I just had the great pleasure of spending a few days in London with my family; Visiting Davidoff of London was a must and an expected experience. After buying some precious items, I had the great honor of getting to know Mr. Eddie Sahakian personally and would like to thank him for his hospitality and indescribable friendliness. The cigars were consumed immediately and were of course perfectly balanced and made my stay even better. Thank you very much for everything and best regards from Hamburg, Stefan Schoreit
I live here in Dominican Republic and the best thing is you just can walk to any liquor store and buy a really nice cigar, I tried a Romeo & Julieta for my birthday really enjoyed it.
Eddie, thank you! I had the pleasure of an 8-hour layover back in Sept and visiting one of my top 5 buck list locations - Davidoff of London. Your enthusiasm and passion for this craft is contagious and you're even more friendlier in person. God bless from Mississippi on a muggy smoke hanging evening!
Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. I could listen to Eddie read the phonebook. If you haven't tried it yet, I really have been enjoying the Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro in the Torpedo or Figurado vitolas. Somehow they manage to be both full flavor and full body without being over-the-top. I usually pair with an Old Fashioned or just a neat bourbon (just basic Knob Creek or Redmption, but I'm not fancy).
Oliva Serie V is one of the best cigars ever made in history undoubtedly. Regardless of the vitolas, any serie V is absolutely stunning. I always keep stock of it in my humidor.
Thank you for this wonderful short but incite full video. It was actually you and your father that got me interested in the wonderful and rich world of cigars. As a result, I have found myself enjoying learning and finding new blends and brands to add to my collection.
Recently visited the shop and saw the old man sitting and chatting to someone - got 5 cigars - expensive but looking forward to smoke with my friends in the future. Great shop, great staff - one day will visit the lounge at the hotel!
Hello, Eddie. It is always a pleasure to listen to updates in the cigar business from one of the leading experts. I know you're more than likely not wanting to delve into politics on your channel, but I would love to know how you think the generational smoking ban will affect the consumption of premium tobacco in the UK, and also what this means for high quality tobacconists such as Davidoff. The UK already suffers from an extraordinarily high tobacco tax; do you think this generational ban will phase out and destroy this wonderful hobby once and for all? I am 21, and I really do feel that I am in the last generation of cigar smokers in the UK. I think after my generation has gone, tobacco will be but a distant memory for the UK's population either at their own behest or the powers that be. Regardless, I thank you for your insightful content!
I hope common sense prevails and handmade, long-filler cigars are exempted. Anyone who enjoys a cigar can help by educating our fellow citizens about the difference.
Oliva/Joya de Nicaragua/La Galera/My Father Cigars/La flor dominicana are brands the provide good quality cigars with a reasonable price ;Davidoff has excellent cigars but they went to far with their pricing especially for the limited releases,same thing with Arturo Fuente and Padron (they pushed the gas too much)
Amazing you quote to, challenge your paladar. I don't have a lot of money to spend on cigars, but i live on Central America and i was lucky to find a young man handcrafting cigars by his on and sold me 10x 20$ and yesterday i was smoking them, a lot way to improve their binds but im happy to smoke local tobacco. Great video Eddie
Good news to hear, here in western europe the market has been fairly tight in the last couple years and many of the main cuban brands even in regular formats have been on very light or non existent stock unfortunately, I hope the situation will improve going foward. Also, please don't apologize for the use of terms specific to the cigars world, there really is no need for it 😀
Eddie, I am a MASSIVE admirer of you, your Father, and your store. I was able to visit once, sat in the famous chair, met both Max and Phillip, bought a few sticks to smoke in Franco's, and later enjoyed the Sahakian Cigar Lounge at the Bulgari (the Bolivar I bought there was exquisite). I WANT to buy from you, but my problem is the greed of HMG..... I can pop over the Channel to Bruges, and easily save £1k on a modest Cigar purchasing expedition. To be frank, the EMS label is, IMHO, worth a 10, or even 20% premium. The legendary service from your goodselves is likewise of value. But I just have a hard time denying myself the pleasure of a Cuban cigar in Bruges at +/- 75% cheaper than London (excl Cohibas and Trinidads, as you know). Please help me... what can I do?
