Tatuaje Unleashes the Face for Halloween

Gregory Mottola
Posted: October 28, 2010

First it was Frankenstein, then it was Dracula, now Leatherface has come to haunt the humidors of a few select retailers across the country this Halloween season.

Tatuaje brand owner and spook-maven Pete Johnson has released The Face, the latest installment to the Monster Series, a line of cigars inspired by horror films and classic monster movies.

This particular size pays homage to Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding antagonist from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a low-budget, 1970s slasher film that rose to cult status.

The cigar itself measures 6 3/8 inches by 56 ring and consists of Nicaraguan guts and a dark, Mexican wrapper. The hefty smoke wears a small ring of roughly hewn, light Ecuadoran Connecticut leaf near it's head—a contrast to the dark, Mexican wrapper and a macabre reference to the human skin mask worn by Leatherface in the movie.

For more information on The Face, see the current issue of Cigar Insider.

For the story behind Tatuaje, check out this video.

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