I am re-visiting the snuffs of my early snuffing career and ordered, and got today, a half pound drum of best SP. Excellent postal time (probably more luck) but I placed a telephone order with the sales team yesterday and it arrived today. The packaging is superb for bulk, a heavy duty plastic cannister that is airtight and re-useable. The snuff itself is medium milled and a rich dark brown. You get the amonia tang upom opening but, as with Toque snuffs, this does not figure in the nose. The snuff gives a mild burn and decent nicotine hit and when very new almost has a menthol quulity about it, This stuff is very head clearing and I can see why it is their most popular brand. There is flavour there as well, with a a light, smoky citrus note and probably bergamot - but these thngs are dealt with very lightly. This is an excellent snuff because of the blending, which seems to be both delicate and robust at once. But then I do like snuffs like that: a good initial punch leading onto a pleasant lingering aroma. A true classic. Don’t get one of the small tins; it just isn’t the same. I recommend that every serious snuffer get a pound or half of this snuff direct from the factory. At £13 for the half it is a pretty good deal and this will last for a good time for most people. Snuffster
Are you getting any Rose scent? I think I got a review for this mixed up with a Stefan’s Triple. The Triple has the lavender. But I think both have rose. I’ve got T-WHT in my nose right now so I may edit later after checking.
I don’t get any rose scent from the big tub of Best SP I have, just the expected SP flavour of bergamot. I do agree - it seems better in bulk than in small tins.
Well, a dull old world if we all like the same women, cars and tobacco. Im off Toque at the moment and this snuff almost has a sentimental value for me. I would say, however, that you might like it more factory fresh. The small tins Ive had are usually a bit stale. I do get some fragment of floral here but too faint for me to say rose.
I’ve got a tin of the Best SP on the way. I’ve really been liking SP’s lately, so I’m pretty excited for it to arrive.
I’m also waiting for some Best SP, hope it will be here tomorrow
Well gents, I trust you won’t be dissapointed. It should be very lightly moist if fresh, if its not just add a few drops of water and allow it to amalgamate over night.
How does it compare to McChrystal’s SP? Right now I can’t get enough of that one, good thing it came in an enormous tin 
I got turned on by Toque Original so I ordered some WoS Best SP to compare them. I didn’t care for the Toque at first but once it grew on me and took hold I gobbled it up fast. Hope this one holds up to expectations as well. I’ve also found that the bigger the WoS quantity is the more fresh it tends to be.
i think best sp is supposed to have a little bit of rose in it but i never got that from it. Although i do believe i got one of the “stale” 10g tins.
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Ouch…This is dried out for sure. Very strongly scented still after about a year. No rose, that was the Bespoke snuff I mistook it for on one of my snuffreviews.com. Stephen’s Triple was Rose, Lavender, and Sandalwood when I got some. Now it is Sandalwood, Apricot, with menthol. This Best SP from Wilsons is good but I think if I could dissect it with a Wilsons Of Sharrow Natural I would enjoy it even more. I know there is no such thing but I do like the tobacco that Wilsons has. It shines through fine in most of their snuffs. Thanks for the revisit.
The main problem with the tins is that they are not completelty airtight and this has to used fresh to get the full benefit. Most folks wont want to invest in a half pund cannister straight from WoS but that is the only way to guarantee the freshness - those cans just hang around in stores losing flavour.
I’ve tried Best SP for the first time today. I will for sure order again but not in that stupid little tins again. I order all my snuff, except Toque, from Tim. I hope he will get the bigger tins, otherwise I will ahve to order directly from WoS. But, ordering from them is quite a hassle. No credit card facilities. They want me to send them my card number and they will prosess on their side. No go for me!!! So, I will have to send them a cheque which is gonna cost me. Hell, it’s bad to be so far away from the suppliers and the postal service is…I’d rather not say. Might get banned from the forum.
The postal service are inept, asshats. 
Ive only ever seen the big cannisters from WoS, I can only assume its not cost effective to stock them but this is one snuff that really loses out if bought in the cans. I think if people did try it as fresh as it comes in the large drums then we would have a snuff that is right up there in popularity with Toque etc, but its so darned delicate that keeping it in a can on a shelf just ruins it.I spent £13 on a half pound and I am really pleased with it. My advice is give it a go in the bulk form, it will cost a bit more than usual but you will see why its WoS best selling snuff for 200 years. I can’t think why no member of the Wilson’s family has ever bothered with this forum; smug in their place in the market? Shame because they would have a lot to offer.
They have every reason to be smug! …I’d be scared to enter this forum as a snuffmaker myself but I’ll bet they read our crap here. I would like to think that Ice Licorice was made as a result of comments made here at snuffhouse.org. Hard to say as they have no representative here. Maybe one day the’ll assign some poor schmuck to rap with us.
Ok, finally got a tin of this today. I got the 10g tin which I find to be the smallest size that still manages a degree of freshness as opposed to the little cans. At least mine seemed fresh enough. The idea was to compare this with Toque Original. This may not be totally fair since Toque never claims that their Original is intended as an SP but someone mentioned that it was based on an SP and I grew to really appreciate it. The WoS Best SP is a totally different animal. I found it moist and spicy and easy to take in large doses. The taste was very pleasant, almost a Grand Cairo lite to my palate. Whereas Toque Original is more dry and crisp the WoS tends to be more fluffy. Both are excellent but the comparison for me ends there. Its simply a totally different experience. I can also see where Best could make an excellent mixing base. I was able to detect the original tobacco, slight citrus notes, and something else which I can’t readily identify. I’ll have to try it fresh in the morning a few times to make sure my menthol and other snuffs aren’t getting in the way. I was pleasantly surprised with this one and am very happy I obtained it. Its one of those blends I’d like to always have on hand.
I think you might have convinced me snuffster, I was going to order half a pound of Tom Buck but might get this instead.
Great review Spyro. The comparison with Toque was very loosely made, and as you say they are completely different animals and I would say equally superb. Hey Kunugaa, if you like Tom you’ll like this - its a more toned down version of Tom, a more subtle and gentler version.