Whats that smell?

[Jonnydread]

I'm a daily partaker, but I've always liked the smell. To be fair I like a lot of stuff that is generally considered unappealing so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I love fermented foods, stuff with strong flavors, bacteria-based foods and so on. As others have said different weed smells different, but generally skunky/piney/grassy is how I describe it. My favorite kind of grass smells like grandma's basement

[Tarsun2]

idk, i like the smell of pipe tobacco.

funny this is, i wasn't hungry before, but now im getting pretty hungry.

[BenoitOWN]

Someone at the paintball field today had one that smelled like citrus.
i enjoy recreational usage but I’m not into high thc, had my try with them when it got legal and it a 4-5month I’d wish to have done something else. Now I’m into Cbd and a little does the trick.

while it true that skunky was everywhere before it untrue with all the choices we have today.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Plants smell skunky, bud the flower has many different smells. Depends what strain it’s crossed with.

[Marcellus]

Definitely smells like a skunk. I've also heard pine cones but I've never gotten that one myself.

[Aperture3D]

California air freshener? Drive any freeway in SoCal windows down and you will catch a whiff.

Honestly the strains are changing so much that the smell can vary wildly. Terpenes usually contribute citrus-y notes, which are currently really popular. I find that traditionally dank and earthy notes are less desirable nowadays. Smell no longer indicates potency, since lab testing is now widely available.

IIRC there are a few growers trying to develop a "No Smell" strain.

[gabe]

On an interesting side note, here in Alaska where it's legal, the growers have to use very elaborate air filtration systems to filter out the smell or if it's an outdoor grow there are limits as to how close it can be to populated areas because of the smell. Of course almost nobody grows outside because it would just freeze in the spring, fall, and winter. Stores also have to use blackout blinds and have limits on how much they can advertise so that the "more impressionable" won't be tempted to step foot into a pot store.

Jordan, sounds like Canada doesn't have such regulations which is really too bad because it forces the smell on people like you who don't enjoy it. I know what you mean though, I drove by a greenhouse in a rural area and it was VERY pungent. Can't imagine living next to them. As much as I enjoy the smell I don't think I like it that much.

[Jordan]

I also hate the smell of wine and pipe tobacco. Gross.

If you're ever in Canada come visit my neck of the woods on a hot August night and tell me it doesn't smell like skunk roadkill.

[Shaftski]

Mass super skunk could clear a room. Open a bag and you'd pull your head back it was so pungent. Another one that could do that was roadkill skunk. Back in the good old prohibition days it was a nightmare to try and carry around or transport.

The "skunk" variety branched decades ago into a more sweet taste/smell while still maintaining the same genetic profile. That's what's really floating around these days. Orange Bud, for example, smells like an orange grove but is still genetically skunk. Just a sweet orange phenotype.

[Siress]

Same here. Glad you articulated that

[gabe]

Skunk? Never smelled weed that smelled like a skunk. You guys must have smelled some pretty sweet smelling skunks.

For me it's a pine like smell, very rich, with maybe some citrus. Perhaps even floral to some extent. Depends on the strain obviously and also how well it's been grown. Cured weed smells far different from fresh, growing pot plants.

Can't imagine not liking the smell, it's like smelling wine and hating it or smelling a good pipe tobacco and thinking it smelled like dirt.

[Spider!]

This was always my impression. It doesn't help when it has been cut. I've smelled some that I could swear it was cut with bermuda grass; I could almost tell which variety of bermuda.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

Im weird i guess since I like the smell of weed and tobacco. Exotic strains can have some very unique smells. Lemon strains are my personal fav, the two scents pair quite nicely.

[Shaftski]

The worse it smells the better it smokes usually. My favorites were always dogshit, diesel, and mass super skunk.

Aroma profiles are all over the place these days. Girl scout cookies, citrus cleaners, racing fuel, soap, pinesol, you name it.

[Junglepeanut]

Smell of fresh weed gives me a fairly instant excruciating headache, I can't be around the stuff. I have fairly bad allergies and weed must be towards the top of the list