Cream Mandarine XL Auto & Jack 47 Auto

The Cream Mandarine XL Auto is very strong in effect, at least from the bigger coco plant. It seems to have more of a sativa effect. It's very subjective, I don't have a lot of experience with sativas and I think I personally don't notice them so much at lower levels when the effects are less physical than indicas, it's just what I am used to. However it doesn't take a lot of this stuff, and I get type of high that can leave me wondering from room to room, wandering "what did I come in here for?" going round in circles literally and mentally. When I did have a lot of it, I got to a point where I had red glassy eyes and said some of the daftest things I ever have to my wife, and ate way too many Christmas goodies. The compost version really does smell like mandarins, more of a planty orange smell than a sweet fruity one, but it does smell delicious. It's not very strong in odour. I want to save it and cure it to make the most of it. I had a quick taste but it wasn't much beyond hay at that point. The coco version on the other hand smells very strongly. There is a background orange note similar to the compost version, but on top of this is a much stronger heavy stench that I can only really describe as cannabis. I'm sorry that isn't very useful but it's all I think of when I smell this. It reminds me of some of the strong smelling UK black market weed I used to buy in the early noughties, and opening the jar is quite nostalgic for me actually. I'm hoping it might become a bit more orange in the cure but I don't mind. Flavour wise, there is quite a strong and distinct taste I am struggling to put into words too. It doesn't quite taste of citrus fruit, as it's not sweet like that. A bit woody maybe, like orange ganja potpourri?