Scenting snuff with essential oil on cotton

You'll need Tick as you go

• Snuff to scent, such as a plain or a Scotch
• Essential oil
• A cotton bud, a cotton ball or a small piece of cotton wool

Equipment

Method

1. Step 1 of 4Decide where the cotton goes. For a light scent, stand the snuff in a small open container inside a larger airtight one and put the cotton beside it, not touching. For a stronger scent, push a cotton bud into the snuff itself.
2. Step 2 of 4Put the oil on the cotton: one very small drop on a bud or ball that goes in the snuff, or 5 to 8 drops on cotton wool that sits apart from 10 g of snuff in a bigger container.
3. Step 3 of 4Close the container and leave it overnight, or up to a day or two. If the bud is in the snuff, shake the tin now and then.
4. Step 4 of 4Take out the cotton and try a pinch. For more scent, put the cotton back for longer rather than adding more oil.

Rest time

Overnight to two days.

Notes

Bergamot, clove, lavender, rose, orange flower, peppermint and black pepper have all been used this way. Use pure essential oils only, never a perfume or fragrance oil. If you keep the cotton apart from the snuff, the oil never touches it.