Nasal Snuff Adventures

[ValeTudoGuy]

Gawith Hoggarth Sandalwood, very civilized with quite a grown up flavour/odour "flovour?" one for a quiet evening On the brandy me thinks!

[mrcigar]

How do you take your snuff? I pinch between thumb and index finger, and breath very gently. I've tried the technique with a pinch on the back of the hand but I don't like the way the whole clump shoots into the nose.

[ValeTudoGuy]

The snuff I have had up to now has come in the oblong dispenser type container so I have been tapping out onto the base of my thumb, flattening out slightly and a sharp but gentle nasal inhale.

I have just this morning stocked a few snuffs and most are in tins, so I imagine in that circumstance I will be a pincher.

I am yet to sneeze but I have found blowing ones nose 20-30 minutes after insuflation keeps everything clean and clear.

[cigarmo]

Is this thread in secret code I have seen people doing something similar what was his name ah yes tony montana

[mrcigar]

Yes, great isn't it? It all sounds so wrong.

[cigarmo]

Yes, great isn't it? It all sounds so wrong.

Will pick some up next time I visit my smoking shop

[ValeTudoGuy]

Gawith Hoggarth Dry Orange, actually very similar to the Sandalwood. There is no upfront orange flavor and to my senses it's quite evident that it uses the same base mix as the sandal wood but is perhaps just a tad more zingy... All in all they are both quite relaxed and easy going.

Both would probably pair well with a relaxing hot bath.

[mrcigar]

ValeTudoGuy, you're really going for it, aren't you?
I'm going to try some different 'flavours' - so far I have only tried the menthol McChrystals and the natural Viking Dark.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Lol yeah, I went out and got about 10 or so different ones, I have the McChrystals Original & Genuine and The Viking Dark waiting to be tried.

Allong with, Bernard Brasil Fresco which is a schmelzier style, Fribourg Treyer Bureau, Gawith Hogarth Lakeland, J & H Wilson Medicated No. 99 (their standard No. 1 is supposedly one of the most iconic snuffs ever made.), Samuel Gawith Firedance (Blackberry, Whisky & Vanilla), Samuel Gawith Plum and Wilsons Jockey Club.

[mrcigar]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on which of them you prefer and why.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Well I will be updating here when I try new ones, up to now I have preferred to the Poschl snuffs over the Gawith Hogarth.... They are a little more in your face.

Admittedly the Apricot is a bit of an Apricot flavour as opposed to the flavour of Apricots if you get my meaning, but I quite like it and find it very refreshing.
The Red Bull is a real get up and go snuff, I could see it opening the sinus and picking me up during a cold. As it is without a cold I noticeably became more focused almost immediately after insuflating, this increased focus lasted around 10-15 minutes before starting to wear.

The two Gawith Hogarth I have tried have been much much more laid back, like I said before they kind of brought me down into a state of relax. They were so close to each other I would probably find it hard to recommend one over the other. Given a choice and price/availability being the same.... I would flip a coin.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Ok just tried the Bernard Brasil Fresco..... Wowzers! Quite a bit stronger than the others. Quite a lot actually.

This stuff should be called humidor dust, you know the smell you get when you open your cigar stash... The one you sometimes open your cigar stash just to get a wee whiff of.. Well imagine if you could concentrate that smell and bottle it into an essence?

Ok now stop imagining and go out and buy a box of this snuff because its as damn near as close as your going to get unless you feel like ramming a Maduro up your conk.

[mrcigar]

Fabulous flurry of reviews there, good man.
I shall be making some purchases soon and will report back.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Fribourg Treyer Bureau: first things first, you get a whole lot of snuff for your money with this one compared to the price of some of the smaller tubs I have.

Flovour on this one is along similar lines to the Gawith Hogarth Sandawood, I would say the Sandalwood is ever so slightly smoother but the Bureau has a heck more of a kick too it.

Where the Hogarth's were full on relaxing, this is relaxing with some of the concentration effects of the Red Bull... Probably a good one for reading in the evening.

[ValeTudoGuy]

The Viking Dark, call me crazy but there is almost something meaty about this one. Certainly smokey, but smooth. Almost a hint of smoked sausage.

I like it, it makes itself known but its certainly not offensive. No huge hit, just a nice warmth. I could see me using this as an every day winter snuff.

mrcigar, I know what you mean by the "throat drip" though. If you take this one a bit too far back it makes itself known. My theory is that it's due, in part to the moistness making it clump slightly.