First introduced at the 2012 IPCPR show, the Foundry Tobacco Company started off as a way for General Cigar Company to show off some of its more innovative packaging and blends. While the inaugural releases took inspiration from the Steampunk era, Michael Giannini upped the ante in 2013, announcing 18 different blends at once in the newly conceived Compounds, Elements and Musings line. As the name suggests, each of different blends is inspired by one of the elements on the Periodic Table, with packaging to match Giannini’s unique interpretation. For the most part, the actual components of each blend are not being disclosed, as Giannini wants people to smoke the cigars without any preconceived notions. While the vast majority of the blends are limited releases, Carbon and Uranium will remain in production. The Foundry Tobacco Company website has some general information about the line: Inspired by the periodic table, Compounds, Elements, and Musings is a study in contrasts and complexities. Here, chemical elements are represented by 18 exotic blends, each exhibited in arresting packaging. Multitudes of tobacco, handpicked from obscurity, compose the common thread among them.Intricacy reigns. Take Plutonium, with four different blends, each in the same size, all within one box. Or H2O, with ...
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