parallels - cannabis and oud

[roflwaffle]

I can't think of anything like it except for oud - if anybody can I'm all ears

Pity it's not really extractable as a pure aeromatic. As such, I still place it in the same bucket as wine, which can have 100s of diff scent profiles. Smoke, blueberries, stonefruit, pineapple, you name it. even had one that tasted of jalapenos, but still just plain ole grapes + yeast + other microbes. Both fall into not really a perfumery ingredient category, though I guess you could consider it an 'incense' 😉

Or I guess if it were extractable, one would still need to extract just terpenes and leave the thc behind, and even then, likely jump through some hoops anyway due to legal status. Curious if youve ever tried to extract the scent profile without the thc, maybe some mad science tricks to titrate it or otherwise separate the two. And I'm sure you'd get some weird looks in aiming to remove the thc and just use it for a fragrance, lol. And while I def get the notes you've stated, generally there is still a 'weed smell' that does often come along for the ride, but I don't smoke, so maybe I'm just not up on the state of the industry these days. Once it went states legal, they've really worked at variety.

 

[Mr.P]

I'm sure you are right - I was talking strictly in an abstract sense, just in terms of my own sensory experience with zero consideration for practicality or legality or how people might look at me.

Can't think of anything else with that much profound variation. And just since you brought it up, I was not implying it produces utterly distinct aromas of the things I was describing without any shared features. I'm talking about the facets / subtleties of the scent, variations on a recognizable theme (again, like oud). When someone says a particular oud has a hint of melon, they don't mean that it literally smells like a melon and not oud etc. I mean it in that same way

 

[roflwaffle]

Yes, I understood that you mean a note of melon, not literal melon.

And removing THC was more for a practical standpoint than a legal one. Though I suppose maybe I just jumped to the conclusion that you had considered using it in perfumery for some reason and that's where I went wrong. Sitting and sniffing a jar doesnt bring the same joy as skin wearing for scents for me. Anyway, yea, it has varied smells, I'll give it that.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

I'm sure you are right - I was talking strictly in an abstract sense, just in terms of my own sensory experience with zero consideration for practicality or legality or how people might look at me.

Can't think of anything else with that much profound variation. And just since you brought it up, I was not implying it produces utterly distinct aromas of the things I was describing without any shared features. I'm talking about the facets / subtleties of the scent, variations on a recognizable theme (again, like oud). When someone says a particular oud has a hint of melon, they don't mean that it literally smells like a melon and not oud etc. I mean it in that same way

Gotcha.👍