The Roadkill Skunk Fan Club

[SkunkyPuffs]

Hey guys i am new to this forums and the topic of 80's-90's skunk variety brought me to this forums. Old school smoker here and i feel that i must chime in on this topic because i have had a lot of experience with this variety of cannabis. I have never heard it called RKS? in the late 80's i lived off of upper haight street in san francisco california and let me tell you for a young 18 yo kid with no connects that street hooked it up, you would walk down the street and people would always say "KIND BUDS" you would crack that nickle bag and if it smelled like a skunk spray you talked em down to 15 bucks for the 1.2 gram and went hope to experience absolutely the best high i have ever had from marijuana, almost hallucinogenic! i moved to seattle washington soon after and found the same variety of marijuana being sold at a local hippie watering hole called the blue moon. After a couple months buying from various patrons at the bar i met the grower, his name was john, he was a lil old dude that lived right up the street from the bar and i remember having a conversation with him about the variety of marijuana he was growing, he told me that it was too strong, that people were having psychological issues because of it so he said the community was going to breed it down to make it more tolerable. The best description i have of this bud was it didn't grow like most weed, the buds took an oval shape not coned, more like a cactus, it was almost neon lime green with no hairs at all, covered in trichomes and smelled like a skunk sprayed it. The last time i had it was right before i moved from seattle in 1996.
I also had an albino variety of marijuana in the late 80's called white bud, it was crazy! the bud was white, and i'm not just talking from the crystals it looked like popcorn, so we called it popcorn buds for the 1 week it was available....never seen that again either. I have cash and will travel anyplace in the world for a cut of either one of those varieties. The truth is guys, im burning out on whats available now adays, i have turned to oil the last couple years and even the best shatter i make with fresh grown top shelf buds doesn't make me feel like that kind bud did back in the day, could you imagine the concentrates that could be made with that variety of cannabis...

 

[ozza]

The hair thing and oval buds are bringing back memories.

 

[stoney917]

Guess what im getting for my birthday today??????

 

[ozza]

in a skunk thread i would hope it's skunk?

 

[stoney917]

Oh i already got atleast 3 skunks easy in vegas lemon, albert walker, n livers, but this Homie smelt pulling up the driveway got stronger up to the doorstep where 2 clones were , in a box waiting.... the real rks is the one n only thing left on my list i dont have .......yet

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

Oh i already got atleast 3 skunks easy in vegas lemon, albert walker, n livers, but this Homie smelt pulling up the driveway got stronger up to the doorstep where 2 clones were , in a box waiting.... the real rks is the one n only thing left on my list i dont have .......yet

can i get a couple cuts? im in vancouver washington but will travel anywhere.

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

Name's i remember it being called. The Kills, Dank, The Chronic, Seattle Super Chronic, The Kind, Kind Buds, Kine Buds, Skunk Buds...never once have i heard it called Road Kill Skunk until this thread, although it is the best way to describe the smell of the bud. The closest variety i have found is Grand Daddy Purple, it has a hint of that Skunk smell overpowered by the Sweet smell, it has about one tenth of the effect of the full Skunk. Please help an old burnt out stoner find his youthful spirit again, Skunk is the only way....

 

[Joint Lock]

im only 33 but remember this strain in mid 90s (Midwest) . I remember it due to the cost lol . Remember smoking it with a few friends and wondering wtf we would do to cover up the smell. We had bumped into this as a bunch of teenagers looking for a half bag of regs (eeeewwww) Remember it as if it was yesterday . Very solid nugs bright neon green with a smell that could only be contained in baby jars . Remember it wasn't until 2001 that I saw seedless again on the streets . But yes I know to this day ill never forget the smell . its as described pure skunk ass . solid dense nugs with orange hairs . The flavor was the exact same as the taste and left a very powerful different flavor in the mouth that couldn't be washed away with a drink. U would taste the taste of a skunk spray smell in your mouth for a good half hr . it just lingered in your spit if u had any

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

only thick cotton mouth

 

[Fly by Night]

As they say on Price is Right

As they say on Price is Right

can i get a couple cuts? im in vancouver washington but will travel anywhere.

Come on Down!

 

[MrTea]

I was going to gey my hands on livers a year ago but it never worked out.

 

["HEMPEROR"]

Oh i already got atleast 3 skunks easy in vegas lemon, albert walker, n livers, but this Homie smelt pulling up the driveway got stronger up to the doorstep where 2 clones were , in a box waiting.... the real rks is the one n only thing left on my list i dont have .......yet

cant beat a bit livers stoney lad

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

Livers...never heard of this variety, i am guessing its not from the United States, sounds English.

