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Cinderella 99 Shop

Comparison

Cinderella 99 vs Durban Poison

Durban Poison is a pure sativa from the South African port city of Durban; Cinderella 99 is a sativa-dominant hybrid that Brothers Grimm released in 1999.1,2 Leafly users report energetic, focused effects for both, and in state lab tests the median THC was 22.31% for Cinderella 99 and 19.45% for Durban Poison.1,3,4

Side by side

Cinderella 99Durban Poison
TypeSativa-dominant hybrid3Pure sativa1
OriginBred by Mr. Soul, Brothers Grimm Seeds; released in 19992Durban, South Africa1
Median THC (state lab tests)22.31% (598 tests)19.45% (528 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.48%–24.15%17.33%–21.99%
Median THC, Maryland tests only22.53% (523 tests)21.23% (123 tests)
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests with individual terpene values (5)Terpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)
Most-reported effectsEnergetic, uplifted, focused3Focused, energetic, uplifted1
FlavorCitrus, grapefruit, flowery3Pine, earthy, sage1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Cinderella 99 vs Durban Poison

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Cinderella 99 Cinderella 99: median 22.31%, middle half 19.48%–24.15%, 598 tests 22.3% n=598 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Where the two meet

Brothers Grimm sells Durban Thai × C99 seeds.5 In our lab data, the largest group of near-miss names we excluded from Cinderella 99 was "49 DURBAN x CINDY 99" (84 tests).4

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Durban Poison strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Brothers Grimm Seeds, Cinderella 99 feminized seeds. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Cinderella 99 strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Brothers Grimm Seeds, Brothers Grimm Seeds: seed catalog. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.