I am recently got my first order from mr.snuff and I must say as much as people seem to like poschl I think the menthol in most of their products is not so appealing to me. I was wondering what quality snuffs I should look into that don’t have menthol or any minty flavors. What I like so far is Dholakia Taj, Dholakia Swiss Chocolate, and the Gawith Hoggarth English Rose. I just ordered Poschl Schmalzler SF Sudfrucht, Bernard Brasil Doppelt Fermentiert, and some more Dholakia Swiss Chocolate.
There are lot’s of Wilsons of Sharrow menthol-free offerings, Sam Gawiths, Kendal by Gawith Hoggarth’s, Bernards’, Toques… the list can go on and on. I’d suggest you think about what scents really appeal to you, then if you throw your ideas out here you’ll probably be flooded with suggestions. But to give you some ideas, do you want plain tobacco, fruit, floral, perfumey, liquor-infused, coffee, chocolate, vanilla… then you’ll get some recommendations I’m sure!
Sorry for being so non-specific earlier. I am interested in some fruit, booze, and dessert flavors like toffee. I also don’t like anything that is really fine or dry.
Toque has several fruits, chocolate, vanilla, toffee, whiskey&honey… Wison’s has apricot, apple, vanilla, brandy, sherry, chocolate&orange, rum&blackberry, tangerine, whiskey and many more (just stay away from anything-menthol, or something-ice, and some others). I suggest going to Mr. Snuff’s website, it’s rather intuitive, just select the brand and in some cases the size of container, then you can go through the lists & click on any snuff- most will have some sort of description. Also Toque has it’s own website that you can order from directly. Also for dessert flavors, check out Wow and Temptation, both brands from Dholakia, but made more for the American/etc market. Oh and Dutch-windmill/de Kralingse makes some nice ones too, such as gingerbread, chocolate cream, choco-mint that may appeal too.
If you want a fruity snuff, try Wilsons Of Sharrow Strawberry, Apple or Apricot. They’re some top drawer fruity nosetreats, convincing and non-synthetic flavours too. Another fruit-related snuff worth trying is WoS Brunswick. It’s dark, moist, more coarsely ground and is flavoured with sharp orange essence. Really good stuff! I love lots of snuff manufacturers (not just Wilsons!) But they excel at fruity or desserty snuffs. Their Chocolate Orange is extremely convincing-smells just like the real thing-and a great dessert snuff. I don’t find myself reaching for it often, but when I do it’s a treat.
thanks dudes you are a buncha help to a snuff novice like myself.
I can second Jinder’s recommendation of chocolate orange. Another WoS that I think everyone should try at some point is Royal George. There’s a lot to it and its really sweet but not to a sickening or perfumey extreme. Their apple is great too if you like granny smiths. They ought to call it green apple. I don’t really like menthol either at least not on a regular basis. One that doesn’t have more than a hint of menthol is FUBAR RnR. It’s apricot mixed in with other members of the family like nectarine and peach and the menthol is only enough to ease the.burn. The trace amount of menthol fades fast and won’t really chill your nose. The flavor really sticks and it’s also made by Dholakia. I couldn’t even tell it was mentholated for a while.
I love RnR. Just enough menthol to open the passages, but not enough to mask the flavor in any way. I only have a couple pinches left of my 25g, I doubt it will last night. =*(
See if you like the Sudfrucht. If you do, I think you will like the Poschl Doppelaroma even more. Also, try some Bernard Klostermischung in your next order - it’s flavoured with rum.
Try some Sam Gawith non-menthols. If you like the smell of tobacco, they can’t be beat. If you like peppermint, Afterglow is splendid.
Also you might like SG’s raspberry. They say it has menthol, but not enough for me to notice personally. From QWS I’d suggest Sandalwood(a nice, real, sandalwood), Irish Coffee (a nice sweet flavor), or Apricot (a rather fresh fruity scent). For something a little different SG’s Kendal Brown Original -although it’s rather coarse(it takes a little practice to do the coarse ones). Also, as many here will tell you, try not to buy snuff in the tap-boxes, except for some of the German’s, the snuff will dry out and lose it’s aroma quickly.
Toque makes a huge assortment of beautiful snuffs which don’t have menthol. Wilson’s has a fair selection too. The German menthols are very sharp and clearing and can get to be too much after a while. A nice demi menthol is Wilson’s Extra Crumbs of Comfort. A wonderful blend of menthol and spearmint to soften the blow.
Not one of the Fribourg & Treyer range in current production is mentholated; whilst one or two [notably patchouli] are not entirely to my personal taste, all are immaculately milled and blended - absolute first class snuffs.
Wilsons of Sharrow make many menthol-free blends, from some of the best SPs available to fruit, herb and spice blends.
Similarly, the greater majority of the Samuel Gawith range is menthol free. Some of their more “earthy” traditional blends are in a class of their own. Some of their fruity blends are a lot more “natural” than most - notably the raspberry, which is mouthwatering and almost thirst-quenching like barely-ripe wild raspberries.
A significant part of the Gawith Hoggarth range likewise - not least Western Glory and Cherry.
All but one of the house blends by Snuff Store are menthol-free; all are superb.
The F&T’s are high quality, but imo perhaps more aquired tastes than other lines out there- I’d say (probably-estimating) most new snuffers are not likely to enjoy more than a couple or few, unless you really enjoy musk, or very heady flavors. It wouldn’t hurt to try the bulk of the range, but it’ll be fairly expensive, compared to Wilson’s 5/10g tins, or toque 10g’s, or some of the Indians in smaller quantities for example. If the containers are of quality, I’d suggest getting a larger variety of small tins, rather than fewer larger tins. Simply put your odds are better of finding new favorites, and imo, more variety=more fun!