbed “Burn”… A little cyber sleuthing turned up the fact that Dion (of Illusione Cigars) had developed a specific blend for Rocky Patel’s brand new [...]