I’ve put some Viking Blonde in an open snuffbox in my “hydration chamber” (a tupperware box), and instead of just throwing a damp tissue/paper towel in there, I’ve added something which I hope will add a scent to the snuff. The ingredients are crushed lemon balm which should add a bright lemon scent, and ramsons flowers which are edible and should add a garlic scent. I am hoping that the plain base of the Viking Blonde will be a good canvas to try and paint these scent on. I’ll keep you informed…
After plunging my nose into the pile of herbs, I decided something was missing, so I’ve added a couple of crushed sprigs of freshly picked oregano. 
Question for the more experienced snuff tweakers: I’ve put this in the fridge to infuse slowly and reduce the chances of the herbs going off and spoiling the snuff. Will this imapre the scenting? Would I be better off leaving the box somewhere reasonably warm and just letting it have a shorter exposure?
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Sounds great! I have a tin of Viking Blonde open right now, and it’s fine. That being said, a little something extra would be nice. Lemon and oregano sounds great. I might try this, but with thyme instead. I would leave it out of the fridge because the cold tends to slow the evaporation (or, rather, infusion) of aromas and flavors. I’ve never attempted a snuff infusion before, so I may be wrong. I used to infuse cigars with extracts though and I always did that in a cigar box at room tempurature. Best of luck! Keep us posted with the results.
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Thanks for that @Ubiquitous. I’ll take it back out and let it warm back up
I’m curious to hear how much of the lemon balm gets picked up by the snuff. The damned stuff is taking over my yard so I have a huge supply of it to experiment with.
@crullers I would expect it to take quite well, although the snuff was fairly well hydrated to start with. If it works but is too subtle, I might dry some snuff out to make it more absorbant and try again. I have a limited window to work in though before the ramson flowers go to seed. Lemon balm also makes a nice tea, especially with a drop of honey 
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Just checked on the snuff, and it’s over hydrated. So much so that a pinch forms a lump and it’s almost impossible to snuff. I’ve left the snuffbox open to let it air a while. From the little bit I did manage to snuff, there has obviously been some scent transfer, but it’s seems very subtle. I’ll wait until a bit of the excess moisture goes and try again. I’ve also left the lid off the main tin which is about 2/3 full to let that dry out somewhat too. This should make it more absorbant/receptive to scents. I think the original hydration level is most likely what has stopped more scent being transferred.
Well, I let the excess moisture go, and it’s taken on very little scent at all. I could dry it out and try again, but quite frankly I don’t think it’s worth the effort. Life’s too short. I might as well just keep mixing it with the F&T snuffs. Seville works well, as does Bordeaux. Apologies for wasting your time reading this.
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I like to fuss around with my hobbies myself. Sometimes things go as planned; sometimes they don’t. But there are times when, as you say, @50ft_trad, it’s just not worth the effort, even if the result were to turn out superior to what could be gained in a simpler fashion. When I started cooking, for example, I would make everything from scratch. Nowadays, however, I’m not nearly as averse as I used to be to taking the occasional shortcut (such as using - gasp - jarred pasta sauce).
This wasn’t a waste of time reading at all! I have lots of home grown leaf ageing an I’d still like to try scenting it with lemon balm. I also have some sweetgrass growing which should be interesting in snuff. I now know that this approach doesn’t work well so I’ll have to try making a tincture or something instead.
@crullers It may well have been that the snuff was too moist when I started. I think I should have started with a drier base grind, and also distressed the scenting herbs more to better release the odour. I just don’t have the enthusiasm to dry out some snuff and start again, not when I have so many other options readily available at home. I hope you have better success than I did. There was a very slight scent transfer, and I have been using this snuff yesterday and today, now that the excess moisture has gone. There is a slight hint of garlic from the ramsons, and a very slight herbal note though not necessarily citrussy. That may be picking the lemon balm too early in the season (I had to do it now because of the ramsons flowers), and picking the lemon balm just before it goes to flower and bruising it a lot more may help get a more citric egde to it.