From: HENRI de PERIGNON (HENRI PERIGNON) <??????????????????????>
Subject:  [CIGAR]

Hi Steve and all!

Thanks for the great job.
Here are the best places to find cigars in PARIS and GENEVA.

1) Paris.

    La Casa del Habano
    169, boulevard Saint-Germain
    75007 Paris
    tel (1) 45 49 24 30
In this very well decorated place, in a great atmosphere you will only find
Cubans. They are kept in the best conditions: good moisture &
temperature allows you to enjoy them immediately with the greatest
pleasure.
Downstairs is a nice bar (ahh... a young rhum with a good cigar is such
a delight...) and a restaurant.

    La boutique 22
    22, avenue Victor Hugo
    75116 Paris
    tel (1) 45 01 81 41
This shop used to be only devoted to Davidoff. But Mr. Matthieu nows
sells all kind of cigars, also kept in the very best conditions.

These two shops above offer you the best conservation in Paris.
If you also need advise, go to:
    La Tabatiere Odeon
    128, boulevard Saint-Germain
    75006 Paris
    tel (1) 46 34 21 89
The conservation conditions are not as good, but the advise are very
fine, and the owner is a very nice man.

2) Geneva.

In Geneva, I can only advise you one adress, but it is UNDOUBTFULLY
THE BEST IN THE WORLD  (no kitting and exagerating at all).

    Gerard Pere et Fils
    Hotel Noga Hilton
    19, Quai du Mont Blanc
    1201 Geneve
    tel   4122 / 732 65 11
    fax 4122 / 738 64 73

Mr. Gerard is the only retailer in the world to be authorized to have the
logo of the CUBATACO in his display. He of course only sells Cubans. He
will give you the very best grestest top awesome advise. He has his
cigars maturing in his own cellar of course, and will only accept to sell
you a cigar if he thinks it is at its top (he once sold me a box he had kept
maturing for 7 years!). He sometimes has great cigars the cubans make
especially for him, without. He will take time to listen to you, your tastes
and your mood, will let you test cigars with a glass of good Cognac or
Rhum. And he will let you make discoveries, and share his new
pleasures. Connoisseurs all agree that Gerard, describing himself as a
"craftsman" has taken the place of regretted Zino Davidoff in the heart of
cigar lovers. His motto could be absolute quality with no compromise.

                                                       Henri
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P.S. 1      This, of course is no commercial stuff, I only want to let you    
share my enthousiasm.

P.S. 2       From France, the anti-smoking frenzy you're experiencing
looks completely unbelievable. Kafka is not dead, and where is the           
country of liberty? All I can tell you is VIVE LA RESISTANCE !

[ Thanks for the addresses, Henri! They are now in the Guide. -S. ]


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