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O.G. Kushhybrid4 sources
Durban Poisonlandrace2 sources · disputed
Fire OGhybrid2 sources · disputed
F1 Durbhybrid1 source · disputed
F1 Durbanhybrid2 sources · disputed
Fire OG BX3hybrid2 sources · disputedPheno of Fire OG
Animal Cookieshybrid3 sources
SinMint Cookieshybrid3 sources
Animal Cookieshybrid3 sources
Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)hybrid1 source

Parents

Sources name different parents — 2 versions recorded.

VERSION 1 · 3 SOURCES

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Shown first: named by 3 sources; the next version has 1.

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Animal Mints

aka animal mintz

Cookies/Bakery
11 back12 forward

Ancestor of 2018 strains

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Partly confirmed

2 of 3 parent claims are corroborated by independent sources; the rest rely on just one.

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Children

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Wedding Cakehybrid242 descendants
Kush Mintshybrid151 descendants
Animal Facehybrid8 descendants
Animal Cookieshybrid2018 descendants
The Soaphybrid6 descendants
Pablo's Revengehybrid6 descendants
Alien Mintshybrid2 descendants
Triangle Mintshybrid293 descendants
Gelato Mintzhybrid0 descendants
Animal Treehybrid0 descendants
Giraffe Puzzyhybrid0 descendants
Cake Mintzhybrid0 descendants
Ice Cream Cakehybrid61 descendants
Cap Junkyhybrid9 descendants
Apple Fritterhybrid35 descendants
Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)hybrid2018 descendants
Gush Mintshybrid10 descendants
Blue Zushihybrid4 descendants
Georgia Piehybrid19 descendants
Gelato Cakehybrid0 descendants

1,998 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of Animal MintsStrongest: Herbaceous, Earth.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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8 sister strains

Breath Mintshybridhalf sisterModified Mintshybridhalf sisterDouble Myntzhybridhalf sisterAnimal Mints #15hybridhalf sister1 descendantDosi Mintshybridhalf sisterGrape Mintshybridhalf sisterLemon Shortbreadhybridhalf sisterMint Chip Gelatohybridhalf sister