Marlboro Strong Original Portion (SM)

[pris]

I'm pretty much with Ansel on this.

I didn't like the 'chocolate candy' taste and they didn't hit hard enough for me.

It's not for me. It has a candy like taste to it. Similar to Jak's Classic Strong. Didn't get much of kick from it and found it hard to finish the can. Sorry Swedish Match! I love the majority of their other snus a lot, just not this.

[muddyfunkstar]

Do you think they've sweetened it for the US market, despite it not being available to the US? *rolls eyes*

Been tempted to get a can or two to try it, and I think I still will, but the whole thing just smacks of a cash in on the brand name.

[pris]

I tend to think that. Same with Camel snus. The only one that tasted remotely like what I remembered the cigarettes tasting like to me was Lucky Strike.

the whole thing just smacks of a cash in on the brand name.

[squeezyjohn]

That's odd - I can't taste any real sweetness (as in sugar) in the portions and I'm squeezing one under my top lip at the moment! There is/was a definite sweetness with Claq Qui, Röda Lacket, Göteborgs Rapé etc. - but I find this less sweet. However it has vanilla flavouring which is a sweet smell and I find it a bit sickly in a snus. That's why I hated Grov Black.

I totally agree with regards the over-flavouring though. It seems to be a problem with the ones with cigarette branding, I find them OK, but generally too highly flavoured. They know they are going to sell a certain number of cans guaranteed on the branding. Not sure why that means they go down that route flavour-wise, maybe it is more likely to appeal to cigarette smokers?

[Ansel]

True Göteborgs Rapé is sweeter but for me this seemed too artificial a sweetness.

[muddyfunkstar]

I tend to think that. Same with Camel snus. The only one that tasted remotely like what I remembered the cigarettes tasting like to me was Lucky Strike.

Lucky Strike is a decent enough snus. I have a roll on the go at the moment, but when it's gone I don't think I'll buy it again, as there's nothing that distinctive about it other than it's too bulky can. There are so many good Swedish brands that I feel like a marketing patsy for buying into big-name cigarette brands.

[gax1985]

I love this stuff ! Its pretty similar to my favourite cigarette being Marlboro !

[Ansel]

I've popped one in and i'm enjoying it so it can be quite as bad as i thought it was.

[Mykislt]

has this stuff disappeared from the market?