US CO: Column: Why Does My Weed Smell Like Pine Trees And

Westword, 27 Jun 2013 – Dear Stoner: Why does my weed sometimes smell like pine trees, other times like oranges, and other times like hay? Sniff Test Dear Sniff: I’m going to get a little cosmic here. The cannabis plant actually has elements of other plants and living organisms in it called terpenes. Okay, all living beings produce them. They’re basically tiny molecules of smell and flavor and are what make up things like essential oils and resins. That orange smell? Limonene, which is also found in actual oranges. The pine-tree odor is probably from delta-3-carene, which is also found in cedar and pine sap. And the same calming linolool found in lavender oil is found in Lavender Kush.