A well-arranged box brings together cigars whose exteriors have gone through a visual selection. That stage is part of factory work and focuses on the presentation of the wrappers.

Habanos describes an initial classification by colour and a later selection of shades within each box. In its system, the cigars are arranged from the darkest tones to the lightest, from left to right, and the face that will remain visible is chosen.

This process helps explain the uniformity the collector observes when opening a presentation. Colour is a characteristic of the selected surface. To know the blend, the filler, binder and wrapper data published by the manufacturer are still needed. When documenting a box, a photograph in even light can preserve its shades and arrangement. The editorial suggestion is to avoid strong filters and to note whether the image corresponds to the original presentation. This preserves a detail of the packing that can be lost when the cigars are rearranged.