Lavender has high amounts of the terpene linolol that is why you get that happy feeling. Other strains I have run across that were like that grrr brain fart lol and you know this since your from S. Africa is Durban Poison.
Linolol, I am committing that to memory for sure!!! Hey, notice how it's go a laugh in it's name even: Lino(lol)
Ah don't get me started on Durban Poison :/ What I find incredibly interesting is: It does not exist except OUTSIDE of South Africa. If you have ever seen the weed in Durban, my gods... I have been hunting the mythical DP for more than a decade, and I am still to find it.
I think it's like my buddy with his strain named after a region in South Africa, but it was built up off Dutch genetics with a quick BX into Swazi. GREAT reefer, but hardly any roots in S.A... I'm running it right now will get you some pics up.
The biggest clue I have to go on as far as DP goes is the 'anise' flavour, which is trademark of the Port St John's area in the Transkei, which can sometimes have a minty smell and flavour on top of the aniseed. But the funny bit here, to me, is that is NOT the high-grade TK reefer at all. That's the very bushy leafy one. The badass TK is quite fruity with a heavy layer of spice on top. The true taste of good weed from S.A is black pepper.
Another good candidate for DP is herb from Valley Of A Thousand Hills and the Drakensberg. But none of the ones I have gotten my hands on fit the full DP profile. I truly believe it was a TK cross made by some clever man in Durban, but using a lot of oldschool Dutch genetics as the base of it all. Perhaps an accidental pollination. And as far as my knowledge on the topic goes, the entire DP line was taken to Holland as a few seeds found in a bag. Kinda like Soma's NYC Diesel, which was a bagseed then built up into an incredible line and named after the city in which it was acquired.
All I know for sure is Durban Poison is not from South Africa at all mate... I am still on the same mission to figure it all out.
I need to learn about breeding. Time for South Africa to show what it can REALLY do using only landraces from around here. There are quite a few good breeders here now, but very few of them are South Africans. Greenhouse Seeds has been hard at work here, as has Barney's Farm. I do believe the former actually owns land in the Transkei, but this is an unverified rumour...