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The nose · 21 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Reading a terpene chart without the folklore

Terpinolene is not a personality. It is a molecule. Here is how we use the numbers on each strain page.

Every live strain on this site carries a terpene breakdown from the keeper we actually ran. Percentages are relative within the terpene fraction, not of the whole flower. They are a map of the nose, not a medical claim, and not a promise that your pheno will print the same pie chart.

Myrcene reads as earth and mango and, in quantity, as 'heavy'. Limonene is citrus peel. Caryophyllene is pepper and fuel. Terpinolene is the pine-anise lift you get on Durban Poison Bx2. Linalool is the floral, pastry note on Jammy Dodgers.

Use it to choose, not to brag

If you want a breakfast jar, look for limonene and ocimene. If you want something that will sit still in a wet September, look at the mould score first and the dessert terps second. The finder on this site is built on those trade-offs, not on THC.

And if a bank will not show you a chart, or shows you one that adds up to a round marketing story, that is also information.

Seeds are sold as souvenirs and for genetic preservation. 18+. Cultivation of cannabis is illegal in the UK without a Home Office licence. These notes are not a grow guide.

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