I’ve recently received a large “tin” of this snuff and I’m pretty surprised. My first experience with non-tobacco snuffs were the tiger “traubenzücker” (glucose) based snuffs of Bernard’s Tiger brand. Their caffeine or guarana content and clumpy white color makes them winners at parties, tools of the trade for practical (and merry :P) pranksters and a policemen/bouncer magnet of almost physically determined efficiency: in other words, a mere novelty candy in my eyes and nose. I guessed all non tobacco snuffs were that way, as almost every one I’ve seen had the same pixie stick base. Except this one. The real deal. As I’ve said before, and to my current knowledge, “the only non-tobacco snuff that matters”, to quote what the pedantic musical critics said about the Clash back in their heyday. The flour, composed of many different ayurvedic and sacred herbs (the list of which is available as the product’s description), is medium both in moisture and grind. Except for being almost no piquant at all, it could be mistaken for some kind of mild tobacco blend, which is a remarkable blending feat having account of the different nature of the herbs and roots in the mix. The scent is gentle: except for the generous menthol, no other notes are distinguishable, but they get together on an agreeable scent both fresh, medicinal and sweet. The only comparison that springs to my mind would be with a more tolerable version of Pöschl’s Alpina (a snuff that smells well and have some herbal character to it, but quite artificial), but the differences are many and very apparent. The effect is both soothing and refreshing. The only downside it’s that it tends to stick to the nose far more than most of the tobacco based mixes we use to take! Anyway, the experience is quite remarkable, and for those that want to keep taking snuff while giving nicotine a rest it’s the only agreeable solution. PS: I used to have quite the headache for the last days until I tried this snuff, but establishing any kind of relation between these two facts will contravene most rules of empiric thinking. Anyway, I want to believe in this Ayurvedic miracle! :)>-
@MarvinLapsus Thanks for your review about our Snuff We are planning to add more flavors to Non-tobacco Herbal Snuff Your Suggestion and Recommendation would be highly appreciated
@Manit_Joshi Thanks for your attention! I’m pretty sure a lot of snuff takers would like to see a non-menthol version of your herbal snuff, as I can see it being overpowering for many. A version featuring more noticeable notes of Indian herbs and spices in the flavor (cardamom, camphor, a touch of clove, etc) and with a lower rate of menthol would be very appreciated by me myself, and I believe it would have a spot reserved in the hearts of many of the Indian perfumed snuff lovers around. Anyway, I’m pretty sure you will craft some very interesting new flavors for sure.
@Manit_Joshi I agree with @MarvinLapsus on this one, a non-menthol (or light menthol) herbal snuff featuring some quinessentially Indian herb and spice flavours/scents would be fantastic.
Surely, we will keep in mind about non-menthol or light menthol Besides if you have suggestion for any particular flavor please let us know
@Manit_Joshi, about flavoring, I stand by my previous statement: for a lightly mentholated version, camphor and cardamom, perhaps even nigella and pepper, seem like a good idea (but I don’t if this idea will work with a non-tobacco base). A version completely devoid of menthol would be pretty good if you manage to keep it refreshing.
Camphor would seem a good alternative to menthol in that case to keep it refreshing? In keeping with the pure Indian theme?