Last week I started experimenting with natural flavor to add to a plain scotch for not only a cool scent but to give me some of its benefits. I am using things that can be ground into powder to make things easy. I chose Railroad Mills sweet as my base. I first ground spearmint leaves to it will great rewards. Not only do you get a terrific scent but somehow micro particles make it to your mouth to give you a fresh sensation. I am working on orange peeel and vanilla bean tonight. I also bought some cinnamon sticks 
Could be fun Got any secrets to share?
Yea… I hide part of my pay check each week from my wife.
@distaind Any tips? Since I’m self employed, and the Boss Lady works the desk, I have to call it embezzling! @MattheFox There is a plethora of info about that subject embedded into this site, the spearmint, orange zest and vanilla sound good.
@matthefox, as you’ve discovered a fresh herb works well. You don’t always have to grind it into the snuff. If its moist and you have enough quantity, and a plain enough snuff (RR Mills Plain would do better than RRM Sweet) the snuff will absorb the scent. Try with other herbs. Summertime is better of course for availability but sweet woodruff is one of many we grew here, and I learned from Jux that it works really well. Peppermint, Thyme, Rosemary, Tarragon, Oregano: most of your stronger scented ones. Other things that are easy to come by: clove oil and tea tree oil are usually in any pharmacy. Dip a qtip in the oil and then put it in a closed container with the snuff until the snuff takes on the scent. Other essential oils are out there, but you might have to look harder. Whole fragrant flowers: same process. I’ve had great joy with lemon flowers, also tried lilac flowers, viburnum, cherry laurel, orange, lime. Coffee beans, tonka beans (not common, but are essential snuff equipment IMO), vanilla beans. Soak dry beans, then peel and split and set into a snuffbox. Other things in your spice cabinet besides cinnamon (as any cook will tell you fresh ground will give much more scent): nutmeg, allspice, cloves, anise, cardamom, coriander, fennel, cumin, juniper berries. I keep most of those on hand in whole form just for culinary reasons, but there’s no reason snuff can’t borrow them. Next check you liquor cabinet. Rum, gin, bourbon, sherry, and an seemingly limitless types of flavored liqueurs. You can either mix direct then dry the snuff to desired moisture, or let the snuff absorb it through evaporation like the essential oil tip above, except use a capful instead of a soaked swab. Its really as limitless as your imagination.
@hooked I am self-employed also but the wife has no dealings in any aspect of my business…so sorry I don’t know how you can get around that.
I found on the web, whipped cream & just about any fruit in a powdered form. I did wonder about another process that I had heard about where you bake the oil or extract into the snuff by mixing the parts, then putting it into a cello wrap, then a newspaper wrap, soaking it in water, then baking it for enough time to blend, then rolling it while wrapped until cool & regrind
I have an exceptional snuff made with coriander. A dark Burley cased with a coriander tea then topped with fresh ground coriander added at about 1%. My interests in snuff making have been mainly in combinations of tobacco types and casings that enhance the tobaccos inherent qualities. A very interesting procedure that is fairly simple for home scenting would be to make a strong tea with Perique, tobacco even a pipe tobacco with Perique would work, and add this to a snuff. Perfect for Scotch snuffs! The technique I used involved cooking off the excess moisture by setting a large metal bowl containing the sludge on top of a crock pot stirring constantly until grains become unbound by the moisture. This mix is ready to use but will mellow considerably if allowed to develop over a few months. Makes for a fortified high nicotine snuff.
You know, I have to just say it… This forum is just to cool because people offer up everything from a smile to laughs & back to thoughts that trip your mind by being on the same page.
I got a box of “True Lemon” from the store. It is crystallized lemon. I’m going to try a winter time mix by adding it & mint to Honey Bee snuff
Here is where I started. I found out that when you use natural lemon, the amount of mint only increases the freshness of the lemon and the honey notes are the afterthought. Also to note that my sinus’s cleared quickly, The lemon gives you a healthy dose of vitamin C and the mint clears your head, calms your stomach and is good for your intestinal track
I am glad to see this thread is about scenting snuff. I pictured Tarzan . Warming - cinnamon gets to burning in the mucous membrane, use with caution!
And a little lemon goes a loooong way
If you want effect try ginseng root and ginkgo leaf .but discontinue if you are allergic.
I am going to be exploring all kinds of ingredients now that snuff is my new favorite tobacco. I love ginseng People don’t know this about it but if you are healthy, ginseng helps keep you that way. If you are sickly, ginseng is a negative in your life
I have a ginseng, guarana and D white mix that I use daily.
@Juxtaposer do you get the same warming effect that you would have from a drink?
No warming effect noticed. @MattheFox
I have a ginseng, guarana and D white mix that I use daily.
Juxtaposer, I see that your living life in the fastlane.
I think it’s time we hold an intervention. And when I say an intervention I mean you distract him while I sample his snuffs.
Thats good to know about the ginseng. To make up a 1oz portion, I ended up using (2) packets of real lemon, 4 teaspoons of mint leaves and (4) tbl spoons of Honey Bee. I found out during the day (yesterday) that I was breathing clearly and had more energy. I am usually a little clogged in the morning and I started with this mix and my nose wetted out quickly and my nose & throat are clearing quickly. I think the lemon & spearmint shrink the membranes making breathing easy. It also kept me clear when I started rotating other snuffs