@Pikey I find something very raw and crude about that YL tobacco base. Scent and taste-wise. I could describe that weird scent as “rooty” or mouldy. I wouldn’t be too surprised if folks up there use roots of tobacco plants for those snuffs. The smell reminds me of freshly harvested potatoes while they are still in the field, all soily. There’s a good chance I got my tins a little bit rotten. Himtaj Black was stale and the tin of Golden all rusty. Got them from mysmokingshop and suspect them being from the very first (and the last, i.e. single) stock. It bet it wasn’t best selling snuff in 41P range. The same vendor offered 20g tins of White Elephant for less than a pound each. Unfortunately, I wasn’t familiar with WE back then. I I only had a time machine…
Does anyone recall when 41P products appeared at mysmokingshop.co.uk? 2013-2014?
Toque Natural Toast is a great one, too. Really has an addicting, nutty finish. Very similar to the F&T HDT but without the smokiness. I use it as an all-day snuff and as a “palate cleanser” after using a snuff with an aggressive scent.
Toque natural toast is one of my favorites. I have it in bulk and it may sound strange but I still have to air out the ammonia before decant into the snuffbox. It’s a really perfect kind of snuff.
My new plain creation is Dr Rumney’s Brown with a healthy dash of 6!Photo Mysore Sandalwood. But I just received a tub of new Viking Dark Rappee and Scotch Dark. Both are very nice and similar to the Gawiths of similar names.
Then there’s others like Toque Quit, Dholakia Madras Toast and *6 Photo Cheeta that I wouldn’t call plain snuffs at all. Toque Quit has a kind of herbal quality in the background. Dholakia Madras Toast has a back drip that burns more than in the nose, so for that reason I don’t think of it is plain; even if it is
*6 Photo Cheeta is scented but not in the sense that it carries over into your nose, for me anyway. I’d call it a plain snuff but I don’t want to confuse people