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Olfactory Art

Is there value added in strains with pleasing scent qualities, to this end wish to ask more

  • All I care about is THC at the expense of terpenes (highest thc dont care how it smells or tastes )

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I want a THC strain that smells and tastes great

    Votes: 8 72.7%
  • I make dry sift so I want just pure THC no other stuff

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I smoke flowers terpenes make it taste/smell so much better

    Votes: 7 63.6%
  • I make guarda or charas so sticky/oily or waxy is better

    Votes: 1 9.1%
  • wanna see another choice added? Request it in a post or DM me

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    11

IC GLASS

New member
Reasearhing terpene chemical compounds the oxygen hydrogen and carbon elements are consistant with all terpenes, the skunky and garlic, onion type all have S bond sulfur bond so it had to be present for that to manifest as a thiol or mercaptan or allicin type odor.
Gypsum is a additive I see suggested for helping with powery mildew and sulfur is a fungicide. So yeah it all makes great sense keen observation on your part. :huggg:
That’s a really insightful observation! It’s fascinating how those sulfur bonds can create such distinct odors, like skunky or garlicky smells. Plus, using gypsum and sulfur as additives for things like powdery mildew makes a lot of sense in that context—nature has some clever ways to balance things out!
 

acespicoli

Well-known member
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Table of Contents

  1. Four Key Rules for Aromaticity
  2. Condition #1 for Aromaticity: The Molecule Must Be Cyclic
  3. Condition #2: Every atom in the ring must be conjugated
  4. Condition #3: The Molecule Must Have [4n+2] Pi Electrons
  5. Which Electrons Count As “Pi Electrons”?
  6. Pyridine and the Benzene Anion
  7. Some Examples With 5-Membered Rings
  8. Condition #4: The Molecule Must Be Flat
  9. Summary: Rules For Aromaticity
  10. Notes
  11. (Advanced) References and Further Reading
 

acespicoli

Well-known member
Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are bipolar cells that detect and transmit odor information to the brain:


  • Location
    ORNs are found in the olfactory epithelium, a sheet of neurons and supporting cells that lines the upper nasal cavity, nasal septum, and superior nasal concha.


  • Structure
    ORNs have a small, unmyelinated axon and cilia that extend from the neuron's surface.


    • Function
      When airborne molecules bind to the cilia, the ORNs are activated and transmit information to the brain.

    • How they work
      ORNs express receptors and signaling molecules that allow them to form specific connections within the olfactory bulb. When an odorant binds to a receptor molecule, it activates a G protein, which causes a chain of events that leads to the generation of action potentials.

    • Characteristics
      ORNs exhibit different sensitivities to different odorants, and can be activated by multiple odorants or by a single odorant at different concentrations.

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The organization of the main olfactory system has been regarded to as a labeled line. Sensory neurons expressing the same receptor converge their afferences into single glomeruli, where synaptic contact is established with only one M/T cell, in a one-to-one topology. Thus, each olfactory receptor is represented by a single M/T cell. The accessory olfactory system, however, is integrative in the sense that each sensory neuron sends projections to several glomeruli and each M/T cell contacts several glomeruli. Although M/T cells contact glomeruli receiving afferences from different receptors, they integrate glomeruli from the same V1R or V2R subpopulation, most probably from closely related receptors. This dichotomic segregation suggests that no M/T cell contact glomeruli from both subpopulations. The non-exclusive segregation of vomeronasal afferences of the tenrec is characterized by the integration of afferences from both subpopulations into single glomeruli, suggesting that AOB neurons (such as M/T or periglomerular) may also make synaptic contact with both subpopulations.​



Number of distinguishable odors​

A widely publicized study suggested that humans can detect more than one trillion different odors.[13]

Humans can discriminate more than 1 trillion olfactory stimuli​

C Bushdid 1, M O Magnasco, L B Vosshall, A Keller
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24653035/
 
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bigtacofarmer

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Veteran
I want a variety with a complex delicious flavor that dances around my senses and keeps me coming back for more. If this variety does not have a highly desirable long lasting high it will quickly become pointless to me other than maybe to breed with a variety with a great and long lasting high. I tend to not consider feeling lethargic, tired and unmotivated as being high.
 

acespicoli

Well-known member
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The thalamus (pl.: thalami; from Greek θάλαμος, "chamber") is a large mass of gray matter on the lateral walls of the third ventricle forming the dorsal part of the diencephalon (a division of the forebrain). Nerve fibers project out of the thalamus to the cerebral cortex in all directions,

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known as the thalamocortical radiations, allowing hub-like exchanges of information. It has several functions, such as the relaying of sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex[1][2] and the regulation of consciousness, sleep, and alertness.[3][4]
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It is proposed that core relay cells and matrix cells projecting from the dorsal thalamus allow for synchronization of cortical and thalamic cells during "high-frequency oscillations that underlie discrete conscious events",[7] though this is a heavily debated area of research.
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acespicoli

Well-known member
I want a variety with a complex delicious flavor that dances around my senses and keeps me coming back for more. If this variety does not have a highly desirable long lasting high it will quickly become pointless to me other than maybe to breed with a variety with a great and long lasting high. I tend to not consider feeling lethargic, tired and unmotivated as being high.
Interestingly brilliant,
it becomes clear at this moment what it is that gives strains different effects
 

I Care

Well-known member
I would best describe the desired smells for me as not to be on the nose, but in the throat and in the lung.

Like citrusy and some fruity smells seem like they’re right on the nose and The more medically viable smells make it right past the tip of the bows undetected and I can taste them maybe more than to say I smell them.

Some smells go to my eyes, some smells go to my forehead, some smells go no further than my nose. The ones that are proving good puffage without negative effects are the ones that bypass the head when smelled and seem like they go straight to taste buds and to my shoulders before even using.

Today I realize why people have been preaching against with all of these highly smelly herbs that are out there now. They almost give me an allergic reaction because they are so smelly and it seems like that really all they have. No grease, no funk, just all vape juice is how I would like to describe it.

I’ve been smoking homegrown bubba kush, homegrown sour kush, homegrown northern lights and some other stuff people have given me in recent weeks. Then somebody gave me some heavy gelato terpy all frost and flavor and no grease buds, it’s just totally subpar as far as the high goes. Just seems more like a novelty than actually having any real beneficial contribution to my mind and body and there’s actually no diversity in the flavor profile. it’s just all color food syrup sugar candy, basically feels like I over ate a bunch of candy too when the effect sets into my brain.
 
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