Information On Davidoff

While many of the men who lent their names to today’s brands remain a mystery to most, the image of Davidoff is still quite alive and well in the brand that bears his name. Many years after Davidoff left Cuba for the Dominican Republic. Davidoff was born in 1906 in Kiev in the Russian Ukraine, and moved to Geneva in 1911. Young Davidoff educated himself all about cigarette and pipe tobacco blending from his father, a tobacco store owner. When Davidoff went out to see the world at 19 Davidoff found himself drawn to Cuba and the special magic of Cuban cigar tobacco. After convincing his father to fit a cigar section in the shop, Davidoff became one of the world’s most renowned outlets for fine Havanas. Around the end of World War II, Davidoff was given authorization to create his own cigar brand. A clever marketer, Davidoff hit upon the idea of naming cigars after famous French winemaking chateaus. There was one problem. As Richard Carleton Hacker relates in The Ultimate Cigar Book, “...he had neglected to obtain permission from the owners of the chateaux to use their names on his cigars. But in those pre-litigious days, the diplomatic Davidoff simply sent a gift of cigars to each individual. When they saw their chateau immortalized on a box of cigars, all was forgiven.” Try getting away with that trick today. Truly one of a kind, Davidoff passed away in 1993, but his unique spirit and love of “the good life” still permeates his luxurious products.