Aroma compounds
Terpenes
These are the terpenes breeders name on their own product pages. A terpene listed here is the breeder’s claim about their cultivar, not a lab result, and the order they wrote them in is the only ranking there is. A strain with no terpenes listed does not mean the plant has none — it means the breeder did not publish them.
25 terpenes · 10,141 strain mentions
Myrcene
1,667 strains
Earthy and musky; the most commonly reported terpene in cannabis
Caryophyllene
1,616 strains
Peppery and woody; the same compound that gives black pepper its bite
Limonene
1,243 strains
Citrus peel, sharp and bright; also found in lemon and orange rind
Pinene
998 strains
Pine and fresh conifer resin; common in rosemary and pine needles
Linalool
946 strains
Floral with a faint spice; the signature note of lavender
Humulene
747 strains
Hoppy and earthy, slightly bitter; abundant in hops
Terpinolene
519 strains
Fresh and complex — herbal, piney and faintly citrus at once
Eucalyptol
385 strains
Cool and camphorous; the minty note of eucalyptus leaves
Terpineol
345 strains
Lilac and pine, soft and slightly sweet
Borneol
235 strains
Cool, minty camphor with a herbal base
Carene
215 strains
Sweet pine and cypress, slightly resinous
Camphene
183 strains
Damp earth and fir needles, with a camphor edge
Nerolidol
180 strains
Woody and faintly floral, like fresh bark and apple
Farnesene
162 strains
Green apple and light wood, faintly sweet
Phellandrene
123 strains
Mint over a faint citrus base, with a peppery finish
Fenchol
122 strains
Pine and camphor with a lemon edge; a note in basil
Bisabolol
103 strains
Delicate and sweetly floral; the main aromatic in chamomile
Ocimene
97 strains
Sweet and herbal with a green, almost woody edge
Valencene
80 strains
Sweet orange and grapefruit; named for Valencia oranges
Cymene
51 strains
Dry, woody and faintly citrus; associated with thyme and cumin
Guaiol
47 strains
Dry pine and rose; a woody, resinous note
Geraniol
34 strains
Rose and geranium; sweet and clearly floral
Menthol
24 strains
Cooling peppermint; the most recognisable mint note there is
Isopulegol
18 strains
Minty and slightly herbal, close to menthol but softer
Sabinene
1 strain
Peppery and citrus-tinged; a defining note in black pepper and nutmeg
How to read this
The aroma noted under each terpene is general chemistry — what the compound smells like wherever it occurs, in hops, pine, citrus peel or lavender. It is not a claim about any particular plant, and nothing on this page describes a terpene as doing anything to a person.