But let’s see how I intend to use the terpenes as part of the art installation and experience. First of all, here is a list of the 15 terpenes of popular marihuana strains that will be integrated in the 50 Shades of Green project, straight our of the amazing Cali Terpenes collection:
- Amnesia
- Orange turbo
- Jamaican Dream
- Girl Scout Cookies
- Critical
- Sour Diesel
- OG Kush
- Grapefruit OG
- Blackberry Kush
- Lavender
- AK 47
- Pink Plant
- Cheese
- Tangie
- Black Dream
Cannabis terpenes, as all other terpenes, are highly volatiles, and their smell would fade in less than half hour, if used in a pure form. For this reason, following the advice of Cali Terpenes, I’ll be using the terpenes mixed with neutral essential oils for aromatherapy, so they will hold longer on fabric – but not that long, just a few hours. This is why I have already planned to spray the cannabis terpenes on the shades 3 times a day: in the morning right after the opening of Canapa Mundi, around lunchtime, and at mid-afternoon. It will be kind of a performance act.
Also, the scent produced by terpenes is pretty intense and pervasive – for this reason, and always with the precious advice from out technical partner friends from Barcelona, it would have been an olfactory mess if I placed too many terpenes in a small space. To bypass the problem of oversaturation of terpenes, the olfactory strategy we sorted out is to include one terpene every 8 shades or so, and to use no more than 5 cannabis terpenes at the time in the 50 Shades of Green tunnel. And, since I have 15 terpenes available for the installation, I will use 3 different daily “menus” of marihuana scents, one for each day of the exhibition at the trade show.
I’m still figuring out the right terpenes sequence, and the daily menus, but I will share the results from the tests soon on this blog. Stay tuned for more info on the cannabis terpene experience, and thanks again to Cali Terpenes for the support!