Thank you for the honest plea - I share your frustration with the taxation policies imposed on handmade cigars and sadly the government is responsible for driving local customers abroad. If you work it out please let me know.
If you EVER have a chance to visit London. YOU MUST STOP AT THE DAVIDOFF LOUNGE on James St. Call ahead and ask if Eddie or Edward will be at the shop and make it a point to stop by! Meeting them is the highlight of any trip to London!
@@davidofflondon3525Eddie is a fine salesman. And in my personal opinion Davidoff is the best cigar merchants in London. But that comes at a price. You really need to be a millionaire to have a daily routine of Cuban cigars. And the price they actually are in Cuba you need to be really wealthy to turn a blind eye of how much you’re getting ripped off in London.
I see them dripping in more here in the Netherlands too. I was able to buy a box of the Partagas Maduro no. 1 for example. And to my surprise, they are already very good even though they only have a box date of May 2023. And as you say, I’ve just been smoking a lot of great new world cigars. Was just smoking an Oliva V Melanio, which was amazing.
Yeah there is a TON of variety with new worlds. Many are awful, but many are very very good. Padron has some lines that will exceed any of the cuban regular releases in quality and flavor.
Hi Eddie. I have also recently subscribed to the Cigar aficionado UA-cam page. One thing I notice a lot from them that makes no sense. Cigar of the week. What does that mean, every cigar they show has been out for years. Is it particularly nice this week. I love how you are concise and don't push towards things that are very subjective. Why is it good this week was it bad last week. Thank you for being precise.
They are usually funded to promote a particular brand or cigar, or indeed it is simply a cigar that has never been cigar of the week, doesnt have to be new to be featured
Eddie. I've just seen a technique using cedar spills to light cigars and introduce a cedar flavour to the initial draw to the cigar. Can you share your thoughts on this technique/practice?
Eddy what do you think of the recent developments on tobbaco van for people born after 2009? Do you reckon this will be definite? How do you think it will impact the tobacco industry?
Mr Sahakian, Please feel safe in your using the word New World cigars in describing all other cigars other than Cubans as this is accepted by most enthusiast. There is a Very boisterous and dare I say arrogant person in Aaron Sigmond who has shunned those who use the word New World. You are a true gentleman and let not those who are the fewest and loudest have an effect on you.
When i was in Havana in Dec 2022, the shelves were bare. In Varadero in Jan 2024, it was even worse. I hope production comes back, and also they keep cigars in the domestic market.
Hello Eddie, hope all is well. Would love to hear your thoughts on the UK Generational Tobacco Ban they are trying to implement and what it is going to do to the market in the UK. Thanks for sharing your views, they are very much appreciated! God bless!
Hello mr. Sahakian, can make a video about all the Davidoff cigars, I have became a fan of Davidoff Nicaragua Diadema, and it is a cigar that I feel no one is talking about.
There is tons of not sold Triniads in Europe after price increase. There are get 1 get 1 free promotions now in LCDHs. One more price increase and they will add free Trinidad to every pack of chips. Most cigars shops can't store cigars proparly in walking humidor for more than a year (plume/ mold from shoe dust or not enough humidity) so there are lots of Trinidads with broken wraper... They ruined Trinidad reputation forever IMO with this price increase.
