Cigar smoking, as any
aficionado knows, is very much a matter of taste. Few people know that better
than Edward Sahakian who, for more than 30 years, has run the famous Davidoff
store on in London’s historic St James’s district.
‘Every cigar has a
time and a place,’ he says. ‘I’d smoke something different on a cold, wet day
in London, for example, than I would on a warm afternoon in Havana – with a
Mohito.’
Given that Sahakian’s
shop contains at least 220 different cigars – at the last count – that’s plenty
for his customers to be getting on with. And many of them, like him, like few
things in life quite as much as a good cigar.
‘I’d say the process
of enjoyment all starts when you open the box,’ adds Sahakian. ‘There could be
10 or 20 cigars in there, but one of them will catch your eye. That’s where the
attraction all starts.’
