Using your sense of smell to identify the weed names needs some practice, and it’s not something that you can learn overnight or in a day. With adequate practice, you might be able to identify quite well to an extent. Some weed strains has a very distinctive odor and if you are a regular smoker you can pretty easily find out what strain it is based on the smell alone.

On the other end of the spectrum, there are many people who argue that there is such a lot of diversification in weed strains these days that it’s far-fetched to conclusively identify the strains using your nose alone.

On a wider note, it might need just a little bit of practice to distinguish between the Sativa and Indica varieties. Cannabis Sativa varieties are notorious for being very pungent smelling with odors varying from fruity and sweet to earthy with diesel fuel undertones. On the contrary, Indica varieties have a musty and skunky aroma. The distinction in the odor lies in what is usually called their terpene profiles. Once you familiarize yourself with the various terpenes present in weed, it is quite easy to find out what strain you are smoking depending on the smell alone.

If you are trying to find ways to identify weed based on its smell, this article can help you to an extent. We have listed down the names of 10 weeds that you can assume based on its smell.

1. Lemon Haze: The characteristic smell of Lemon Haze makes it absolutely easy for you to identify it if you’ve smoked it for a couple of times. It’s characterized by the smell of freshly peeled lemon slices and the taste is also similar to that of a lemon. This weed variety smells like a lemon haze with a sweet uplift.

2. Chemdawg: You can smell this weed strain even if you are a mile away with its lemon-like sour odor, with spice and dense earthy scents. It has a unique diesel-like aroma that is sharp and pungent.

3. Blueberry: If you are a seasoned smoker, you should be able to identify this smell easily. With the unique blueberry smell that’s distinctive to this weed strain, you can feel the taste in your mouth when you smell it. It’s that easily identifiable.

4. Trainwreck: With an unmistakably pungent and very piney odor and undertones of pepper and lemon, you can identify this weed variety right with its smell if you experience smoking it a couple of times.

5. Cherry AK: It’s probably the most distinctive and sweet smelling weed. With its bold cherry aroma, you can say its name even from a distance.

6. Green Crack: This variety has a fruity and tangy smell (because of which it is also called Mango), making it easy for experienced smokers to find out the strain based on only the smell.

7. Jack Herer: The tropical frost smell is so strong that you can never go wrong in detecting the variety if you have experience smoking this weed.

8. White Widow: White Widow cannabis leaves the room smelling so very fruity and danky that within no time you can spell out its name.

9. Super Kush: The floral and earthy smell of Super Kush with pine hints makes it an easily identifiable weed name.

10. Flowerbomb Kush: If you smoke Flowerbomb Kush, the room will soon be filled with rose and orange aroma over a warm, spicy and earthier Kush background. Soon, you can get its name merely with the smell.

Try identifying these weed names with the smell we’ve described here. If you know of more such varieties that can be identified based on smell, share your views in the comments section below and let our readers know.