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Although for many years I preferred the strongest of Indicas (Diablo OG, Big Daddy Purple, etc.), I took a two-year abstinence period to lower my tolerance as part of my ascetic lifestyle, and when in late 2015 I started toking again, for some unknown reason, I developed a passionate love of Sativas, yet only like Indicas. As before, my tolerance has slowly risen again, but I am moderate in my use and it pays off. I usually only need a bowl or two to get nice and toasty. I've heard it said that you can never get the same high you had when you first experienced it. "That will always be a carrot on a stick." And I believed it too, as I had never again an experience so vibrant, emotionally intense and almost hallucinogenic. That beautifully euphoric and perpetually distant high is gone forever . . . at least, that's what I thought. And then I smoked a single, average-sized bowl of Mr. Nice, two or three medium-sized hits from my sectional metallic pipe. Having waited impatiently all day to smoke, having read so many good things about the strain, I set the pipe down and seriously beginning to feel dismayed. Nothing! Not even a buzz. Dejectedly, I began grinding another bowl to try again. "What a rip-off! More like Mr. Not-So-Nice," I was thinking. And then, less than a second later, I was *LIT*. And I mean lit like napalm. For a moment I forgot what I was doing as the sound of "Because I Got High" from my laptop faded into the background and I could hear my heartbeat as loudly as a Pioneer speaker, it was all I could do to keep from bursting into laughter. It's a highly euphoric, head/body mixture high that can be VERY strong depending on how much you smoke. It's the closest I've ever felt to the very first time I experienced getting stoned. I *highly* recommend the slightly-sweet, subtle yet powerful scented super nice strain to anyone. It really *is* nice! The high lasted quite a bit longer than many other similar Indicas, too, at approximately 3.5-5.75 hours (average of the seven times I smoked it the last three days). It made me actually reevaluate my favorite sub-species (Indica vs Sativa). And unlike many strains, I have very minimal cotton mouth! =)

As far as experience goes, I've used Cannabis since '96 (I was 16), so I guess around 21 years. As a little background info, let me say that I prefer Sativas almost all the time, although I'm not adverse to Indica. I just like the head trip associated with Sativa. Ironically, it is what helps my anxiety most, more than the body high of Indicas. So my mom always gives me a bit of her medicine when she goes to the dispensary (no pot shops in Cali, yet), and when I get some I help her out. Today she gave me some Faceoff, and was ok with it, but would've preferred some Blue Dream or even a nice hybrid, but once I saw the SIZE of the bud (singular) she pulled out, I was shocked. It was the size of a baseball and so crystal-packed I could see the reflection of my face! xP The aroma is just as Leafly describes: the basic Indica "spicy/musty" type smell and some hints of lemon. But it's the *taste* that's really special. It tastes indescribably delicious. As far as the effects, let's just say that I'll be revising my view of Indicas; I'll probably be experimenting a lot more with them, even though Sativas are my favorite. This strain went right to my head, and within 5-10 minutes I was a zombie, but a clear-thinking, very euphoric, relaxed zombie. My anxiety had vanished and been replaced by the belief that I understood the Universe a little bit better. In conclusion, the meaning of life is *not* 42 after all; it's Faceoff. x)