Terpenes

Terpenes are organic compounds found in the essential oils of plants, including cannabis.  They are what give cannabis different scents, benefits, and effects.  Terpenes are made in the trichomes of the plant, which typically present themselves in cannabis as sticky, mushroom-shaped fibers.  Different strains of cannabis have different terpenes. In fact, there are over a hundred different terpenes currently identified in cannabis, with research continually being done to help categorize terpenes and identify their differentiating factors.