The 30-second version: THC tells you how strong a product is. Terpenes tell you what it actually smells and tastes like. They're the natural aroma oils in the plant: the same stuff that makes lemons smell like lemons and pine trees smell like pine.
Every strain has a terpene profile: out of dozens of possible terpenes, two or three show up biggest, and that combo is most of what your nose notices. Strains with the same top trio tend to smell alike, even when their names are completely different.
The profiles on this page are the most common top-3 combos in Florida right now. The spider chart is a picture of the mix: each spoke is one terpene, and the farther the shape stretches toward a spoke, the more of it.
How to use it: find a strain you already like on the dashboard, look at its profile chip, then tap that same profile here to see everything in stock that smells like it.
Mini glossary
- Terpene
- A natural aroma compound. Limonene smells like citrus, myrcene like earth, caryophyllene like black pepper, linalool like lavender, humulene like hops, terpinolene fresh and herbal, pinene like pine.
- Terpene profile
- The full mix of terpenes in a product, measured by a lab as percentages.
- Dominant terpenes
- The 2-3 biggest ones in the mix: what your nose mostly notices.
- Profile (here)
- A recurring top-3 combo we've named, like Gas. Same trio = smells alike.
- Spider chart
- The shape drawn over the spokes. Stretched toward a spoke = more of that terpene.
- Vibe chip
- The simpler one-terpene label (like Earthy & Mellow) used when a product only has partial lab data.
- COA
- Certificate of Analysis: the lab report dispensaries publish. It's where all these numbers come from.