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QMPASH
Aficionado Topic Starter

11 years ago

Just popped a couple of Illusiones and Cao's (Italias) from C-Bid. The construction on the Illusione was the stuff of dreams-absolutely perfect. The construction on the CAO was a little less so but still not bad. I preferred the taste of the CAO but I could easily live with the Illusione. My last experience with CAO was not good, but this time, they came through thumbs up. Maybe I just got a bad batch last time. I can also see why the Illusione consistently gets high ratings.While they are not cheap by any means, they are a much better "value" than most Padrons and Fuentes.

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NapalmMan67
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

While I've never smoked an Illusione, been smoking CAOs for a long time. I'm partial to the Anniversary Cameroon and the Gold. Never found the Brazillian, Italiana etc... much to my liking and haven't tried any of the new offerings yet.

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dstieger
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Which Illusione?

sd72
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

the Illusione are very good smokes, a little lighter, and unique flavor. The HL and HL Maduro are my two faves.
CAO is another house brand for general/swissmatch. You never know.

stinger88
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Pretty big fan of the Illusione line too. The Rothchild is a nice little smoke.

DrMaddVibe
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

CAO....

Um...yeah.

dstieger
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

^ wth happened at :08?

cacman
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Would choose an Illusione over a CAO any day of the week!
They don't even compare, and shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence.

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bgz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Not a big fan of either.

I did like the CAO extreme though.

I used to like CAO Brazillia back in the day, haven't tried any recent ones.

As far as Illusiones go though, I've smoked a handful of them and they've all been meh for me.

The HL Maduro was alright I guess, but I wouldn't buy any more of them.

I did find out something from a smoke shop though about Illusiones. I went in just browsing, spotted a bug hole in a box of Illusiione, then I looked in there again and saw an infestation of bug holes. Told the shpo worker, he said they have problems with that brand all the time. He said the owner of Illusione won't refund the infested boxes either. He also told me they are one of the few manufacturers that don't flash freeze their cigars.

Anyway, I don't know how credible this shpo worker's info was, he's said some other things to me that drop his credibility score a bit, so take it with a grain of salt.

dstieger
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#10

First heard about the bugs. I've smoked dozens of boxes (mostly CG4's, MK's, HL's) and never had a problem. Dion seems a bit 'unusual', but, no doubt passionate about cigars and the story seems a bit off.

fiddler898
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#11

Never had a problem with Illusione, which remains one of my favorite marques across the board.

bgz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#12

dstieger wrote:

Well, I did throw a disclaimer in there about his credibility. The shop is outstanding, and the owner is great. I just have doubts about this particular worker's credibility, so I was just relaying what he told me with the disclaimer because I thought it was an interesting story.

It is true though that I found the infested box, looked in the surrounding area, it was the only open box I saw that had a problem.

zody
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#13

Would choose an Illusione over a CAO any day of the week!
They don't even compare, and shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence.

cacman wrote:

Have to agree with cacman on this, it should go without saying that CAO isn't in the same universe as Illusione. Have boxes of the 2, Eperay Le Petite, MK Ultra, Rothchilds. Phenomenal smokes I myself have yet to have any beetle issue or see one with beetle damage.
I'll certainly be on watch though I usually am. Had one incident with the little fuqqers about 15 years ago with kobo and and lost a ton of good cigars to them.[ram27bat]

clickbangdead
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#14

bgz wrote:

Wait, so the shop had a beetle infested box and instead of freaking out and tossing it they just let it sit there? I'm confused...

On another note, have never had an issue with Illusione, HL Candela is one of my favorites.

shaun341
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#15

clickbangdead wrote:

I was thinking same thing and would be worried about buying anything from that shop if so.

TMCTLT
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#16

Never had a problem with Illusione, which remains one of my favorite marques across the board.

fiddler898 wrote:

I concur....I just wish they were more " affordable " Alan.

Although the R's are certainly affordable and like CRACK......I could smoke them one after another. Now that I think about it, I may have to locate a cab of these!!!!!

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