Eddie has been exposed to the world of cigars from a young age and way before he could
work in the store he started helping at the store particularly at Christmas time packing
and dispatching cigars in his break from school.
He properly joined his father in his
London store after a career in banking
and finance in the City of London and is
proving to be a fine ambassador for the UK
Cigar Scene.
Having learned much about the business
they both love from his father and
he took on a project to develop a new
venture; The Edward Sahakian Cigar store
which is tucked away in contemporary
Bulgari hotel in Knightsbridge and
which illustrates all of the elegance of the
Davidoff store in a refined and perfect
cigar lounge. In our interview he explains
that the lounge is very much an extension
of Edward and his way of dealing with
both cigars and customers.
It is also a spot for Eddie to allow the cigar
world to enjoy the cigars which Edward
has been so assiduously and carefully
aging in his special vault below the St
James’s street store for many years. He
talks a little about his father’s collection of
cigars and the very special way they have
been aged. These cigars are released for
sale via the Bulgari when and if Eddie can
persuade his father to part with them.
The cigars are