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luv2fly

(2,486 posts)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:13 AM Dec 2020

Is it just me or does legal dope not smell like dope?

Back in the day of $30 ounces, and even as recently as a couple years ago buying weed on the black market, pot always had a smell that was uniquely its own. No matter the strain, open the baggie and the aroma was one that identified what you were smelling as pot. Fast forward to current days and legal weed, and the smell is nothing like the old days, and while I thought originally it was just me, a few friends and I were talking about this the other day and we all agreed. One of my friends chalked it up to current growing methods, which admittedly I know very little about, yet I long for the days when pot smelled like pot.

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Is it just me or does legal dope not smell like dope? (Original Post) luv2fly Dec 2020 OP
I believe you are reminiscing about what we called Phoenix61 Dec 2020 #1
I thought it was just my 70 year old nose. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #2
The prices are going down shanti Dec 2020 #9
You're smoking the wrong pot. 5X Dec 2020 #3
It doesn't seem as musty nowadays. Hoyt Dec 2020 #4
I think it"s the same, cilla4progress Dec 2020 #5
Yeah the smell of a chocolate bar or a gummy just isn't the same luv2fly Dec 2020 #6
Me, too - cilla4progress Dec 2020 #7
I remember when it was $10 an ounce (or lid), and... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #8
yeah I remember scoring a lid for 10$ as well...lot of stems and seeds. samnsara Jan 2021 #12
I miss the seeds, though... AmyStrange Jan 2021 #13
Curing and feeding sigpooie Jan 2021 #10
i grow my own and I cure it with a small slice of Cosmic Crisp apple so its got a nice sweet scent.. samnsara Jan 2021 #11

Phoenix61

(17,690 posts)
1. I believe you are reminiscing about what we called
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:17 AM
Dec 2020

Colombian Gold which had a sweet, appley with a hint of musk smell. Sinsemilla, both legal and illegal, smells like a Christmas tree. I think it has something to do with jacking up the THC levels because the new stuff is waaaay stronger.

safeinOhio

(34,143 posts)
2. I thought it was just my 70 year old nose.
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:22 AM
Dec 2020

The legal stores here have cranked the price up $350 or more an Oz. A neighbor came by last week and needed some money for a trip and sold me one for $75. Every bit as good as the store bought. Now I'm good for months.

shanti

(21,718 posts)
9. The prices are going down
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:57 PM
Dec 2020

for flower in NorCal. Lots of places selling .5 oz for ~$60. I guess more people are growing their own.

cilla4progress

(25,956 posts)
5. I think it"s the same,
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 12:25 PM
Dec 2020

and it's part of its comeliness.. comehitherness... much preferred to edibles for just that reason: STANK!

luv2fly

(2,486 posts)
6. Yeah the smell of a chocolate bar or a gummy just isn't the same
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 12:45 PM
Dec 2020

Not to mention my experience is that edibles are useless but I'm glad other people enjoy them.

cilla4progress

(25,956 posts)
7. Me, too -
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 12:48 PM
Dec 2020

very strange. The first several edibles affected me strongly, but now I hardly feel anything from them!

Maybe need to up my dosage.

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
8. I remember when it was $10 an ounce (or lid), and...
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 02:31 PM
Dec 2020

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I agree, a lot of it today does smell different.

ETA: Although, the exhale smoke still smells the same to me.
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AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
13. I miss the seeds, though...
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 07:17 PM
Jan 2021

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Now you have to buy them if you want to grow pot. On average, about $10 for a sensimilla type seed that's guaranteed to be female, and isn't that ironic?
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samnsara

(18,290 posts)
11. i grow my own and I cure it with a small slice of Cosmic Crisp apple so its got a nice sweet scent..
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 04:27 PM
Jan 2021

...but it still smells a LOT like pot. The only store bought I have are some sativa pre-rolls and they smell ok

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