Paris LCDH

[kobsjones]

Is there an LCDH in Paris? I can't seem to find one. If not where should I go while in Paris? Thanks

[Smallclub]

There is no LCDH in France nor in Spain, where prices of tobacco products are set by gouvernment decree.

In Paris go to "Le Lotus", in the Madeleine area. Search the forum and you'll find all the details for this shop and a few other, I posted them in several threads.

[Puros Y Vino]

Another one to visit is "A La Civette".

[kobsjones]

Thanks, wanna get some good regionals

[Brah]

I visited La Civette when I was there in August. While the staff and shop itself was great, the prices were quite high and storage conditions a bit soggy. I picked up some Quai D'Orsay Belicoso and they are phenomenal.

[Optic101]

My favorite is Le Lotus.

Enjoy your trip !

[danny]

When I went to La Lotus to look for some cigars. They had quite the selection in their humidor with loose cigars all along the walls, and this was around the time the BHK's were released which were all in stock. The crazy part was that you could literally see cigar beetles crawling all over the cigars out on the shelves in various spots. It was NASTY to say the least.

Anyways, I went back the following day and there was a local gentleman going through a box, touching, gentle squeezing, and examining each cigar to purchase them. The employee had a few boxes out for the customer to go through and the cigars on the shelf weren't even an option to this client. So from what I gather, the local people in the know ask to select their cigars from the many boxes they have stored away in cabinets and I suggest you do the same. They had some great cigars with age on them (ie. Aged Cohiba, Monte's, EL's, and others), but were on the shelves along with the beetles so I didn't grab any.

Just some advice!

[Smallclub]

The crazy part was that you could literally see cigar beetles crawling all over the cigars out on the shelves in various spots. It was NASTY to say the least.

I don't believe it one second. To begin with, tobacco beetles (which are not specifically "cigar beetles") don't "crawl" over cigars.

I was a regular customer of this shop for years.

[Lotusguy]

You probably meant mites (harmless since they don't eat the tobacco and a little exposure to sunlight kills them).

[Smallclub]

You probably meant mites (harmless since they don't eat the tobacco and a little exposure to sunlight kills them).

Yes, wood/paper mites that eat the glue and are totally harmless to cigars.

[backslide]

Check out Tabac Du Dome they also have a very good selection.

[GavLew79]

Do they all have sampling lounges? Thanks.

[danny]

I guess I may be wrong, but do know what an actual cigar beetle looks like since I've had one eat through a couple of holes in a closed tubo cigar and found the beetle dead. Looked exactly like it and did find some beetle holes in some of the cigars on display there. Possibly just a bad experience.

[dangolf18]

There was one on St. Germain. I believe it's closed. A La Civette is good.

[Smallclub]

Do they all have sampling lounges? Thanks.

"Sampling lounges" are a UK and UK only thing.

[Smallclub]

Check out Tabac Du Dome they also have a very good selection.

They have a good selection but you can't cherry pick your cigars and the place is always crowded (located on the very busy Boulevard du Montparnasse).

[Lotusguy]

I guess I may be wrong, but do know what an actual cigar beetle looks like since I've had one eat through a couple of holes in a closed tubo cigar and found the beetle dead. Looked exactly like it and did find some beetle holes in some of the cigars on display there. Possibly just a bad experience.

That's indeed nasty and was not the case the couple of times I was there. Never seen a live beetle anywhere in any shop around the world.