I just have no words for this. Maybe it should come with a warning FOR USE ONLY IF WORKING IN SEWERS and even then you’d have to be desperate possibly preferring the sewer smell.
I like the f&t version more than the WoS, but Morlaix isn’t a favourite with me. Don’t dislike it tho. It’s just one I wouldn’t buy in bulk.
I find it difficult even to use enough to give it a proper try but I am trying or else I will have to rid myself of it’s presence. Wierd thing is WOS got my order wrong and then brilliantly sent me this complimentary tin but very dissapointingly it turns out to be my least favourite snuff possibly to date although maybe Royal George was equally awful. On the good side I will know never to order this or anything comparable again although I should have learned after the Royale George but I was fooled by the glowing review on MR Snuff from Toffee Nose. I think afterwards I remembered a lot of people had dissed it on one of threads here I think somethnig about least favourite snuffs. I’m not really impressed with the F&T range, 10 of which I have and about 4 I like and am impressed with and would re-order, 2 okish, and the rest not bothered but I wish I had never come across Morlaix. I’ve mixed a little Old Paris and Bureau in but it still overpowers with it’s arrrgggggeeeeyyyaaeeewwwwooooo
Same happened to me with F&T Princes Special but after a year of sampling it every now and then I´m starting to appreciate it, everyone to his own, some snuffs need time to get hold on you…
When I smell it in the tin I actually find it quite pleasant but it completely changes and turns to a horrible baby powder musk once I snuff it. Trying mixing a little Wos Rose in but I don’t thank anything will work well with Morlaix. Could it be that it’s just to fresh and might improve with airing?
Same happened to me with F&T Princes Special but after a year of sampling it every now and then I´m starting to appreciate it, everyone to his own, some snuffs need time to get hold on you…
I felt the same way about F & T Seville, why would I want the aroma of a clean baby diaper with powder or lotion combined in my nose… But after @Wulfensteinsson…mentioned it may need time to get a hold on you… I went to the separate drawer where I keep my I non-favorites… I snuffed it-- it was okay- but went back on the same drawer… So my view on it changed a little – I still would trade it, in a MIAMI MINUTE or faster A NEW YORK NICK OF TIME!
I’m with you, I wouldn’t go that far maybe but yeah I remember getting some cherry from it but mostly soapiness and it’s definitely not one I’ll be ordering again.
I’m not really impressed with the F&T range, 10 of which I have and about 4 I like and am impressed with and would re-order, 2 okish, and the rest not bothered but I wish I had never come across Morlaix.
As a new snuffer considering buying their first F&T’s I’de be really interested to know which four these are?
I’m not really impressed with the F&T range, 10 of which I have and about 4 I like and am impressed with and would re-order, 2 okish, and the rest not bothered but I wish I had never come across Morlaix.
As a new snuffer considering buying their first F&T’s I’de be really interested to know which four these are?
HDT, Macouba, Bordeau, Morocco. I think these are generally the most popular. They are my safe, no need to mess about and see if I like them in a year or so, favourites. Old Paris is pretty good also like a peaty brandy liqueur scent. Bureau seems bearable. but it depends what you like e.g if you like dark moist coarse snuff then Santo Domingo or Princess might be better for you and I find them ok but just not my favourites. Morlaix I just really don’t like and I don’t think I like the Seville either although I initially though I might but had a nose so full of other snuffs and it wasn’t a clear thing so I still have to try that one more also.
@BigRiggers01 i enjoy HDT if you like fine/dry, i like bordeaux, santo domingo (but its very moist, and is the only tub ive lost to mould part way through). not particularly fond of macouba or princes special, not had any others. depends what sort of snuffs you enjoy already. when making orders i always include atleast one im not sure of, to widen my experience.
I like it, something for everyone, obviously this ain’t your something 
I’m sure you like something I can’t stand, different strokes for different folks, the only F&T I don’t care for is Seville, a little to baby powderish for me.
We’ve all had those particular snuff that for some reason don’t register well even though good quality snuff. When you think " I snuffed it, good thing I didn’t step in it".
I’m not really impressed with the F&T range, 10 of which I have and about 4 I like and am impressed with and would re-order, 2 okish, and the rest not bothered but I wish I had never come across Morlaix.
