One thing this thread shows is how we can all have such varying preferences. It’s not even having paid or got it for free that’s the main thing, it’s the dissapointment in trying out new snuff and it not being a find that you like is the toughest part I think. I should have stuck with the 4 I had in the begining the HDT, Macouba, Bordeau and Old Paris but liking these I went for another 6 of the range and thats were it went wrong with Morocco being the only good find and it’s pretty much like Macouba anyhow. I think I feel better now after my rant. It’s history, part of the learning curve. .
use the ones you REALLY dont like to trade away for ones you do enjoy/more new ones you havent experienced. i also find that with snuffs that are too strongly perfumed, mixing with a plain and toning it down can make all the difference.
I like most of the F&Ts, although Morlaix is one I have not tried. HDT, Macouba, French Carotte, Old Paris, and Morocco are all excellent. I don’t like the Santo Domingo and Princes series. Not because they are bad snuffs at all, but because they make me sneezy for some reason.
I just mixed some F&T Bordeau (now that’s a nice one that I would always want to have about) with some Bureau and Strasbourg and that blend seems pretty nice. Would be a good fresh one to take out with me but I also mixed some more Lundy Foot with FireDrac and that is just in a completely higher devision of desire but ironically may not be such a good one to use when out and about as the first blend above. Probably if I had never tried these SWS/Abraxas snuff then I wouldn’t be so hard on the F&T’s but they are so comlpetely different and so it’s the SWS/Abraxas that currently I am definitely in favour of but I’m only using them little by little as a treat and I think I appreciate them more that way besides the FirDrac still burns the nose off me even dilluted with the Lundy but I’m getting to like it. Really a new snuff experience I never want to be without or else find something to improve on it. I’m sure we all as snuff users only wish to find the snuffs that we enjoy most and that the makers are trying their best to produce those snuffs while realising the impossibility of pleasing all the people all the time and as with food, tastes vary so widely, it took me about 30 years to come to appreciate beetroot and only in summer and in moderation. Maybe some of these snuffs are just my beetroot equivalent.
Moralaix is my favorite F&T snuff (and I enjoy all of them). I even keep it in bulk. I find the best time to use this and other very perfumed ones like Seville is late night while reading in bed or quiet time. Its absolutely wonderful, and provides quite a sensual experience. I’ve heard people (moderatley) dislike it before, but this is the first time I ever heard someone absolutely rage against it (though I have heard a fair amount of rage directed against Seville and Bordeaux). I am actually a bit perplexed as to why you have had this reaction. You like Bordeaux and Macouba, and they have the same approximate amount of musk as Morlaix. You like Morocco, so its not the floral scent putting you off. In fact Morlaix is less floral than Morocco. All I can guess is that you have some physiological reaction to this one. The scent must have triggered some unpleasant memory. I’m sorry for you because there’s something a bit magical about this one to me; some crafty bit of aromatherapy in it. Well, you’d do to avoid Dr. J.R. Justice then, since its half Morlaix and half Bordeaux.
I am actually a bit perplexed as to why you have had this reaction. You like Bordeaux and Macouba, and they have the same approximate amount of musk as Morlaix. You like Morocco, so its not the floral scent putting you off. In fact Morlaix is less floral than Morocco. All I can guess is that you have some physiological reaction to this one. The scent must have triggered some unpleasant memory. I’m sorry for you because there’s something a bit magical about this one to me; some crafty bit of aromatherapy in it. Well, you’d do to avoid Dr. J.R. Justice then, since its half Morlaix and half Bordeaux.
Yes that does all seem very strange. All I can say is that I get by far way way the most musk from Morlaix than anything else and baby powder and nothing else because these just overwhelm me and I can still smell it hours later and it really does give me a nausea feeling. I can’t even stand it mixed with anything although someone suggested just thinning it out with some plain snuff which I might try? I hardly even notice any musk in the Bordeau or Morocco or Macouba and the Seville, although very musky to me, is bearable in a blend and possibly even quite nice and if I smell the open can of Morlaix there is something nice there also but not really nice. It’s only when I snuff it that I get something just horrible and have the feeling that I never want to have that in my nose ever and had to wonder how anyone could like that. Bureau is also a bit worringly close to Morlaix for me. I can sense that there is something nice in it but it also has a little of the effect that Morlaix has on me. I have a similar dislike of Royal George, Lavender, Wallflower and I have yet to open Jockey Club and I’m expecting another rant but I’ll keep it to myself. Update: Was just thinking about mixing the Seville with Best SP and Strasbourg which I did earlier today and seemed to produce an intersting, useable for further investigation, result and I got the idea to try the Morlaix but just with some Strasbourg and have just done so and have a nose full of it and I have to admit that that may have helped. I think I could actually use the Morlaix like this, maybe. It’s only an intial try and I’m just sensing the strong offputting musk again which will linger for hours but I do think this is an improvement of some sort. Back to the LF and FireDrac followed by a Coffee Cream. No musk definitely in those, yummy.
