I see there are flower floral snuffs and citrus fruit snuffs available. However, is there a citrus BLOSSOM scented snuff ? I have four citrus trees in my backyard, two oranges, a tangerine, and a grapefruit. I can tell you there is NOTHING quite so wonderful as to sit on the back patio on a cool evening when the citrus trees are in bloom and enjoy their bouquet. Jasmin can’t compare to the citrus floral scent, IMO, and I have a fence-full of Jasmine to compare it with, as well. Gardenia is another flower which has a very strong scent , to the point of perhaps being cloying if overdone, but which does not seem to be represented in the snuff world. I think snuff makers should consider tropical florals, and even fruits (pineapple, anyone ) ?
I agree, Orange Blossom is a heavenly scent. I also love the smell of Magnolia trees when they are in bloom. When I smell Magnolia, I think of the Cape Fear River in spring. I would love a citrus blossom snuff.
F&T Seville is what you are looking for.
Haha, I have Seville, but haven’t even taken a pinch of it! I’ll give it a whirl when I get home. Thanks for the heads up, Stitch.
I just read the reviews of this one, and it looks like something I might like.
You should try making some. Toss some blossoms in with some natural, let it sit for a few days.
I did what sprangalang said a few months ago. I posted about it here. I made a Lemon flower snuff and a Lime flower snuff with Toque Natural as the base. I gave each batch two treatments, you’ll have to dry the snuff out a bit in between treatments. Both were good, but lemon was more flavorful. I just finished the last of it about a week ago. That’s it until he next bloom. My orange tree did not bloom this year So Z basic answer is No so make your own! I don’t think Seville smells like orange blossoms. More like perfume.
If I had all that in my back yard, I’d certainly be flavoring some snuff with those flowers!!
You might want to check this old thread for more ideas and methods: Snuff Recipes I’m starting to wonder if ornamental Nicotianas couldn’t be used as snuff scents. The flowers of some of those have fabulous odors.
Leman, my citrus trees are in pots. They come in for the winter. Pretty easy to take care of. I had (or my mom did actually) a very nice Gardenia. It had an awesome bloom. She gave it away since it was a lot of maintenanece and she wanted to “retire”. It was sort of a prize plant. It lives at a local conservatory now. Outside year round the best smelling ones are lilac, viburnum, and cherry laurel. All three of those will grow well in our climate, but they are all shrubs that need routine pruning. These all just finihsed flowering and it rained almost through the whole bloom period, so I didn’t get to enjoy them so much this year, and no time to scent snuff with them. Honeysuckle season is coming though!
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hadn’t thought of that. I think crushed they might give off some good scent. I may look into that.
There might not be any snuffs labelled as blossom scents, but you may well find one that has the perfume you are looking for, despite its name. Have a look at the catalogues of the older snuff houses like WoS (and Tranters, made by WoS) and Gawith, there might be something lurking there that fits the bill. There are various citrus snuffs that might be worth exploring.
Fresh out of citrus blossoms? An alternative is “orange water” - the fragrant water left after oil is extracted from the flowers. It is used by high-end pastry and dessert chefs and is available in online gourmet stores. An orange custard made with orange water is amazing. It is not prohibitively expensive. It does not smell like perfume, and for my money best captures the essence of orange blossom scent.