Sorry if I replied so late, I lost access to the net for a while. When you water cure a bud, you loose more than just the bag appear, you loose all taste as well. Now if smoking a little clorophil is not your thing and it makes you cought like hell, than I think you will like water cured bud. But make no mistake about it, even a bag of skunk will not smell at all. There will be no flavor whatsoever either. It takes away alot of stuff like clorophile, left-over nutes but also whatever chems that make the bd taste/smell good. The water cured bud I tried could almost be smoked in a public place and most will only think I am smoking a regular cigarette .... it's good if you are at work I guess.