Well, I’ve heard plenty of rants against Royal George and Jockey Club so that wouldn’t surprise me. But those are really different sorts of snuffs. Yes they are perfumed but Morlaix is something more than perfume. Also Royal George is more of a candy snuff than a floral. Bureau is another mixture - of 6 F&T snuffs. The one to me that stands out of it the most is Morocco, but surely Morlaix is in there as well, and presumably that’s the component about it that bothers you.
Ok 5 mins since I tried the Strasbourg blend and all I’m left with is musk but it doesn’t seem as bad as before. None of the other F&T’s work with me like that leaving this musk residue apart from Seville so somehow from these two I am getting an overload of musk and soap of the Seville seems to be mroe bearable perhaps than the baby powder of the Morlaix. They really do seem to be an aquired taste that I certainly have not aquired and although I’d like to enjoy them I don’t in my heart feel that I want to aquire a liking for this, I would say very feminine fragrance unless I suppose a naked nymph was wearing it close by. What I mean is when I snuff these I feel like I am wearing a womens perfume and if a women smelled like this I 'd think she’d gone a bit crazy with the application. I did tip the Morlaix I left out to dry into my Rose SP blend so I suppose I am using a little of it now but luckily pretty much undetectable until later when I have the musk aftertaste.
lol, I’m sitting here with a tin of Morlaix and a tin of Seville on my desk right now. I don’t necessarily pinch from each every day, my work horse is Kendal Brown. But when you want something lighter and floral, they’re both winners. I don’t even think they’re particularly light in nicotine. As Nigel (@abraxas) used to say, most snuffs have the same amount of nicotine. The size of the pinch is much more important in terms of nicotine delivery. Just take a big pinch of Seville. I just did, and feel quite satisfied.
Now I have to order a Morlaix with my next package of snuff, just to quantify for myself! 
OMG, I’ve converted everyone to Morlaix :((
OMG, I’ve converted everyone to Morlaix :((
LOL! Yeah you trendsetter; What started off as a moan has sent ripples around the world - International demand for Morlaix has increased exponentially, its trending on twitter, MrSnuff have sold out, WoS are planning to offer overtime to staff to meet demand, half empty tubs are selling on eBay for £20 
I want to try some now too! 
I’ve not got round to Morlaix yet, but I’m very happy with Princes Special, Bordeaux and especially Macouba. I’ll get round to trying it eventually, but I have lots of other stuff I already own to work through first
Never had it,no interest in trying it, Some snuff are not made with my nose for the intended destination. I own 9 F&T snuffs all to my liking the others I may never explore
love it. I think the talcum baby powder smell is amazing with the base tobacco. Love it.
I have well over 50 snuffs here. I realize my tastes will change but I decided that I will cut down to 15 or under snuffs. this will definitely include a few 6 photos and either Morlaix or Dr.J. and an F&T such as prince or santa domingo which I use as a base snuff for those i find too fine or dry. ie - 1 part prince, 3 parts Dhol. ganga (which i will finish off and only buy 6 photos) and 1 part O&G.
Just different tastes. No taste is bad as long as someone likes it, regardless of one’s own personal opinion. I don’t like sushi, but plenty of people do.
Very strangely I had a curious inclination to try the Morlaix before bed last night and I found it tolerable which is an enormous change from how I found it previously. I wasn’t overwhelmed by the musk nearly as badly as before? Perhaps that little I added to my Rose SP blend has aclimatised (de-traumatised) me to it. I then tried the Bureau and this surprised me also as I found my liking of this seemed to have grown very much, so much as to think this could actually be one of my most preferred F&T??? It’s all so confusing. I wonder is it that our bodies are configured to eat different foods and so to constantly change what we want to eat and smell being closely linked is doing something similar? Maybe with something new the body is on high alert but when it proves in no danger then it relaxes it’s defences?
I think Juxtaposer said it best once that (paraphrasing) that when the pleasure center is stimulated and the body begins to associate the formerly unpleasant smell with something good. May not be the case here. Tastes do change also. Never throw away a snuff.
Maybe it was partly a timing issue. The olfactory senses are associative and maybe it just linked to something that seemed misplaced. Some people couldn’t face knocking back a brandy at 9am, while I’m sure there are others who wouldn’t have a problem with it. Try it in different moods and at different times of day and see what happens. You may find it either suits different times better, or dissociates from whatever the problem was