Eddie, Good Afternoon. I hope you and all your family are well. May I recommend two new world cigars that I had the pleasure of smoking while I lived in the US; Firstly, La colmena and its reversed brother Black Honey from Warped (all of their cigars are fantastic). Secondly, Casadagli really anything from the line however in my humble opinion the Daughter of the wind is a standout. I hope you get to try these fab cigars one day.
i started smoking again recently. i used to buy trinidad vigia. no one was buying these robustos. no one. 14 chf for a stick or worst case 16 chf. and i could buy an numero dos for around 10 chf and it was always excellent quality. its scary that its gone up 3/4x and quality has gone down. im now smoking only non cubans as its all i can afford. i take this opportunity to ask please - what is a good replacement for an epicure no.2 from hoyo please?
In our market I very much enjoy the Regius Robusto. It is a lighter Nicaraguan and very consumer friendly pricing. In strength terms comparable to the Epicure No 2.
Eddie is perfect example of a man who ages like a fine wine. I only can hope to be as charismatic as him one day. The way he speaks, could listen to him speaking all day long, while enjoying good smoke and glass of brandy.
I have been forced to move on. First year was hard, but there are some good to very good cigars being released by the " New World". Select carefully though, as there is a lot of crap out there.
Eddie..Love from the States, but honestly the term "New World" cigars is quite antiquated. Fuente,Padron,Oliva and dare I say Rocky have all been around for a quarter century plus and Davidoff hasn't used Cuban tobacco in over 35 years.. just call it either Habanos or respect other countries and give a shot out to them.
Give it some time… just a few years ago they didnt have access to other cigars. Just the face that cuban connoisseurs are even open to them at all is a huge step. Cuba will price themselves out of the market once people realize there are $10 cigars that deliver comparable flavor and more consistency than $50 cubans. Some cubans are still amazing just not worth the prices compared with New Worlds
Top videos as always.. Cuban cigars are from communist cuba. They have lost all their top rollers and torcedors to other countries. The land is over worked and lacking nutrients it once had. Cuba has no access to other leafs from vast amounts of other countries. Most vitally they are disgustingly priced.. NEW WORLDS alllll day long
Spoken like a true prophet. In my personal experience, I haven't found many tobacconists or long time cigar enjoyers who speak positively about Cubans. Cuban cigars only appeal to the status seeking, gullible, and easily manipulated population. They see it in movies and hear about it in magazines and online, add to that is the scarcity effect that the US embargo has, and the NPC desire to suck the dicks of those who sell for the most ridiculous price, and you've got the Cuban cigar market in a nutshell
Can you please quote your prices of your cigars when you do videos . Also i am coming to london for the first time . How dangerous is london and what areas , parts of london should i be aware of ? thanks
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I just had the great pleasure of spending a few days in London with my family; Visiting Davidoff of London was a must and an expected experience. After buying some precious items, I had the great honor of getting to know Mr. Eddie Sahakian personally and would like to thank him for his hospitality and indescribable friendliness. The cigars were consumed immediately and were of course perfectly balanced and made my stay even better. Thank you very much for everything and best regards from Hamburg, Stefan Schoreit
I live here in Dominican Republic and the best thing is you just can walk to any liquor store and buy a really nice cigar, I tried a Romeo & Julieta for my birthday really enjoyed it.
Hi Eddie, I could listen to you talk all day long. Great work!
💯
Great vid. Interesting info.
Was a pleasure meeting you and your father last week!
Eddie, thank you! I had the pleasure of an 8-hour layover back in Sept and visiting one of my top 5 buck list locations - Davidoff of London. Your enthusiasm and passion for this craft is contagious and you're even more friendlier in person. God bless from Mississippi on a muggy smoke hanging evening!
Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. I could listen to Eddie read the phonebook.
If you haven't tried it yet, I really have been enjoying the Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro in the Torpedo or Figurado vitolas. Somehow they manage to be both full flavor and full body without being over-the-top. I usually pair with an Old Fashioned or just a neat bourbon (just basic Knob Creek or Redmption, but I'm not fancy).
Oliva Serie V is one of the best cigars ever made in history undoubtedly. Regardless of the vitolas, any serie V is absolutely stunning. I always keep stock of it in my humidor.
