The postman just delivered my consignment of Abraxas from Mr. Snuff! I eagerly divested the contents of their envelope, and am currently enjoying my first noseload of said premium batch snuff. My first reaction is “WOW”, this is absolutely gorgeous snuff. Beautiful, fairly coarse grind (my favourite) and a rich, dark, decadent jar-sniff aroma which just screams quality. In the nose it is rich, powerful snuff with a very minor nose burn (just enough to say “hello, you’re about to have a great time”!) And a rapidly blooming and deeply complex flavour…I get whispers of brandy, molasses, cocoa beans and much, much more, I haven’t spent enough time with it to fully dissect the blend of scents but it’s clearly something that a huge amount of thought and many years of diligent and devoted snuff study has gone into. Yes, it’s expensive, but so is anything that is handmade, comes in small batches and requires years of expertise and craftsmanship to create. @snuffster, all I can say is BRAVO for taking the time to make this snuff. Abraxas is a masterpiece, you must be extremely proud.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Abraxas took over 30 years to evolve from the first experiments around about 1980 - which were just for home/friends use - to the product now on sale, and for it to be enjoyed by other snuff users is, quite simply, humbling and fantastic.
It’s a must have. Not all day perhaps, but every day, yes.
@snuffster, I can only imagine the amount of work it must have taken to refine the recipe to such an inarguably delicious point. After owning it for several days, and enjoying it many times, I can honestly say it’s a king amongst snuffs. In fact, midway through writing this I couldn’t resist having a pinch…revelling in it as we speak, I think it’s definitely an evening snuff, absolutely perfect for this time of night.
I’m very flattered. It did take a long while to get right but most of that development period was when I was just making it for home use, so when I started to sell it it was just a question of scaling things up and getting rid of any rough edges. I am happy with it, thats for sure.
I think Abraxas could be a particularly brilliant cold-weather snuff…we’ll see after this unseasonably lovely weather becomes Autumnal again 
I have 3 more Abraxas snuffs planned btw, plus a very limited ‘special’. The next one should be Xmas time and will be the Abraxas take on an SP. You won’t need to take a second mortgage out for that one.
I’ll be first in the queue for those new ones, really looking forward to the SP. I agree it’s a great cold weather snuff, just today I had a pinch of Abraxas, left it in for ten minutes and then went outside…when the fresh air hit my nose, BANG! Back came all the aromas, like pressing the ‘repeat’ button on a CD player!
Well I finally broke down and made my first snuff order in ages, and had to make it in order to get this one (Abraxas). Now as far as I can tell the price reflects the fact that one of the ingredients in this masterpiece is tonka bean that has passed thru a Civet, right? Or was it pushed?
I don’t know why this isn’t my all day snuff that’s right I think it special! My hat is off to K57. Reading this discussion I opened my humidor and just shoveled in a generous nose full. And currently loading a box for travel it’s always best straight out of the jar.I will see how it survives a work week now the humidity has stabilized.
No tonquin in it at all. Hope you enjoyed it. The next batch, which will signal the start of continous production, is some weeks away but to launch it I will be giving some smash boxes of Abraxas away. There will also be a chance to win 4 jars of the oldest and most matured Abraxas with a beautiful snuff box to go with it. Mr Snuff will be running that and it will be a short quiz plus a review to win. There will be runner up prizes of single jars too. So, the first 10, non Abraxas using members to put their names on this list will get a smash box with a generous sample of Abraxas for you to try and work out what the fuss was about:)
"So, the first 10, non Abraxas using members to put their names on this list will get a smash box with a generous sample of Abraxas for you to try and work out what the fuss was about:) " Wait, do you mean ‘this’ list, or is there one somewhere else? If this is it , consider me signed. If somewhere else, point the way… :^)
Where do I sign —> KebAMP
Yes where do I sign up. I have never tried it. I am afraid I never even ordered from Mr snuff. Andy.
I have not tried the Abraxas because the price was too scary…signed.
You can sign me up too!
Sign me up too!!! Been hesitating to get it because of its price… have it sitting in my cart in MR.snuff tho.
me to !
Ooh, I’ll take a smash box. Haven’t got around to purchasing any Abraxas yet.
Sign me up too, if this is ‘this list’.