Main Kingston Cannabis Guide
Cannabis aroma has two vocabularies. One uses words such as terpenes. The other uses words such as gas, loud, skunky, fruity and terpy. Both can be useful when they stay focused on what adults can actually smell.
Terpenes are aromatic compounds found in many plants, including cannabis.
They contribute to smell and flavour.
Different products can contain different terpene profiles.
If exact terpene information matters, use information actually provided for the product rather than guessing from the name.
Gas usually describes a fuel-like, diesel-like or sharp pungent aroma.
Some adults use the word more broadly for any strong cannabis smell.
It is aroma slang.
It is not a THC grade.
Loud usually means the aroma is pronounced.
It describes intensity more than one exact scent family.
A loud flower might smell:
Terpy is slang suggesting a noticeable aroma or flavour profile associated with terpenes.
It does not identify exact terpene content unless the product actually provides that information.
It also should not be turned into a guaranteed-effect claim.
Lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit-like impressions.
Berry, grape, tropical and other fruit-like impressions.
A sharp, pungent aroma strongly associated with cannabis culture.
Soil-like, woody, herbal or musky impressions.
Forest-like, resinous or needle-like notes.
Dessert-like or softer aromatic impressions.
These are sensory descriptions.
They do not promise one effect.
Drying, curing, packaging, air, temperature and time can influence volatile aromatic compounds.
That is why two batches with the same familiar cultivar name may not smell identical.
A very aromatic flower does not automatically have the highest THC number.
A high-THC flower does not automatically have the strongest aroma.
Aroma and THC are different characteristics.
Usually a fuel-like, diesel-like or strong pungent aroma impression.
Usually that the cannabis aroma is pronounced.
Slang for a noticeable aroma or flavour profile associated with terpenes.
No. Aroma intensity and THC are different characteristics.
No. This guide uses terpene language to explain aroma, not to promise effects.