Top cigar
Thank you for this wonderful short but incite full video. It was actually you and your father that got me interested in the wonderful and rich world of cigars. As a result, I have found myself enjoying learning and finding new blends and brands to add to my collection.
Thank you for great information!
Recently visited the shop and saw the old man sitting and chatting to someone - got 5 cigars - expensive but looking forward to smoke with my friends in the future. Great shop, great staff - one day will visit the lounge at the hotel!
Hello, Eddie.
It is always a pleasure to listen to updates in the cigar business from one of the leading experts.
I know you're more than likely not wanting to delve into politics on your channel, but I would love to know how you think the generational smoking ban will affect the consumption of premium tobacco in the UK, and also what this means for high quality tobacconists such as Davidoff.
The UK already suffers from an extraordinarily high tobacco tax; do you think this generational ban will phase out and destroy this wonderful hobby once and for all? I am 21, and I really do feel that I am in the last generation of cigar smokers in the UK. I think after my generation has gone, tobacco will be but a distant memory for the UK's population either at their own behest or the powers that be.
Regardless, I thank you for your insightful content!
I hope common sense prevails and handmade, long-filler cigars are exempted. Anyone who enjoys a cigar can help by educating our fellow citizens about the difference.
Oliva/Joya de Nicaragua/La Galera/My Father Cigars/La flor dominicana are brands the provide good quality cigars with a reasonable price ;Davidoff has excellent cigars but they went to far with their pricing especially for the limited releases,same thing with Arturo Fuente and Padron (they pushed the gas too much)
Thank you Eddie foe all the info.
Absolutely love your videos! ❤ So knowledgeable about everything cigars. Very glad I found you form Kirby!
Amazing you quote to, challenge your paladar.
I don't have a lot of money to spend on cigars, but i live on Central America and i was lucky to find a young man handcrafting cigars by his on and sold me 10x 20$ and yesterday i was smoking them, a lot way to improve their binds but im happy to smoke local tobacco.
Great video Eddie
Good news to hear, here in western europe the market has been fairly tight in the last couple years and many of the main cuban brands even in regular formats have been on very light or non existent stock unfortunately, I hope the situation will improve going foward.
Also, please don't apologize for the use of terms specific to the cigars world, there really is no need for it 😀
Good afternoon Eddie!
Thank you.
Eddie, I am a MASSIVE admirer of you, your Father, and your store. I was able to visit once, sat in the famous chair, met both Max and Phillip, bought a few sticks to smoke in Franco's, and later enjoyed the Sahakian Cigar Lounge at the Bulgari (the Bolivar I bought there was exquisite). I WANT to buy from you, but my problem is the greed of HMG..... I can pop over the Channel to Bruges, and easily save £1k on a modest Cigar purchasing expedition. To be frank, the EMS label is, IMHO, worth a 10, or even 20% premium. The legendary service from your goodselves is likewise of value. But I just have a hard time denying myself the pleasure of a Cuban cigar in Bruges at +/- 75% cheaper than London (excl Cohibas and Trinidads, as you know). Please help me... what can I do?
Thank you for the honest plea - I share your frustration with the taxation policies imposed on handmade cigars and sadly the government is responsible for driving local customers abroad. If you work it out please let me know.
Good afternoon Eddie from the USA
If you EVER have a chance to visit London. YOU MUST STOP AT THE DAVIDOFF LOUNGE on James St. Call ahead and ask if Eddie or Edward will be at the shop and make it a point to stop by! Meeting them is the highlight of any trip to London!
Wonderful video Eddie.Greetings from Dublin
Many thanks!
@@davidofflondon3525Eddie is a fine salesman. And in my personal opinion Davidoff is the best cigar merchants in London. But that comes at a price. You really need to be a millionaire to have a daily routine of Cuban cigars. And the price they actually are in Cuba you need to be really wealthy to turn a blind eye of how much you’re getting ripped off in London.
