Sales & Pollard, once Britain’s largest wholesale manufacturer of snuff ceased trading in 1893 by which time snuff was a minor concern compared to cigars and cigarettes.
So, it’s bending the truth inasmuch as the manufacturer claims this snuff to be the original and genuine S.P. But who cares if the snuff is good and there is no infringement of copyright.

The tin design is very eye-catching.

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It just seems to me that the manufacturer is a big fan of your historical discoveries, so the existence of this snuff is mainly your fault.

Yes, it looks like my research now has a global following.

Snuff manufactured in Brazil or more usually snuff manufactured in Europe using Brazilian tobacco crops up quite frequently in older references. There is even an account of Brazilian tobacco plantations in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.

At least one German snuff uses Brazilian tobacco (possibly more than one) but the country itself seems bereft of snuff. The contemporary scene shows plenty of sites for shamanic snuff made by indigenous people from the Amazon basin but nothing that I can see for tobacco nasal snuff - save this one site.

This particular snuff is reviewed here but I don’t understand Portuguese. Nevertheless, the tin is ridiculously tiny and the snuff looks a little coarser and lighter coloured than is usual for SPs. That it has an aroma of bergamot is all I can understand from the reviewer.

I wouldn’t say Brazil is “bereft” exactly. These all seem to be produced (and sold “only”?) in Brazil: Rapé Tabaco

Love to be able to sample some of these…maybe some day.

Also, it looks as though the company that produces the “Sales Pollard” line in Brazil had/has some other interesting offerings: Brazil - The Original and Genuine Snuff

Definitely not bereft, there are still (at least) two old companies and a couple of artisanal snuff makers.

Here’s a link to the website of one of the artisans:

And here’s a link to comprehensive chemical characterization of Brazilian rapé tobacco products - pretty intetesting paper: Comprehensive chemical characterization of Rapé tobacco products: Nicotine, un-ionized nicotine, tobacco-specific N'-nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and flavor constituents - PubMed

Forgive my ignorance, but what are the problems with exporting snuff from Brazil?

I ask because just today I was reviewing possible new sources of snuff, and Brazilian snuffs came up.

I was told that recently we had contacted the company referenced above but their samples had been prevented from being exported to us. So, I confess, I shrugged and thought it was probably too much grief.

Can you provide any further information? Do you know if it is possible to purchase Brazilian snuffs for export?

Thanks.

As far as I understand, no tobacco can be mailed out of Brazil. Some countries do not allow mailing tobacco and Brazil fall among them. By mailing regular mail is meant.

Very striking packaging designs! Makes most English tins look very jejune by comparison. Shame that the New World, where the story of tobacco and snuff starts, doesn’t allow finished tobacco products to be mailed overseas.

I tried to buy snuff from a website located in Brazil and I was told that they are not allowed to export. Anyway, some Brazilian snuffmakers are active on social media and are eager to talk about their work.

Brazil poses an anthropological interest. They’ve tightened up their interior borders very much the same way as Egypt to prevent looting and in Brazils case forced contact with unrecorded civilizations. Importing any agricultural goods is also difficult to prevent diseases on their crops. I tried to help a guy get American blend pipe tobaccos, there once. I ate the shipping I felt so bad after the second customs interception.