As a new snuffer considering buying their first F&T’s I’de be really interested to know which four these are?
HDT, Macouba, Bordeau, Morocco. I think these are generally the most popular. They are my safe, no need to mess about and see if I like them in a year or so, favourites. Old Paris is pretty good also like a peaty brandy liqueur scent. Bureau seems bearable. but it depends what you like e.g if you like dark moist coarse snuff then Santo Domingo or Princess might be better for you and I find them ok but just not my favourites. Morlaix I just really don’t like and I don’t think I like the Seville either although I initially though I might but had a nose so full of other snuffs and it wasn’t a clear thing so I still have to try that one more also.
I hated Seville at first. Found it wholly unpleasant. Now it’s possibly my favourite F&T. Your tastes *will* change.
A big problem with some of the F&T scents is their association with toiletries such as soaps. If you can get past that and make new scent associations you should find these scents quite pleasant. The somewhat low nicotine in some of these makes this a bit of a chore so I can’t really say it is worth the effort. The easiest way to do this with minimal consciousness would be to simply take a pinch before you go to sleep or in the middle of the night. I would say take a pinch every once in a while but these scents tend to linger and the next few pinches afterwards will be ruined (not a good association). Certainly you should not try to mix snuffs you detest as you will just mess other snuffs up with it (again a bad association). Regardless, you don’t have to use them but they may come in handy for letting the ladies try or as a “chill pill”.
@Juxtaposer I find this to be the case with French Carotte. Way too soapy smelling and I’ve never gotten used to it and I do still try it from time-to-time to see if my opinion changes. It doesn’t. Too soapy.
My taste at present does not seem to be for F&T’s. I think they could well languish long in my drawer except the HDT which I use fairly regularly in my toast blend and the occasional bullet of some of the others. Trying some Seville today mixed with Best SP and Strasbourg which produces a citrus soapy musk and it’s not to bad but my brain is really saying no, this is not what you want, there are more preferable enjoyable things such as the SWS and Abraxas and I’m waiting on Taxi Blue etc and even the Toques and WOS are better for regular use. These F&T’s have a place in snuffdom somewhere, probably in medieval/victorian times. Don’t let those cute tins fool you! There is no doubt about the quality but it looks like they will be at the back of the drawer except I will be ordering a large HDT soon as this is the only one that I have almost emptied. Maybe they need a modernising revamp, add more nic, make them more all day useable and then they could possibly be quite fantastic?
I like it, something for everyone, obviously this ain’t your something
I’m sure you like something I can’t stand, different strokes for different folks, the only F&T I don’t care for is Seville, a little to baby powderish for me.
Thats really wierd. It’s Morlaix I find is the baby powder and Seville is the soap but it’s the massive overdose of musk that seems to be the common problem with them both, that and the baby powder and soap. It’s all wrong or badly executed or purely aimed at the (elderly) female market? Nevertheless whatever snuff anyone enjoys, I wish you continued enjoyment.
Though I can’t claim to have tried all the F&T range I am fond of HDT [a true classic IMO], Old Paris (likewise), Bureau & French Carotte… As I_snuff_therefore___ points out, these are very old school 18 century/Victorian type snuffs that at that time would have probably been a welcome relief from an everyday environment that involved sewage flowing down the street or being thrown from the windows above you Someone gave me an excellent tip with these snuffs - only take teeny tiny pinch! The highly scented ones are definitely not all day snuffs for me. Bureau, though my favourite nightcap snuff, contains Morlaix I believe [geranium/violet type odour?] I was really disappointed with when I first got it as after a couple of big pinches I basically wanted to jet wash my nose 
However, little sniff occasionally I now find really pleasant and I’m glad that I stayed with it 
I have a similar experences with Royal George, Jockey Club and Wallflower.
On the good side I will know never to order this or anything comparable again although I should have learned after the Royale George but I was fooled by the glowing review on MR Snuff from Toffee Nose.
@I_snuff_therefore___ : Sorry you don’t care for Morlaix and that my review was partly responsible for you trying it. I have also got snuffs on the strength of other members’ reviews and sometimes found that they weren’t for me. On the bright side, at least you didn’t have to spend money on it!
Morlaix is my favourite F&T perfumed snuff