Indian snuffs have of late called me an i feel that my next order must be of on eastern variety. I have decided to start with 6 photo and was just wondering what i should fill my MrSnuff virtual cart with? (besides mentholated snuffs as i have enough in my collection and have of late found them a little tiresome). any guidance would be greatly appreciated Tommy

It would not hurt to try as many as you can of 6 Photo. Most are available in 6g and that is a decent amount for making a decision if you like it or not. As for non mentholated, Natural, Super Chetak, and Cheeta would be the ones. Special, Kaliash, Motia, and Anarkali do have some camphor but to me they are nothing like English or German menthol type snuffs. Good luck with your order.

Agree with @willc try all of 6 photo, I would also recommend you try Dholakia snuffs, I particularly like Kamal and Ganga, to me they smell like incense. Lovely

Thanks all ill let you know how the order goes and as for the menthol flavours I shall give them a try if they are different from the euro types

@tommybegley no.66 is definitely different from european menthols. Its my fav at the moment.

what would you say makes it so different?

I second Ganga, especially if you don’t want menthol. I would also add that the menthol in 6 photo isn’t quite as ridiculous as medicated english snuffs can be. It by no means drowns out the other scents and is the first to fade.

hahaha yes! menthol does in many snuffs just ruin the underlying flavours

I say sparrow cool. The menthol is so mild it doesn’t get in the way of the great tobacco scent. And you’ll get a great idea of what the underlieing indian tobacco is like which in my opinion is as huge part of the indian snuff experience as the strong excotic scents are. Try a lot of them. The ganga is one of my favorites and one of the most relaxing snuffs of all time.

Super chetak is one of my favs. I even reviewed it a while ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ducslVhxNAI

6 Photo snuff are coool ,I enjoy them all Dholakia have a few I enjoy .White ,Black ,sparrow cool, swiss chocolate And there contract brands wow. temptation. and blast are ones I have tried. Not positively certain but I believe fubar is dholakia made and grunt is very nice.

I recommend stopping by your local Indian Grocery, if you have one available. Most carry TAS Madras, Sugandhsagar, and maybe some others. They’re as good a starting point as any.

ill have to check out my local indian shop, and thanks joesnuffer for the video it was really interesting. yeah i did look over the flavours of the tobacco its self, i was just thinking of the huge flavours.

I have one of each of them, if I may suggest my favorites…SPECIAL…Kailash, and super kailash,anarkali…( the last one is really good, lots of rose scent) My favorite has to be SUPER KAILASH…dont make the mistake of getting a small tin…oh no…Get a 45gm of the super kailash, special, and anarkali…and might as well get one of the kailash as well…the cheeta, chetak, and others are very nice…but I prefer the four I mentioned…hope this helps!

cheers grey, ill be sure to add them to my cart

I had a look and they are all in the bundle if i’m not mistaken, they are such a good idea those bundles

Try the bundle @tommybegley, that’s a great idea. The 6 photo and Dholakia snuffs are two different tobacco bases. You will usually find people who love one or the other/or someone who likes them both. Good Luck my Friend Take a pinch for me…

Thank you @mrcolcannon I certainly will take a pinch for you, and ill let you all know what I think of each

Sorry it took me so long to reply, its been a busy few months, MY GOD these snuffs are wonderful, there so powerful, I have been able to shovel European snuffs in since these arrived (due to there much coarser and less throat tickling nature) , and my cigarette consumption has dropped dramatically (they make me feel sick most of the time these days). The menthol is much better in these snuffs, they compliment the flavours perfectly. I don’t know how I ever lived without these little pots of Indian magic powder. Thanks again for all of the advice

@tommybegley Ever since i started with snuff some months ago, my cigarette smoking has dropped too. I was a pack a day smoker but now down to 3 to 5 a day. I think im still smoking because i like the feeling of inhaling warm smoke, but they taste funny Inn comparison to the snuffs. I’ve fallen in love with 6photo snuff as well… especially Anarkali, Kailash, and #666.

Okay, So I’d second the recommendation to try as many six photo as you can. All that I’ve tried are wonderful. A quick word, though, about the Natural: It’s very hard to take. I think so, at least, and I’ve never heard anybody mention this. It is delicious, but the grind is extremely fine and takes a bit of expertise to sniff without coughing. I still haven’t gotten the hang of it. So DEFINITELY get Natural, but proceed with caution…

Yes @TobaccyLassy the lungs really do seem to miss being full of smoke, so I don’t know quite when ill be giving them up for good but I think cutting down is definitely a positive thing :).

Indian snuffs are amazing. I love them all (except the western types wow, blast, temptation which are OK but not as good as traditional Indian scents). I’m really saddened by the apparent loss of Sun snuffs. They too are fantastic.

It took me awhile to make the leap into Indian snuffs ,I had the preconceived notion they were all strongly perfumey overly cloying scented snuffs. I found I was misinformed. Now I can’t get enough of them. And even don’t mine the strongly scented ones. But the best thing is the nicotine hit. Some like D White ,cheeta and others do take some time to master. But once mastered they can be enjoyed for what they are. Fine snuffs

cheeta is a favorite of mine. Great scent. if sniffing is too hard plug it into the nose pinch the nose close after blowing out the fine dust. Good nic hit great scent.

For me the king of indian snuffs is regular Sparrow…that´s the most typical indian snuff…

#1 Reason why I don’t like reading this forum, as a new snuffster, It Makes me Want to Try them Alll! -sorry the post is random, I just had to say it.

