It's been a while since I've done a review. A friend was making a big order off Enigma and asked if I wanted to pitch in and I took the occasion to sample some of Enigma's wares to see what all the hype is about.
MOM Name: Enigma Extracts
Overall rating out of 10: 9/10
Sign Up: N/A
Ordering & Pricing: Talked to him on Discord to get a sense of what I should try based on my preferences. Went with his suggestions.
Communication: Enigma is a very nice guy, always joking and trolling around on Discord, despite never having ordered from him, I've had a lot of interactions with him over time. Always quick to reply, very helpful, 10/10
Packaging: PEANUTS!!! Perfect packaging, big box full of packing peanuts. He took time to separate my order from my friend's, each labeled and vac-sealed individually. A humidity pack in the weed would have been nice but I'm nitpicking at this point.
Products / Photos:
Strain Fidelity: First time having that strain but it's a cross of Blue Dream and White Widow. Can't say I recognize any of the two taste-wise.
Size of buds: 10/10 This ain't flower, but as you can see from the picture, these are some heavy duty boulders.
Bag Appeal: 10/10 Absolutely gorgeous. Big fat and hard diamonds in a very moderate amount of sauce. The sauce is thick and didn't even move during transport. Color is rich and nice. Diamonds themselves are very pale. A thing of beauty.
Cure & Humidity: N/A
Smell Intensity: 10/10 Most extracts tend to have very moderate nose, this is strong and very fruity, smells amazing.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 5/10 High Cannabinoid extracts are always kinda harsh, but I couldn't take a draw from this without coughing. The vapor is suffocating right from the start, not just on exhale. I've had worse, but it's not exactly a pleasant "smoke".
Burn: N/A
Taste Intensity: 7.5/10 The contents being mostly diamonds which look pretty "pure", the taste isn't overwhelming but it's present on inhale and exhale, very very fruity and sweet.
Taste Complexity: 7/10 It's a bit of a one trick pony, sweet fruit, tiniest amount of floral... but it's hard to enjoy when you're coughing your lungs out.
Buzz Intensity: 7.5/10 About what I expect from an hybrid. Didnd't get me super stoned, but it was still a good hybrid buzz. Nice and clean.
Price: 70$/g (I paid less than that because I pooled up in a bulk order)
Value: ??? Hard to say, first time having actual boulders I know that shit takes time. I've had great HCFSE at 30-40$/g.. 70$ def feels a bit steep, but diamonds are a labor of love soooooo... ?
"A" Scale Rating: AAA+
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Strain Fidelity: Never had that strain. Definitely has a lime taste.
Size of buds: N/A
Bag Appeal: 10/10 The liquid in the cart is thick and has a nice pale color, it's translucent and has no weirdness to it.
Cure & Humidity: N/A
Smell Intensity: N/A
Harshness vs Smoothness: 10/10 This stuff is smooth as silk. I've smoked a few distillate carts and none of them were even close to as smooth as this. I can take a full 10s draw on my Pico, get a fat cloud and get zero coughing. Super nice.
Burn: 8/10 It does have a slight burn taste if I draw the whole 10 sec. I have my wattage set at the lowest that will produce vapor (which is 3.8w)
Taste Intensity: 9/10 Nice strong taste
Taste Complexity: 9/10 The lime terps are undeniable, it's a fresh citrusy slightly bitter taste that's almost exactly like actual lime. There is a slight kush/floral backdrop but it's almost completely dominated by the sweet sour lime tones. I'm not a huge fan of lime, but this is proper.
Buzz Intensity: 6/10 A bit of a letdown for me. The strain is supposed to be a 70% sativa and in my experience, hybrids hit harder than this. Kept reading about Discord users saying they were stoned on those carts after 2-3 draws... Well not me and I have a pretty low tolerance. On the first evening I must have smoked 30+ draws... Reached a plateau on the buzz at 5-6 draws maybe, all others had virtually no effect. Figured I had destroyed my tolerance in a single night, but smoking half a joint of flower still puts me on my ass at a buzz that's much more intense than what I can get from the cart. That said, it's a very nice mellow buzz, not a sleeper/downer, exactly what I was looking for for a quick hit in awkward places.
Price: Sells for 80$/each on the site, got it cheaper because bulk
Value: While 80$ for a cart is steep as fuck, carts that aren't distillate pretty much are inexistant on the market except this and a few other expensive options. I'd rather pay 80$ for this than 30-40$ for some shitty distillate that only makes me sleep and provides little buzz.
"A" Scale Rating: AAAA
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Strain Fidelity: Never had that strain. Looks like it's an OG pheno maybe? Definitely a unique smell.
Size of buds: 7/10 Some bigger ones (pictured are the 3 biggest), some smaller ones, nothing out of the ordinary
Bag Appeal: 7.5/10 Nothing about these buds screams. Bud size is pretty uneventful, colors are very green with ever so slight purples here and there, trim is nice, buds aren't leafy or compact (somewhere in between).
Cure & Humidity: 7/10 While the cure is good, they came in pretty dry. Enigma tells me it was their last quarter and that it sat for almost 2 weeks before being shipped (we paid with cash in mail). It was in a very thin mylar-style bag with no humidity pack (should have asked for one, didn't think to). Allbuds describes this as super sticky, not the case here.
Smell Intensity: Smell out of the bag was nice but not strong. Breaking the buds didn't release much more smell. Grinding it for max potential was still a bit uneventful, can definitely smell the terps but they are muted.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 9/10 Very good quality smoke, very smooth.
Burn: 9.5/10 excellent almost white
Taste Intensity: 7.5/10 The dryness took away from the experience a bit. The smoothness saved it. The taste is pretty tame, but it's good until the last puff in a joint, so can't complain.
Taste Complexity: 8.5/10 I expected way more pine, I can still taste it, but there's other stuff in the mix, some earth, some wood, bit of kush. Very nice taste, shame it wasn't fresher to get the full potential.
Buzz Intensity: 9/10 This is a sneaky one. It's smooth, which I usually get from weak potency strains, but it comes and hits you like a truck when you're done smoking the joint. Heavy body buzz mixed with a strong hazy headhigh. Perfect thing to bypass your evening and go straight to a 12h nap lol.
Price: 55$/Q on site, paid a bit less cause bulk
Value: The price is right
"A" Scale Rating: AAAA-
Incentive for Customers: None
Incentive for Review: None
Notes: N/A