Illusione
Dion Giolito ran a shop in Reno and started Illusione in 2006 because he wanted cigars built like pre-embargo Cubans: narrow ring gauges, Nicaraguan corojo and criollo, and box art full of occult and conspiracy jokes. Vitolas are numbered rather than named — ~88~, ~888~, Epernay — production sits with AGANORSA in Estelí, and the range has always been weighted toward long, thin shapes.
Original Documents
- Illusione ~88~ RobustoRobusto5 × 52Medium-FullColorado
Rothchildes
- Illusione *R* RothchildesRobusto4.5 × 50MediumMaduro
Also under this marque
- Illusione Allegria LonsdaleLonsdale6.25 × 44Medium-FullColorado
A 6.25-inch lonsdale at a 44 ring gauge under a Nicaraguan colorado wrapper, with Nicaraguan tobacco inside. Rolled in Nicaragua at Agricola Ganadera Norteña S.A..
- Illusione Epernay Tuonela Le GrandeCorona Grande6 × 46Mild-MediumHonduras
A six-inch corona grande at a 46 ring gauge under a Nicaraguan wrapper, with a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan filler inside. Rolled in Honduras at Raíces Cubanas.
- Illusione MC Slam 2 ReduxToro6 × 52MediumMaduro
A six-inch toro at a 52 ring gauge under a Mexican maduro wrapper, with Nicaraguan tobacco inside. Rolled in Nicaragua at TABSA.
- Illusione of Excalibur #1Nicaragua
Rolled in Nicaragua at Agricola Ganadera Norteña S.A..
Illusione Original Documents Habano6 × 56ColoradoNicaraguaRolled in Nicaragua at San Lotano Factory.
- Illusione PCA Exclusive 2023Honduras
Rolled in Honduras at Raíces Cubanas.
- Illusione Singularé 2019 Seven HornsToro Grande6.75 × 52Medium-FullNicaragua
A 6.75-inch toro grande at a 52 ring gauge under a Nicaraguan wrapper, with Nicaraguan tobacco inside. Rolled in Nicaragua at TABSA.
- Illusione TAA 2021Nicaragua
Rolled in Nicaragua at TABSA.
- Illusione TAA ESP 2022Nicaragua
Rolled in Nicaragua at Aganorsa.
Illusione The Group of Five RB5 × 52ColoradoNicaraguaRolled in Nicaragua at Aganorsa.
- OneOff +53 RobustoRobusto4.83 × 50Medium-FullNicaragua
A 4.83-inch robusto at a 50 ring gauge under a Honduran wrapper, with Nicaraguan tobacco inside. Rolled in Nicaragua at Agricola Ganadera Norteña S.A..
OneOff +53 Super RobustoRobusto5.75 × 48Medium-FullNaturalA 5.75-inch robusto at a 48 ring gauge under a Honduran wrapper. Rolled in Nicaragua at AGANORSA.
OneOff Black5 × 52ColoradoNicaraguaRolled in Nicaragua at Aganorsa.
OneOff Black and Tan ToroToro6 × 52ColoradoNicaraguaA toro. Rolled in Nicaragua at Aganorsa.
- PIV RobustoRobusto5 × 52ColoradoNicaragua
A robusto. Rolled in Nicaragua at TABSA.