The curious person's guide to cannabis — the language, the science, and the stories behind the plant.
Cannabis sativa — field studyThe number on the jar is the least interesting number on the jar.
THC percentage tells you one thing about one molecule. It doesn't tell you what was tested, which batch you're holding, or what's actually in your hand. Cannascenti teaches you to read the rest. Read the label guide →
Every entry describes what's been recorded about a cultivar across sources — the reference story, not a lab test of your jar.
02 / KNOW THE NAMES ↗Explore recorded names, aromas, and lineages. Understand what a record can tell you — and what only your batch's lab report can.
03 / KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SMELLING ↗Sixteen aromatic compounds, from myrcene to nerolidol — what each one smells like, and where else in nature you'll meet it.
Three ways to use what Cannascenti knows — in the shop, in a conversation, or side by side.
Photograph a product label — we read the strain name and the terpenes, then explain what the label is actually telling you. Your photo never leaves your phone.
02 / ASK MARY JANE ↗Mary Jane explains cannabis terminology in plain language — and points you back to the recorded reference entries behind her answers.
03 / COMPARE TWO STRAINS ↗A sample comparison — King Louis XIII next to SFV OG — showing how recorded lineage, terpenes, and aromas stack up. No rankings, no winner, no promises.
What's actually on the label. The real THC math. Terpenes, the part everyone skips. How to read a COA in five minutes — and the five questions that make any budtender's day.
Read the guide ↗THC and CBD are the famous two. Meet the other four you’ll find on lab reports — THCV, CBN, CBG, and CBC — what they are, where they come from, and what the research has actually recorded.
Read the guide ↗Sixteen aromatic compounds — what each one smells like, where else in nature you'll meet it, and what a recorded terpene profile can and can't tell you.
Open the glossary ↗Breeding basics like backcrossing and phenohunting, seeds vs. clones, germination, the grow cycle, and equipment — what growers actually record, in plain language.
Start growing ↗How edibles are made, how to read an edibles label, and how onset and duration are generally described — label literacy, never dosing advice.
Explore edibles ↗Device types, how to read a vape label, and the recorded production methods behind the oil — what to look for, and what to ask.
Explore vapes ↗Recorded terpenes
Recorded aromas: Berry, Sweet, Blueberry, Herbal.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
Recorded terpenes
Recorded aromas: Earthy, Pine, Woody, Diesel, Lemon.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
Recorded terpenes
Recorded aromas: Earthy, Pine, Woody, Spicy.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
Lineages Mikey has personally confirmed, most recent first — recorded reference entries, each carrying his name because he checked the cross himself.
Blueberry × Haze
REVIEWED ↗Haze × (Northern Lights #5 × Shiva Skunk)
REVIEWED ↗Chemdawg × Super Skunk
REVIEWED ↗South African landrace sativa — inbred/stabilized selection; brought to the US/Europe in the 1970s by Ed Rosenthal
REVIEWED ↗Skunk #1 × Northern Lights #5 × Haze
REVIEWED ↗Sunset Sherbert × Thin Mint Cookies
REVIEWED ↗Y Life (Cookies × Cherry Pie) × Snowman
REVIEWED ↗Lemon Skunk × Cheese
REVIEWED ↗Wedding Cake × Gelato 33
REVIEWED ↗Triangle Kush × Animal Mints
The newest reference entries in the library, most recent first.
Recorded terpenes
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Recorded aromas: Not documented.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Recorded aromas: Not documented.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Not documented in this record.
Recorded aromas: Not documented.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Not documented in this record.
Recorded aromas: Not documented.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
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Not documented in this record.
Recorded aromas: Not documented.
Lineage reviewed by Mikey
Six print-ready pages from a decade behind the counter: a terpene wheel poster, a label-reading guide, a concentrate comparison, and a cannabinoid quick chart. Print at 100% and put it on the counter.
Digital download · yours to print and keep at the register.
Cannascenti was created by a cannabis retail veteran who's answered the same questions thousands of times: What's actually in this? What am I smelling? How do I know what's good? This site is the honest answer — a reference library for the curious, built on the belief that better questions make information more useful.
Mary JaneCannascenti's AI guideFull page ↗Education only — no medical advice or purchase recommendations.
