#sen-sen

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Sen-Sen Eulogy

Late news for some. F&F Foods discontinued Sen-Sen in July 2013 after around 100 years. Remaining supplies are rare and now very expensive - Just ONE packet sells briskly on eBay for $14.50-up while an entire box now sells for over $225. Sen-Sen were awesome -- If Altoids are "curiously strong", Sen-Sen were amazingly strong. Sure, they tasted a bit like soap and incense, but they really did their job effectively and the lingering taste and odor was quite pleasant. If I had been informed they might (and did) discontinue them, I'd have stockpiled cases of them.

The loss of Sen-Sen after so many generations is actually a bit heartbreaking, as there is no direct substitute. Tic Tacs and Altoids aren't even in the same class; Sen-Sen were really the only things like themselves. They had minimal filler, so each square was remarkably efficient.

They were a confection, not a candy and a lot of modern users were shocked and repulsed by the taste, expecting something very sweet and candy-like. But these were a very useful tool for those who like to drink, smoke and eat pungent foods. Needless to say, they had a use in the bedroom also for similar reasons.

Being tiny but packing a punch, you could discreetly slip just one, but usually a few, little squares under your tongue and let natural salivation deodorize your mouth and throat. Excellent breath-odor control. If you really needed to, you could take a pinch and swallow them whole with a glass of water or whatever and they'd help perfume your innards even more (masking digestive/burp smells).

Sen-Sen was referenced - and perhaps now memorialized - in at least 2 popular songs of the 20th C.. Billy Joel’s “Keeping the Faith” and "Ya Got Trouble" from the ‘57 production of The Music Man. The latter was accurately descriptive of these little powerhouse “mints” that are all but gone now.

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