Pinene
Pinene is a cut branch — dry and resinous. Camphene is the forest floor after rain, with camphor in it.
View terpeneCamphene smells like a damp forest floor: fir needles, wet wood, a trace of camphor underneath. It gets confused with myrcene constantly, and honestly the two are easy to mix up in a jar — camphene is the colder, sharper of the pair.
About Camphene
It doesn't push the experience in a clear direction, which is why it sits in the balanced column. Camphene rarely leads a strain. Its job is to make the woody terpenes around it read as forest rather than furniture.
At 159°C / 318°F it's mid-range and reasonably durable. Its real problem is the company it keeps: dry hot, lose the myrcene sitting alongside it, and what's left reads harsh rather than woodsy. Camphene isn't unpleasant — it just needs the rest of the profile to make sense.
Terpene Data
Chemical FormulaC₁₀H₁₆
Boiling Point159°C / 318°F
EffectBalanced
AromaDamp, woodsy, fir needle, camphor
Surviving the Dry
159°C
Most volatile (100°C)Most heat-tolerant (230°C)
Middling. It survives a careful dry and quietly disappears from a hot one.
Medical Benefits
Also Found In
- Camphor
- Cypress
- Valerian
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
High in These Strains
Ghost OG
Commonly Confused With
Humulene
Humulene is dry and hoppy; camphene is cold and medicinal. If it reminds you of a chest rub, it is camphene.
View terpeneEucalyptol
Both go cold in the sinuses and both get called medicinal. Camphene is damp and woody; eucalyptol is clean mint with nothing earthy in it.
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