@basement_shaman , yep I agree- I received two 50g tins. One was perfect, the other totally messed up…outside looked ok but inside aluminum rot and dust ( sparkly metallic crud )—decanted the good one and need to return the other— this snuff is great though!
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Two of my favorite snuffs are F&Ts, but that said, @basement_shaman if it does that to a tin (especially one as heavy as an F&T tin), I would be very hesitant to put it in my face. That’s just scary.
@Hitsuzen , it because of the salt, salt and aluminum Love each other
I personally rate Santo Domingo (once listed in the Guinness Book of Records along with Cafe Royale as the world’s most expensive snuff) as the best of the recreated range. Although it no longer contains Cuban tobacco it is, as far as olfactory memory serves, little different from the original. As others have pointed out, Wilson’s Best Dark (once fully mellowed after airing) is not too dissimilar to Santo Domingo in flavour, and I buy the former in bulk as a cheaper alternative for that pleasant violet taste. Wilson’s Princes is another bulk purchase and again benefits from a good airing to develop the full subtlety of flavour. It is a cheaper alternative to F&T Princess and I consider it just as good.
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Yes it is redolent of antiquity, reassuring like holding a leatherbound first edition of Johnson & Boswell’s journey through the Hebrides; a subtle snuff and gentle. It, like JR Justice, is a snuff for grownups who have moved on from bubblegum flavours, but where JRJ provides the perfume of a salon and the nicotine bite of witty conversation, Santo Domingo is a library and a fireside, possibly with a glass of madeira or Islay malt. I’d be interested to know how long it was in the F&T catalogue - any historians aware?
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@smasty - As I recall the Santo Domingo was one of the earlier offerings (though I don’t recall the date), Bureau, Dr J. R. Justice and Morliax were all much later offerings.
MisterPaul, thank you, sir. I’ll pursue it.
Fribourg & Treyer Santo Domingo became my favourite black stuff recently. I have found cedar oil combined with sandalwood oil and some absoulute violet on dark fired base tobacco as pretty interesting and tasty combination. Tobacco appearance is almost black with dark brown spots in tin, smell smoky, woody earthy with very decent carbolic smell as old railway sleepers during sunny day. Grind demi gros, easy of snuffing I’d say medium a tad easier to use if snuff spoon is used compare if pinched. Nikotine hit is on medium to high level with slover release due grind. Nose burn is pleasant and refreshing. Higly recomeded. Jack
love this one and I have to say it all comes down to the cedar. All of it. In fact someone should make a cedar scented snuff with nothing else. That is all
If no one replies to this I’ll just create a new thread but I have a problem. Santo Domingo smells right out of the tin. Quite pungent in fact. But once it’s in my nose I get nothing. Maybe a faint smell but not what I should be getting from a good F&T snuff. Same with old Paris. The scent doesn’t linger like it should. Very odd because Bordeaux and Macouba linger quite long. Any ideas? Maybe a faulty batch?
This is the only Fribourg and Treyer I’ve tried so far, but the scents weren’t that strong in the nose. In fact, I think they were subtle. So it’s probably the way it’s supposed to be.
I don’t find Santo Domingo to be full flavored at all in the nose. As many have mentioned, it reminds me of an old library with worn leather, dry wood and musty books. The aromas are complex but fleeting. Still I enjoy it very much.
Interesting…
I’ve tried this out for the first time in the last few days, and my first impressions were that it was my favorite of the F&T line. Very atypical of F&T, yet sill distinctly complex and refined. I get a definite pungent aroma when it’s in my nose, but I’ve not spent enough time with it yet to have an opinion on longevity.
Will comment more when I’ve spent some more time with it,
After spending a little more time with it, I agree @spyder. Fleeting it certainly is! A shame, as I really like the initial aromas.
Perhaps they made it that way on purpose … so you top up more frequently.
When I want aromas that hit like a train and keep going, I stick with Schmalzlers and stuff from Old Mill.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. This week has been an outright Schmalzler fest… and, well, today my first OM order turned up… … and I’m hooooooooovering up that damned PVT!
I think Santo Domingo opens up more when outside, especially in more rural areas, or at night and the temperature starts to comes down.
Good point @Trackerdex, I’ve not yet given it a fair run in the crisp autumn air.