Terpinolene
The names are one letter apart and the smells are not: terpineol is heavy lilac and leans calming, terpinolene is bright pine and leans energizing.
View terpeneTerpineol is lilac and lime blossom — sweet, floral, faintly soapy in the way good soap is soapy. It's also in pine and eucalyptus, which is strange company for a flower note, and it's part of why some pine-forward strains have an unexpected sweetness underneath.
About Terpineol
It's calming, and it very often travels with pinene — worth knowing, because pinene is alerting. A strain carrying both can feel like it's arguing with itself, and terpineol is usually the half that wins as the high settles.
At 218°C / 424°F terpineol is one of the most heat-tolerant terpenes here, second only to geraniol, and it will survive almost any dry you put it through. The catch is what it survives alongside. Lose the lighter terpenes around it and terpineol's soapiness stops being an accent and becomes the whole smell.
Terpene Data
Chemical FormulaC₁₀H₁₈O
Boiling Point218°C / 424°F
EffectCalming
AromaFloral, lilac, citrus blossom
Surviving the Dry
218°C
Most volatile (100°C)Most heat-tolerant (230°C)
Among the most heat-tolerant here — usually still in the jar when the lighter notes have gone.
Medical Benefits
Also Found In
- Lilacs
- Pine trees
- Lime blossoms
- Eucalyptus
High in These Strains
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Commonly Confused With
Linalool
Linalool is lavender, clean and single-noted. Terpineol is lilac with a citrus-blossom edge behind it.
View terpeneNerolidol
Both calming florals. Nerolidol brings wood; terpineol does not.
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