Help Me Identify This Tobacco Smell?

I recently acquired my first tin of Mac Baren mixture (scottish blend) and when I first opened the lid, I had one of those "Oh, my God..." moments. I need to salt/spirit my briar and/or get a new cob before trying it again, but I know I like at least ONE of the 34 tobaccos in this blend...
That's the problem. 34... Maybe at least I can narrow it down to a general leaf type...
To describe it best, I first think of Copenhagen snuff. I'm not a 'dipper' and never was, but have tried (I think...) all forms of tobacco at one time or another, and the only 'dip' I could imagine using (and bought more than once!) was Cope. It's like a can of spicy dirt, and tastes like it smells! (Of course it isn't burned, so there's that...) But if you've never encountered the stuff, it smells like... well, spicy dirt...
So when I removed the black paper from inside the tin, it smelled quite strongly of this familiar flavor from so long ago, but I could never find it in anything else - but in the big blended mess underneath, I don't get that same note (or if I do, it's not in my face, must have been one ribbon stuck on the top of the paper of this 'spice' note leaf.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I don't think it's just "latakia" because I would have noticed that at my tobacconist.... I think... and it's not a smokey campfire smell, or very earthy like peat moss, but spicy - like black pepper... maybe a touch of tartness, and an expectation of some salt (though that may be due to my memory of Copenhagen, or it could be association of spicy food with salt? who knows...) It's not a rounded or warm flavor, but quite sharp and pokey, and quite bright.
English seems to be failing me! How is it 2013 and we don't have smell-o-vision online yet?

If this is something I have been having a hard time discovering, is it likely real Perique from St. James Parish? Or is Perique leaf hard to find in general?

That's 2, so I guess I'll try to hunt down someone who carries blending perique to smell it, if not sample it...
I like to go easy on the N so I suppose I'll be hunting for a low-nicotine Perique blend... I don't feel so optimistic suddenly...

It does not dominate at all, and that's what's taunting me - it dominated the first opening of the tin, because there must have been a single strand of it on the paper label inside. Once I brushed off what was on the paper back into the tin, the smell in the tin is quite sweet and farm-like (mostly VA blend I'm assuming. I doubt there's much bur and barely any cavendish). The paper still slightly smells of it, though, but I don't think it will still smell like that by the time I can get to a good tobacconist (the one I frequent is not the greatest or most knowledgeable, I don't know where she gets her recipes... I don't think she invented them herself...)
Is there any blend to mention that is strongly of this leaf without having much N? (to be honest, I've been hunting for low N stuff, but it would be worth it even if I need to use a small bowl...)