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Illusione Rothschild

diapanos

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This was a gift from Undegreed (thank you)
 
 
Wrapper is very dark probably maduro.
Cigar is packed very full. No soft spots and it's very stiff.
 
Pre-light smell is chocolaty.
 
1st third
1st few puffs after lighting bring a lot of pepper which dies down after about 1/2 inch. 
Once the pepper is gone I'm left with a leathery/wood flavor with some pepper.
The draw is very nice. A little tight but not anywhere bad enoughthant you have
to work at drawing off of it.
 
2nd third 
Pretty much the same peppery/leathery/woodsy flavor.
 
 
Last 3rd
Hints of sweetness now kind of like it's trying to get a little sweet but isn't allowed to.
Flavor is almost all woodsy at this point
 
 
What I liked 
Smell was divine.
A very nice toasty almond scent.
Very good construction. I love cigars rolled tight like this so that hey almost feel like small logs in your hand.
 
What I didn't like
pepper/sharp wood flavor all the way through.
 
Illusione makes a lot of great stuff, you should look into some other offerings as well.  I don't think I've had one that wasn't worth smoking.
 
I've not tried the Rothchild but read a couple of reviews that were about the same as yours. OK but boring.
 
vortex said:
I've not tried the Rothchild but read a couple of reviews that were about the same as yours. OK but boring.
Don't know that I'd say boring but the flavor wasn't quite what I like.
Brickhouse said:
Illusione makes a lot of great stuff, you should look into some other offerings as well.  I don't think I've had one that wasn't worth smoking.
 
I've been wanting to try the Illusione Epernays but spending that much on cigars I haven't tried before is a little intimidating.
 
Gavin has a fiver of Epernay le petit for sale in the buy forum ...
 
Now we're talking Diapanos - moving on up........
 
Nice play Undegreed.  :thumbs:
 
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