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njstone

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So I just had to share this with you guys because I"m so pumped. In the course of the last week I've had the pleasure of smoking 4 absolutely awesome sticks. I mean for me these were way beyond the norm good. I was thinking of doing mini reviews, but I don't I will because they are sticks that are probably pretty common to most of you:

Illusione 88 (my 1st Illusione!)
Tatuaje Noella (my 2nd brown label)
Padilla 1932 toro (1st of this size)
Padilla Miami lancero (my 1st Miami)

Three Pepin's and a Dion, all phenomenal cigars! While I was smoking each of these I kept thinking "Wow, this is such a great cigar!" and now afterwards I can't wait to light up another of each of them :cool: For someone who may have never had one of these, I highly recommend them all!
 

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Good week! It's fun having new cigars that blow your socks off. Which was your favorite?
The cool thing is that it's tough to say which was my favorite! The Padilla Maimi was my least, but still really great. The other three I'd say I enjoyed equally, though they were quite different.

I might give the edge to the Illusione just because it was my first one and really blew me away. I really need to try more of these :)

Than again...lol...the Noella suprised me too. I had smoked one Noella before but didn't get much flavor from it. This one, however, tasted just like a CC only better (now I've only smoked about 4 CCs in my life, so that's not much to go on).

But...the Padilla 1932 was so awesome too, and I just finished smoking it tonight with my friend, who enjoyed it just as much as me (and more than the Tat Nobles that we'd shared last week), so that was awesome too :glassesgr
 

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The cool thing is that it's tough to say which was my favorite! The Padilla Maimi was my least, but still really great. The other three I'd say I enjoyed equally, though they were quite different.

I might give the edge to the Illusione just because it was my first one and really blew me away. I really need to try more of these :)

Than again...lol...the Noella suprised me too. I had smoked one Noella before but didn't get much flavor from it. This one, however, tasted just like a CC only better (now I've only smoked about 4 CCs in my life, so that's not much to go on).

But...the Padilla 1932 was so awesome too, and I just finished smoking it tonight with my friend, who enjoyed it just as much as me (and more than the Tat Nobles that we'd shared last week), so that was awesome too :glassesgr
If you give the nod to the Illusione than you gotta try a Cruzado by Dion, as much as I like Illusione's I love Cruzado's!


I really feel in love with his ECCJ, damn they can be hard to found now though.
 
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Is it a Pepin Miami Lancero or Post Pepin? I'm sure it doesn't really matter I have a box of each and should do a taste comparison. I can tell the difference visually though and for some reason the ends on the bands are cut on the post Pepin sticks. The cigars just look better from my pepin box.
 

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Is it a Pepin Miami Lancero or Post Pepin? I'm sure it doesn't really matter I have a box of each and should do a taste comparison. I can tell the difference visually though and for some reason the ends on the bands are cut on the post Pepin sticks. The cigars just look better from my pepin box.

This was post-Pepin, they have different bands. But it was my first so I can't compare--i liked it though!

I'm really excited to try more of the Illusione / Cruzado sticks as well. I couldn't believe that robusto lasted me almost 2 hours!
 
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Well then I'll have to send you one of each of mine for you to compare with. I just have to find where they are. I have smokes in my humidor, cooler, locker at work and a few jars. No telling where they're hiding.
 

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Well then I'll have to send you one of each of mine for you to compare with. I just have to find where they are. I have smokes in my humidor, cooler, locker at work and a few jars. No telling where they're hiding.
I'd love a car humidor...but first I need a car that I can smoke in :)
 
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