One of my favorite cigar memories was visiting the Davidoff shop in Geneva, Switzerland many decades ago.
Well done Eddie. That was great information and fitting for your roll as Statesman of the industry.
Good Evening 😊 Awesome Video👌🏽 Thanks for sharing 👏🏼 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
I see them dripping in more here in the Netherlands too. I was able to buy a box of the Partagas Maduro no. 1 for example. And to my surprise, they are already very good even though they only have a box date of May 2023.
And as you say, I’ve just been smoking a lot of great new world cigars. Was just smoking an Oliva V Melanio, which was amazing.
Yeah there is a TON of variety with new worlds. Many are awful, but many are very very good. Padron has some lines that will exceed any of the cuban regular releases in quality and flavor.
What a beautiful and brilliant explanation of the current situation ❤ this 😊
Hello from Texas.
You should read audiobooks
Such a pleasant voice to listen to
Eddie, how do you keep your hair so well groomed?
Eddie, will your store have the Davidoff Monolith Humidor available?
Will the UK tobacco ban cover cigars as well?
I’m asking the same question…
My guy Eddie Sahakian spitting mad fire!!!
FR son
Cheers from across the pond. You should make a video smoking and reviewing the Davidoff maduro. I love maduros.
Hi Eddie. I have also recently subscribed to the Cigar aficionado UA-cam page. One thing I notice a lot from them that makes no sense. Cigar of the week. What does that mean, every cigar they show has been out for years. Is it particularly nice this week. I love how you are concise and don't push towards things that are very subjective. Why is it good this week was it bad last week. Thank you for being precise.
They are usually funded to promote a particular brand or cigar, or indeed it is simply a cigar that has never been cigar of the week, doesnt have to be new to be featured
@@bobbuilder3687 Exactly.
Gotta try New World Dorado, Oliva Serie G Cameroon, and Plasencia Alma Fuerte.
Not a fan of the G serie's taste, even if quality of construction and value for money are excellent. Serie V and V Melanio, on the other hand... 😍
Eddie. I've just seen a technique using cedar spills to light cigars and introduce a cedar flavour to the initial draw to the cigar.
Can you share your thoughts on this technique/practice?
Eddy what do you think of the recent developments on tobbaco van for people born after 2009? Do you reckon this will be definite? How do you think it will impact the tobacco industry?
Mr Sahakian,
Please feel safe in your using the word New World cigars in describing all other cigars other than Cubans as this is accepted by most enthusiast. There is a Very boisterous and dare I say arrogant person in Aaron Sigmond who has shunned those who use the word New World. You are a true gentleman and let not those who are the fewest and loudest have an effect on you.
When i was in Havana in Dec 2022, the shelves were bare. In Varadero in Jan 2024, it was even worse. I hope production comes back, and also they keep cigars in the domestic market.
Hello Eddie, hope all is well. Would love to hear your thoughts on the UK Generational Tobacco Ban they are trying to implement and what it is going to do to the market in the UK. Thanks for sharing your views, they are very much appreciated! God bless!
Why the German market is IT a bigger Market for cigars in General ?
Hello mr. Sahakian, can make a video about all the Davidoff cigars, I have became a fan of Davidoff Nicaragua Diadema, and it is a cigar that I feel no one is talking about.
Liga Privada! The T52 is my favorite cigar and I highly suggest you try them if you haven’t
The My Father line is superb New World.
There is tons of not sold Triniads in Europe after price increase. There are get 1 get 1 free promotions now in LCDHs. One more price increase and they will add free Trinidad to every pack of chips. Most cigars shops can't store cigars proparly in walking humidor for more than a year (plume/ mold from shoe dust or not enough humidity) so there are lots of Trinidads with broken wraper... They ruined Trinidad reputation forever IMO with this price increase.
Eddie,
Good Afternoon. I hope you and all your family are well. May I recommend two new world cigars that I had the pleasure of smoking while I lived in the US;
Firstly, La colmena and its reversed brother Black Honey from Warped (all of their cigars are fantastic).
