Aristoff is a brand of cigar. The leaves (wrapper, binder, and filler) are exclusively grown and cured in Nicaragua. The cigars are all hand-rolled in Chinandega, Nicaragua and at the company's Honduras-based satellite factory. The corporate headquarters of this firm, however, lie in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with their principal market being the American Eastern Seaboard. A relatively new company, the brande was launched amid great fanfare in 2002. The company was marketed heavily on the internet and through a viral marketing scheme. The great expectations fell flat, however, when the first few series of cigars did not meet with popular approval. Sales of the product fell 78% after the first year. Due to this plunge in revenue, the IPO in the company was called off in April 2003.