 

[MrTea]

Livers...never heard of this variety, i am guessing its not from the United States, sounds English.

'liver'pool

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

'liver'pool

Fuck it, send me a cut in the mail. Just put it in a ziplock with a moistened towel

 

[blays0r]

The two leg-breakers in the family of chemicals that a skunk sprays are (E )-2-butene-1-thiol and 3-methyl-1-butanethiol. These are chains of carbon and hydrogen with the sulfur and hydrogen thiol group attached to one end. They're volatile, which means they disperse easily in the air, and they're easily picked up by the human nose. The back-up squad of skunk spray consists of thioacetates, other groupings of carbon and hydrogen that are, at first, not particularly smelly. When water hits them, it rearranges them into more potent configurations. A dog - or human - that's been sprayed by a skunk will sometimes get smellier after being bathed in water. These compounds also linger, so when an area of a house that's been sprayed by a skunk gets rained on, we get a delayed reminder never to make a skunk mad.



from here http://http://io9.com/the-chemistry-of-skunk-spray-1567355548

Amazing how a plant can recreate this scent almost exactly, huh? And damn does it smell good. Or at least it does to most heads! It immediately conjures up thoughts of killer dank and great times. They've studied how terpenes and potency/the high is related. It's no wonder the pungent shit is typically stronger, and why we all have an undying love for the skunk.

 

[ozza]

I hope one of the more knowledgeable might stop by and tell me which terpene smells most alike to these chemicals. From reading maybe a garlic bud pheno cross a cheese? It says that the same smell as skunk is in onions and garlic. So Garlic bud cross something maybe?.

 

[blays0r]

I hope one of the more knowledgeable might stop by and tell me which terpene smells most alike to these chemicals. From reading maybe a garlic bud pheno cross a cheese? It says that the same smell as skunk is in onions and garlic. So Garlic bud cross something maybe?.

I think that's a tough question to answer specifically. There are hundreds or terpenes found in cannabis, and the skunk scent is probably a complex combination.

Mmmm... garlic cheese bud sounds pretty kick ass, though. Shiva Shanti x Exodus Cheese

 

[ozza]

Butanoic Acid OR Butyric Acid has a unpleasant, acrid odor normally found in perspiration, flatulence and rancid butter. It is the primary cause of the foul smell associated with human vomit as it is one of many stomach acids that helps break down food for energy, and it is a common addition to stink bombs for this reason. It is actually used as a flavoring to my personal surprise, where it is described as acidic sour, cheesy, dairy and creamy with a fruity nuance.

(Methyl Thio) Butyrate has an odor that is sulfurous with egg and cheese notes, and tomato, tropical-fruit top notes. Used in flavorings, its taste is a musty, sulfureous, Limburger-type cheese top note, with a metallic cheese body. Some have described the odor as a sulfury, cheeseish, putrid cabbage or garlic.


Diallyl Disulfide has a strong, alliceous, onion and garlic-like odor with metallic nuances. Highly diluted, it is used as a flavoring in food. Its flavor is green onion and garlic-like with meaty nuances. It is an organosulfur (organic compounds that contain sulfur) derived from garlic. It is also one of the main components of the distilled oil of garlic. Diallyl disulfide has many of the health benefits of garlic, but it is also an allergen causing garlic allergy.

Dimethyl Disulfide has a high strength, sulfurous, rotten garlic, cabbage or onion type of aroma. Dimethyl disulfide along with dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl trisulfide are compounds given off by the plant known as dead-horse arum. Flies are attracted to the odor of fetid meat the combination of the three make, and they help pollinate this plant.

Ethylmethyl Acetic Acid has a medium strength, acidic fruity, dirty, cheesey, fermented odor with the strong nuance of roquefort cheese. It is used as a flavoring with a fruity, dirty, acidic flavor with a dairy, buttery and cheesey nuance.

Hexanoic Acid has a pungent, oily, acrid, sour, fatty, sweaty, rancid cheese odor. It is used as a flavoring as well as in cosmetics. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils. It is one of the chemicals that give the decomposing fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo its characteristic unpleasant odor.

Isovaleric Acid has a strong, pungent, sour, stinky feet, sweaty cheese smell. It is a major component of the cause of unpleasant foot odor. However, its volatile esters have pleasing scents and are used widely in perfumery. Used as a flavoring it is cheesey, dairy, sweet creamy, fermented, waxy and berry. It has shown effectiveness as an anticonvulsant and antidepressant.

