Ok guys, this just bugs me so ill ask it here. When I first starting using snuff some time back my favorite was St. Clements. I used it everyday until… it turned. Now the snuff itself was fine, but my nose no longer smelt citrus, all I got was a kind of metallic dull smelling snuff. Well I quit using snuff for about a year and used dip and snus. Eventually I migrated back, because I really enjoy it, and found my tin of St. Clements. Same thing, first few days I couldnt believe it, it smelt so good. Then, poof, wet dog aroma. Fast forward to today. I received my toque snuffs, a few I had never had before. As I posted the other night I have been digging some Toast & Marmalade. Well today, after bout 2 or 3 days (cant remember as I type this) I open it up and AGAIN its off. It smells nothing like a few days ago. It has a dull tobacco and metal smell. Now I KNOW this IS NOT THE SNUFFS FAULT. I just can not figure out what causes my sense of smell to all of a sudden turn on me with citrus snuffs. I know right now if I stop for a week or more and come back itll smell like it should, I continue to snuff it and itll happen again. Can someone explain to me why this is happening. I can even smell it in the tin and it smells just like it always does. Like I said, this is NOT the snuff or Toques fault at all.
Try Seville this is my favorite.Has kept for a long time. 5+ years
Well like I said its not the snuff. Ive had Wilsons of Sharrow Lemon Grove, and it was great at first too, but continued use lead to a dull almost non existent aroma.
Not the first time this has come up. Not the snuff’s “fault” but it is the snuff’s nature. St. Clements simply doesn’t age well. Use fast for best results.
@Xander, I agree, but that tin of St. Clements was over a year old, half used up, and just sitting in my tobacco cabinet when I began using again. It was the St. Clements I remembered. Now yes it wasnt as “spicy” in the nose as it was new, but it was definately citrus and wonderful. Yet, I remember why I had not finshed it after a few days of use lead to my nose not being sensitive, I guess it is, and not able to pick up the aromas I have loved from this snuff. I posted years back about this same issue on the same snuff, but I assumed it was the snuff. Now I know it is not, but I just was curious if it is a matter of the nose not being shocked by the citrus burn and just being used to it? Sounds crazy I know but I do not know how to explain it. I love these snuffs so much, and I am a citrus junky, but dang it makes me mad when this happens, lol.
I don’t know what to tell you then. Perhaps when untouched for awhile with limited air exposure it regained some of its former self, but then when you opened it a few times again it began to get funky. Maybe something smelly on your hands? Or maybe like you say, just overexposure to one scent makes it seem dull.
You have nose cancer and should send me all your snuff before you do any more damage to yourself. You might also want to send me your credit card so you are not tempted to buy any more. But seriously, maybe just over exposure and you get too used to the scent. I have several snuffs that get a dull, dry, cardboard like smell after awhile. After a little time off, they’re good as new. Strange that is just citrus for you, though…
My guess is olfactory fatigue. Every snuffer should learn how to work around it.
My guess is olfactory fatigue. Every snuffer should learn how to work around it.
Dang it I was going to say that. Rotation is important.
I too am thinking fatigue of the nose. Some snuffs just do not seem as good with continuous daily use. There are only a few snuffs that I can do all day for days on end. Luckily Toque Quit falls in this category, it is my out and about regular.
it is olactory fatigue. It is it is. It doesn’t matter if you smell other things. Olfactory fatigue is diffrent for diffrent scents and really has less to do with mixing scents all that does is cause you to have multiple olfactory fatigues at once. Citrus is a pretty simple scent it’s not a wide spectrum of scent. With wider spectrum scents your brain can fill in the fatigued element with out the sense input it knows that the scent aspect belongs there. It is scent fatigue.
actualy you can be too old to learn. Now I’am just messing with you.
Best thing to do is carry ten snuff boxes. All with different attributes. Variety is wonderful.
@basement_shaman - Yep, I carry a sizable man-purse full of snuff. It is the only sensible way (I too like variety!).
I usually carry at least 4 tins of snuff with me at all times. I let the nose rest for 2 days before using the toast and marmalade again, used it and it smelt like it did the first time, guess I have to be careful not to over use citrus snuffs in the future.
I got the Seville, which is supposed to be a citrus, but it smells like eau de cologne to me! Smell is a very individual thing, no way to predict what we will and won’t like, and I suppose that can change over time. Started out not liking the J.H Wilson SP.01, but it really grew on me after a couple of hits.
Seville is actually a floral, neroli is the main scent, which is extracted from the flowers of Seville oranges.
and I still need to try Seville. I love not jumping into every snuff I can get my hands on.
Best thing to do is carry ten snuff boxes. All with different attributes. Variety is wonderful.
Yes this does seem to be the only way out of this dilemma.
I usually carry at least 4 tins of snuff with me at all times. I let the nose rest for 2 days before using the toast and marmalade again, used it and it smelt like it did the first time, guess I have to be careful not to over use citrus snuffs in the future.
I also carry at least 4 boxes at all times