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The scent profile is very forgiving for most noses, and when paired with its grind, easy-to-approach nicotine, and moisture, this snuff is easy to enjoy all day via a pinch or boxcar.
Summer harvest snuff is akin to picking fresh raspberries, where when you break off some of the leaves and stems and give it a whiff, an overwhelming "classic raspberry" rushes to the nose. This is not a candied and overtly sweet fruit note like those found in Alpina, nor is it as artificial as the cherry in JBR Red; this is closer to a natural raspberry smell. As the raspberry fades, you are introduced to a lovely tobacco, kissed by a touch of sweet wheat, as if the field of raspberries was nearby a wheatfield ready to harvest, and the wind carried a hint of it to your nose.
The raspberry and wheat-kissed tobacco helps to hide any burn, and the nicotine is medium-low in nature and easy to take all day. It's a light brown snuff with a medium-fine grind that, as with most McChrystals offerings, is slightly fluffy; coupled with the moderate moisture, that grind can cause it to fall out of the anatomical snuff box if you're not careful. The moisture content is consistent with other McChrystals offerings, the tin shows minor clumping but it is not too moist, and there's enough moisture to hold the snuff in the hand easily without leaving your fingers covered. That's Summer Harvest.
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Slight raspberry woodsy scent. Great when taking a break from strong menthol forward snuff. Just a nice and pleasant.
The website was easy to navigate and place order. Shipping was received on time and product was in prefect condition. Overall great experience.
To me, it smells like SP mixed with raspberries. This is non-mentholated; I tend to love menthols and think adding some to this would be exquisite. But even without it, it's still very nice in the nose and has a smoothness when taking it. No harshness like the SP gives me sometimes.
Very nice but I get more of a tea flavor smell to it with a nice bite decent menthol good nicotine will buy more of there products grind was med/fine was barley moist but was a small tin
I started my snuff journey with McChrystal's Original & Genuine, and now that I have tried the overwhelming majority of the snuffs they produce, I can safely say that I have yet to find one that has disappointed me. This raspberry snuff was certainly no exception. Once it hits the front of the nose, it delivers a nice, clean burst of raspberry followed by notes of wood, smoke, chocolate, earth, and biscuit from the base tobacco(s). The grind is medium, perhaps slightly finer. Moisture content is medium-high. Nicotine content is medium-low. It is incredibly easy to take frequently. Though Summer Harvest is not the most complex or challenging snuff out there, it does exactly what it was designed to do more or less perfectly. It would be a fantastic fruit snuff for beginners, and it would also make a great everyday or evening pinch for anyone looking for a pleasantly sweet, fruity snuff.
An all around great snuff, has a great base flavor custom to McChrytals, topped with a nice fresh raspberry scent, no menthol. Its moist enough, fine grinded, light-medium nicotine, McChrystals quality, just great all around really. 9/10.
Unique to the snuffs I have tried thus far, Summer Harvest combines a deep raspberry flavour with a base of wet autumn leaves. Its slight burn recalls mornings of warm buttered toast generously smothered in raspberry jam. It triggers childhood memories of Maynard’s chewy Swedish Berries, which always got stuck in the back of my teeth. It is a pleasant evening snuff, which serves as a replacement to pudding or in accompaniment to a plate baked camembert and glasses of late vintage port.
It's a sweet raspberry scent that isn't artificial or too in your face. Very pleasant, not overpowering. Nicotine hit was a bit small but since the scent lingers for a few minutes and seems to dissipate very fast, this isn't much of an issue. Easy to take, not much of a burn. 4 stars.
I received this in a mini tin variety pack. Only took 11 days to Canada from the UK. Smells more like chocolate raspberry or soft scented flowers with only a small amount of nicotine. Zero burn. I was expecting a more mentholated raspberry, so that was a little disappointment.
What a treat! Moist and finely ground. Wonderful, sweet raspberry flavour.
Didn't really notice it upon opening the snuff box.
Really comes through when you actually snuff it
Wonderful stuff! Way better than Ozona R-type, with no mention or paraffin oil to spoil the scent.
Highly recommended for raspberry lovers.
This is the first snuff I have ever tried and I must say I was expecting it to be a disappointment, but I was wrong. The raspberry sticks in your senses for quite awhile. I would certainly get it again and again.
This is the first snuff I have ever tried and I like it very much. I was expecting it to have a heavier raspberry smell but overall it is very nice. I was also expecting a bigger sting coming out of a bullet but it is not bad at all. Nicotine buzz is also nice. I am a longtime cig smoker and feel like I could quit with this snuff. I want to try the Toque Raspberry to see how it compares but I will definitely order this one again.
Thanks Mr. Snuff for the quick delivery, 7 days from the time I ordered to my mailbox! Delivered on my birthday no less :)
JJ - San Diego, CA