3-Mercapto-2-Methylpentanal has a very heavy, sulfurous, savory, alliaceous, garlic odor with tropical fruit and cultured dairy nuances. As a flavoring, it has a sulfureous, alliaceous, savory flavor with cooked onion and sauteed garlic notes and tropical fruit nuances of mango and passionfruit.

3-Mercapto-2-Methylpentanol has a very strong, sulfurous, onion type aroma. It is used in seasonings as a food additive, but not used as a fragrance. It is recommended to be smelled in a 0.10 % solution or less due to its strength.

Mercaptan is the main odor constituent added to assist in the detection of natural gas (which in pure form is odorless), and the "smell of natural gas" is due to the smell of the mercaptan thiol used as the odorant.

β-Mercaptoethanol Is an extremely strong and persistent aroma that has all the basic rotten-egg sulfur-stink notes. It is an extremely intestinal and skunk-like odor.


Mercaptoacetic Acid has an ugly, sharp, acrid, skunk smell with plenty of endurance.


Allyl Mercaptan has a high strength, sulfurous and alliaceous, sauteed onion and garlic aroma with roasted, grilled and charred meaty nuances. It is used as a flavor additive and is described as alliaceous onion, garlic and leek with meaty bouillon savory nuances.


Benzyl Mercaptan has a high strength, sharp, alliaceous, sulfuraceous, onion, garlic, horseradish aroma with mint and coffee notes. It is a flavoring and is described as a green, leek, horseradish, cabbage, tomato and coffee flavor.


Butyl Mercaptan has an extremely strong, fetid, extremely foul-smelling odor, commonly described as "skunk" odor. It is structurally similar to several major components of a skunk's defensive spray but is not present in the spray itself. The scent of butyl mercaptan is so strong that the human nose can easily detect it in the air at concentrations as low as 10 parts per billion. Used as a flavor additive, it has a sulfureous, vegetative, savory meaty, garlic and onion taste.


Ethyl Mercaptan has a high strength, sulfurous, skunky odor with a slight fruity note.


Ethylene Mercaptan has a very high strength, sulfurous, skunky odor with a slight meaty note. It is so strong, it is recommend smelling it in a 0.01 % solution or less.


Furfuryl Mercaptan has a very strong, oily, fatty, roasted coffee, sulfurous skunky odor with a burnt match note. Used in flavorings, it is described as a sulfurous, roasted coffee, burnt match-like, rubbery, and slightly nutty flavor with eggy and savory meaty nuances.


Methyl Mercaptan has an extremely strong, sulfurous, decomposing cabbage, skunky aroma. It is used in flavorings and is described as sulfurous, alliaceous and creamy with a surface-ripened cheese topnote and a clean savory meaty depth.


Phenyl Mercaptan has a high strength, meaty, repulsive, penetrating, garlic, sulfuraceous odor with a rubbery, allicious backnote. Used in flavorings it is described as a meaty, phenolic taste with a burnt rubber sulfureous nuance.


Propyl Mercaptan has a high strength, alliaceous, natural gas, sweet onion, cabbage odor.


Thenyl Mercaptan has a high strength, roast coffee, fishy aroma. It is used as a flavoring agent where it has the flavor of coffee.

The spray of skunks consists mainly of low-molecular-weight Mercaptan thiols and their derivatives.

3-Methyl-1-Butanol has an aroma that is slightly onion with gasoline, kerosene, rubber or burnt oil overtones.


Nepetalactone has a valerian odor that is generally considered unpleasant by humans. It has a compound that resembles a component of a female cat urine odorant thought to mimic sex communication pheromones. It is one of the main attractants and stimulants in catnip which, when inhaled, incites wild play behavior in many cats (i.e., gets them 'stoned'). It has also been shown to be an active repellent for cockroaches, and recent tests on yellow fever mosquitoes showed that it was 10 times more of an effective repellent than DEET (N,N diethyl-m-toluamide), the most popular synthetic insect repellent.

Propanethiol has a high strength, alliaceous odor of cabbage, sweet onion and natural gas. It belongs to the group of thiols. It is colorless with a strong, offensive odor.


Thiophenol is the extremely potent, extremely persistant, foul-smelling, pure essence of burning rubber



these seem like good terpenes to start with.

 

[Lester Beans]

My farm is lousy with skunks. Whatever they are packing it is STRONG! The old RKS was loud as hell, same smell almost to a tee. Once again my dog avoided the spray again last night. Whew close one!