@nosemboss I have fallen into that category meself. The one consoling factor, is that the more I get, there is always going to be someone out there with more than I have!

There are Indian snuffs which are all IMO fantastic but there are also snuffs from India which are not what I would call “Indian”. Dholakia has lots of these (F.U.B.A.R. is a good example) and Six Photo is near headed in this direction with the introduction of #666. These companies can’t be blamed for wanting to create snuffs that they think we would like in fact they should be rewarded. However caution should be used in blurring the lines between traditional Indian snuffs and snuffs made in India for export.

I’ve got a big tin of Cheeta that I adore but my snuffin buddies look at me like I’m satan when they try it. Cheeta is awesome but BUT BUTT BUTT…you need to set the mood for it. You cain’t just grab your tin of Cheeta and go to your cubicle or hammer. I like it when play COD. Call of Duty. It’s a videogame. I play online. And I hunt and snipe. It’s my hunting snuff. It’s otherworldly. I have a tin of Dholakhia White that burns me up everytime I try it. Jeez…sorry guys I got on here thinking I was gonna tell yall about Indian snuff but all I know is the two I have fill niches that no other snuffs could provide… I’m just gonna see my way out because I could write a book about the nuances Cheeta puts in my adled brain… And the D WHite…It’s like my Everclear of snuffs but with a class you would have to experience. Would I suggest you snuff it? Nope. ONLY YOU KNOW IF YOU WANNA GO THIS ROUTE. It’s a route to be reckoned with. Let’s put it this way…no reviews nor recommendations will do either of these snuffs true Justice. My recommendation is too just walkaway for awhile and snuff Toque. If you are a noob listen if not…join me…snuff the Cheeta…

I love both Cheeta and D.White, but Cheeta has the edge. I’m going to buy bulk of both next year.

i have tried a pound of 6photo snuffs. Anarkali kailash and special are very good oil based black snuffs. Special is very parfumed everyone around me smells it even after 2 hours after my pinch. These are very lightly mentholated which i like. Cheta and white are too fine for me. They goes directly to mu loungs.

According to Vikas Grover of 6 Photo, India has about 100 snuff companies - some of them obviously very small and localised. Hopefully more of them will be tempted to sell their wares in the West as the snuff renaissance carries on. I hope so, because true Indian snuff can be sensational.

Which ones you will like is all a matter of personal taste. As has been said previously, try as many as you possibly can. But I would get a bit more than 6 g of each!

When you find a few that you are wild about, you will want to have enough to hold you over until you get your next shipment.

I find most Indian snuffs very agreeable. The only ones I tend not to care so much for are the Western copies but a lot of the traditional Indian scented ones are, as @Snuffster says, sensational.

Rather than start a new thread, I figured I would post here. I am really liking my intro to indian snuffs. I have tried 5 photo himalaya, 6 photo special, kaliash, super kaliash, etc. I find myself wishing they were not medicated. Can you guys recommend some indian snuffs with the same fragrance without the cooling sensation? Are there any or do they lose something without the cool?

Dholakia dang it doesn’t over use menthol in their indian snuffs.

@fbones24 I think the only Indian ones I have tried and found to be non mentholated are also mostly unscented. Dholakia White, Black and Sparrow regular or are all without any menthol. They are also without scenting. I think there was one from Sun snuffs without menthol, but I can’t remember which one it was. A wild guess would be Rangili, but Don’t go by that. Other than that, there is the Madras style which I am familiar with. These are not so different from Sparrow, but really are plain and not perfumed. Haven’t tried much from the six photo or five photo range, but all I have sampled were mentholated at least slightly.

Hmm, well, being an Indian (and only having tried some Indian snuffs) this is what I have to say - 

If you like raw tobacco flavor with least scent - 6 photo natural, Swastik, or any of the Madras snuffs

If you like heavenly flavor and scent - 6 photo Super Kailash, Motia and Anarkali, Horse Brand Joshi, Sugandh Sagar Rose

If you like mentholated type snuffs - 6 photo Kailash, Special and Medicated No. 6 and 66, 5 photo Himalaya

If you like fine dry snuffs (and only if you’ve mastered the technique of taking them) - NB Madras, 6 Photo Cheeta and Super Chetak

Yet have to try other Indian snuffs myself so my list is based on my limited experience and procurement

Cheetah really blows my face off. It’s like a nose grenade. A world of pain and ecstasy at the same time. Pounding temples,sweaty palms and a maniacal grin for the few moments it lasts. I know it can’t be good for me but I can’t resist the lure. There’s something in it that tramples the fear and loathing.

Two broad types and numerous varieties. 1) The Madras type snuffs and 2) North Indian ones that are scented/ medicated/ varieties of natural . 

The Madras types are cured differently from the other types of snuff tobacco in India. The Madras snuff mixes contain cured tobacco fried in ghee (clarified butter) and are rarely flavoured artificially. The grind is between medium and fine and have good nicotine.The curing process of the tobacco before frying is different.The frying enhances the tobacco flavour and taste. Good burn, longer lasting and a nice salty back drip. Tastes nutty, chocolatey and of slightly roasted/burned tobacco. The North Indian snuff relies mostly on flavouring. Have tried only the Sixphoto range. Loved the medicated No,66, Motiya and Super Kailash. The tobacco curing process produces almost bland floury tobacco that takes flavours well. Besides you also have a big range of herbal snuffs.