Royal George
Wilsons of Sharrows

I carefully removed the forest green seal from this tin.. curious as to the sent that awaited me behind it. The tin came open and apart far to easily it is a dangerous one to carry around. But the tin came apart as explosively as the sent carried its payload to my senses. A burst of sugar (if you can believe it has a smell), cinnamon, clove, and even brown sugar almost knocked me back. With my first sniff I was impressed with how sweet tobacco could be. The powder was slightly course but dry and has a feeling of pebbles not sand in the hand. An interesting texture but an enjoyable one. I enjoyed the aroma greatly but .. I found that through the weekend with continued use.. it was just to sweet. The flavor i realized was not unlike a cinnamon candy cane, or a red hot candy. For those of you who want a super sweet candy snuff I recommend this to you. I will sniff this from time to time.. however... I am a admirer of the more complex flavor of tobacco and senting... so this will not place among my favorites. It is a very forgiving snuff though. Cheers to the manufacture for their ability to produce what is probably exactly what they were aiming for.

-Chris

p.s this is my girlfriends favorite snuff :)

I like the Royal George alot, the closest thing I can think of to describe it's scent is Baby Powder.

Do Ticos use cloth diapers? maybe that's why the description wouldn't make sense to us :) Disposable diapers don't really have a smell that I know of (fortunately I'm not too familiar with them).

--keep your powder dry--

some people love this stuff. i find it an interesting blend of 20 or so flavors, but the aftertaste is just horrid to me. it reminds me of some of those little decrative soaps and almond extract. i love scented snuffs and use alot of them but i just can not get hooked on this one yet.

I think this is a bit sweet for all day use on its own, but I mix it with Wilsons best SP (about 3 or 4 parts to 2) and its fantastic. I like this so much that this mixture is now my all day snuff. I think on its own it would probably be a nice 'desert' snuff

try mixing it with one of your favourite plainer snuffs, its really good at rounding off the more powerful ones like F&T Irish, which for me is slightly too strong on its own

Well I went ahead and mixed it with some best sp and I am floored. It smells and feels amazing like that. The funny thing is that it doesn't smell like the sp best at all, it still smells like the royal george but it has a much less intense smell. Thanks for the suggestions!!

I'm sorry to say but IMO this is a horrifically disgusting snuff.

its definatley too overpowering on its own and I cant remember how I came to mix it with other stuff, but it just seems to work, im not a fan of menthol but I imagine a small amount would be quite good with a plain menthol snuff. Ive just got into mixing snuffs so maybe Im just happy with my creation!

I found the Royal George on it’s own was not something I could use for very long. I did come back to this one at some point everyday since I received it. I’m still trying to decide if I like it. I have mixed RG and Wilson’s Cherry Menthol 50/50 and this is one of the best snuffs ever!!! Any one else tried this?

Not an all day scent, but amusing nonetheless. Kind of like snuff your grandmother's bath salts.

I just picked up a container of this that I found at a local tobacco store. I noticed the baby powder scent first, but the afterscent reminded me of a delicate floral smell. Seemed like a more dry snuff; is this typical of Wilson of Sharrow?

I too like Royal George, but I can't class it as my great favourite. I read on some site that it was a mixture of several scents including Violet, Rose & Vanilla. But to me it has the nose of almonds just like towler mentioned earlier.

The smell of Royal George sends me straight back to my childhood. To me, it smells exactly like Play-Doh.

I think Helio has come closest to describing it as I have ever read. I just took a pinch and that is exactly what it smelled like to me as well, never could place it before but now, playdoh is all I can think of. Well done!