Customer Reviews
I find many pleasures in snuff taking: the flavours, the burn, the delivery of nicotine, etm. One of my favourites is how snuff primes the mind into stimulating recollection. Smell dodges the thalamus and punches the olfactory bulb, directly; thereby triggering intense memories and vivid emotions. Like a dream, it allows me to collate diverse reminiscences into new and frequently unique journeys. Unscrewing the tin of “Spades” revealed a finely-ground taupe-coloured snuff that has the consistency of wet sand that has dried. Wafting from the tin was the sweet & sour smell of a strawberry / cranberry blend. It immediately reminded me of a candy that I enjoyed as a child, of which no thought was given in the past 40 years. Uptake produced a delightful stinging and sour burn that is best described as a nasal hickey. Afterburn dissipated into a simple salad of strawberries, cranberries and lilies, providing the joy of eating candy without the depression of counting calories. Intense and powdery, I suggest micro-doses rather than vigorous snorts. Useful for Lent as an ersatz to sweets, “Spades” sports an adult dose of nicotine to help fortify resolve.
Sadly much like the orange flavored in this line I get a chemical type smell. This one beats out the orange though as I can discern the strawberry scent and I have smelled something similar in the past but can not place it. Unfortunately though it is akin to an air freshener or cleaner type scent and due to that I am not fond of it.