Secondly, Casadagli really anything from the line however in my humble opinion the Daughter of the wind is a standout.
I hope you get to try these fab cigars one day.
Thank you for the recommendations and looking forward to trying them.
and an increase in prices !
Perfect Statement .
Well done, as always.
great video, waiting for May update!
perhaps the increase in volume and new blends from the 'new world' will mitigate the inflationary pressure.
i started smoking again recently. i used to buy trinidad vigia. no one was buying these robustos. no one. 14 chf for a stick or worst case 16 chf. and i could buy an numero dos for around 10 chf and it was always excellent quality. its scary that its gone up 3/4x and quality has gone down. im now smoking only non cubans as its all i can afford. i take this opportunity to ask please - what is a good replacement for an epicure no.2 from hoyo please?
In our market I very much enjoy the Regius Robusto. It is a lighter Nicaraguan and very consumer friendly pricing. In strength terms comparable to the Epicure No 2.
I know that cigar supply issues are the number one topic at parties
We want Atabey and La Palina, Warped Cigars, Byron, anything made at el Titan de Bronze. We can’t get any of these in the UK
I trust Edward, Eddie and Kirby, when it comes to Cigars. More new world content would be great!
You're a gullible loser if you offsource your mental activities to any entity, even God himself.
Kirby is a snake oil salesman, I wouldn’t put him in the same class as the Sahakian’s. Kirby would need to play catch up for 40 years.
@frankynonos3793 You have a good point. I don't care for his products however, he smokes some very fine cigars.
Edward and Eddie are the ones who you want to get your information from. Though I do enjoy Kirby's content.
Kirby is an interloper. He pretends to know more than he does.
great info Eddie 👌thx
Eddie is perfect example of a man who ages like a fine wine. I only can hope to be as charismatic as him one day. The way he speaks, could listen to him speaking all day long, while enjoying good smoke and glass of brandy.
I’ve noticed that the cigars in the 2023 boxes smoke well straight out of the box. Has anyone else noticed this?
I have been forced to move on. First year was hard, but there are some good to very good cigars being released by the " New World". Select carefully though, as there is a lot of crap out there.
Excellent
Eddie..Love from the States, but honestly the term "New World" cigars is quite antiquated. Fuente,Padron,Oliva and dare I say Rocky have all been around for a quarter century plus and Davidoff hasn't used Cuban tobacco in over 35 years.. just call it either Habanos or respect other countries and give a shot out to them.
Give it some time… just a few years ago they didnt have access to other cigars. Just the face that cuban connoisseurs are even open to them at all is a huge step. Cuba will price themselves out of the market once people realize there are $10 cigars that deliver comparable flavor and more consistency than $50 cubans. Some cubans are still amazing just not worth the prices compared with New Worlds
I would be asking Dag Holmboe, CEO of The Pacific Cigar Company as the prices are now controlled by him.
From the horses mouth Gentlemen.
Top videos as always..
Cuban cigars are from communist cuba. They have lost all their top rollers and torcedors to other countries. The land is over worked and lacking nutrients it once had. Cuba has no access to other leafs from vast amounts of other countries. Most vitally they are disgustingly priced.. NEW WORLDS alllll day long
Spoken like a true prophet. In my personal experience, I haven't found many tobacconists or long time cigar enjoyers who speak positively about Cubans. Cuban cigars only appeal to the status seeking, gullible, and easily manipulated population. They see it in movies and hear about it in magazines and online, add to that is the scarcity effect that the US embargo has, and the NPC desire to suck the dicks of those who sell for the most ridiculous price, and you've got the Cuban cigar market in a nutshell
And yet they are still the best by a country mile..!
Can you please quote your prices of your cigars when you do videos . Also i am coming to london for the first time . How dangerous is london and what areas , parts of london should i be aware of ? thanks