Most of us have learnt (painfully in most cases) that there are some snuff varieties that must be stored apart to avoid cross-contamination. Last Christmas I pop opened one of my vacuum jars to sample a year-old tin of Tq “Christmas Pudding”, stored along with other 5 Tqs and two DKs, “Latakia Ao 1860” and “AP”. All of them were OK except for Tq “Peanut Butter”, that has mutated to “Pine-clove-burnt”. Not bad anyway, but very different from what it should be. So, apart from Menthol/Medicated snuffs, I´ll add DK “AP” and TQ “Christmas pudding” to be isolated from the rest of “inmates” in the storage cells. Have you suffered from Cross-contamination issues? Share your experience.

Only with medicated/menthol snuffs, which I store in a separate cooler. I have several igloo “ice chests” that I use to store snuff, cigars and pipe weed…all separate. The only ones in total isolation are those in the medicated category.

No. I decant into glass bottles.Best investment I ever made.All my snuff is as fresh as the day I decant it. Sorry for your loss

I have found cross contamination to be mostly superficial and easily remedied by separating the culprits.

I have not had this problem although I store many types together. I had the problem with some legal pot I grew ( I live in Colorado) , then stored in a drawer that a bundle of Nag Champa incense. It turned that particular weed into an incense scented, but still very potent final product. The other plant I harvested and cured in glass jars is still in those jars and will remain so. Lesson learned the hard way. BTW, I store most of my Indian snuffs in a cigar box, and they have remained distinct in their aromas, even the Madras snuffs which are stored with the Gulab Sugandh Rose and Horse Brand snuff I bought from last years “Indiansnuff” member who has vanished at this point. Like B Shaman recommends, I ought to get glass jars for all my snuff, but I’m too cheap and impoverished, not to mention lazy.

Not cross-contamination per se, but I made the mistake of taking some Poschls Gletscher Prise and a short while a pinch of Gawith Apricot- the result was a revolting, almost gas station scent that seemed to chase me for days. Those two scents for me should never cross paths.

the general rule for me is keep my menthol and other such “medicated” snuffs in a separate tub… do they then contaminate each other ?? Who knows as all I smell is menthol anyway

Packard’s Club is specially dangerous…

I once stored McC English Menthol with Attar of Roses and now the English Menthol reeks of roses but the Attar of Roses has not a hint of menthol

I stored a heavily scented snuff in one of the plastic snuff boxes from Mr. Snuff. When I was done, I cleaned it thoroughly, several times over. I have a pretty good nose and I couldn’t detect any leftover scent. I cleaned it AGAIN, just to be safe. Filled it with a toast and within a day F&T HDT had traces of SG Firedance. Somehow the scent stayed in the plastic just enough that I couldn’t detect it but enough that it made its presence known when another tobacco was packed inside.

Like most everyone else, I keep the menthols separate. I store open tins (with the lids on, of course) together in the same glass jar and have never detected an issue.