In 2010, Arsen Cigars was launched by Arsen Gasparian, a former diplomat and journalist who came to the cigar industry originally as a publisher of the Russian Cigar Magazine, ''Hecho A Mano''.
Arsen Gasparian
Gasparian, who was once the press secretary for the
Armenia
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n Ministry of Foreign affairs and later the founder and publisher of the
Russia
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n magazine ''Hecho A Mano'', began manufacturing cigars in 2010. Gasparyan is the CEO of
Florida
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based Vitolier Company and also runs De Los Reyes Cigars, Inc. in
Miami
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, Florida together with Carlos da Cruz, the son in law of race car driver
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Moving up from Formula Two, Fittip ...
.
Logotype
![Ah first armenian letter](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Ah_first_armenian_letter.jpg)
The ''Arsen'' trademark, according to the application filed with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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, is a graphic representation of the first letter of the
Armenian alphabet
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that transliterates in the
Latin alphabet
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to "Ah".
Arsen Conniosseur Collection
Gasparian released his ''Connoisseur Collection'' in June 2011, which is made in the
Dominican Republic
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by Corporacion Cigar Export and distributed in the United States by the Vitolier Co.
Arsen Pink for Men
The Pink line of cigars are crafted from 100% Dominican tobacco and are rolled in a 3-year-old, shade-grown Habano
Vuelta Abajo
Vuelta Abajo (or Vueltabajo, literally: The lower roundtrip) is a geographic region in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It lies in the extreme western part of the island, bordered on the north by the Sierra de los Órganos mountains. wrapper. They are aged for five months and come in four sizes.
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