COMPARE TWO SMELLS

Fresh Milk vs Yogurt

Both are dairy smells. Fresh Milk is milder and softer, while Yogurt adds cultured tang and a slightly sour character.

Fresh Milk

A mild creamy dairy smell with soft, fresh and lightly sweet associations.

dairycreamysoftfresh

Type: Food / Experience

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Milk white
Texture: Smooth liquid
Temperature: Cool

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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Yogurt

A cool cultured-dairy smell with creamy, tangy and lightly sour associations.

dairycreamytangycool

Type: Food / Experience

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Yogurt white
Texture: Thick smooth cream
Temperature: Cool

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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In the evidence

Named for both: No molecule is named in the evidence for both.
Only Fresh Milk: γ-dodecalactone, γ-nonanolactone (γ-nonalactone)
Only Yogurt: 2-butanone, diacetyl (2,3-butanedione), acetaldehyde, acetoin, acetone

Molecules named by VERIFIED claims about each entry, in the roles the claims give them. Sharing a molecule does not make two smells alike, and an entry with none named may simply have less evidence so far.

Side by side: Fresh Milk and Yogurt

What SmellBook records about Fresh Milk and Yogurt
Field	Fresh Milk	Yogurt	Shared
Record	SB-0121 · smellbook:smell:fresh-milk	SB-0122 · smellbook:smell:yogurt	Not compared
Character EDITORIAL	Fresh milk has a mild, creamy smell with a soft sweetness and a clean, cool finish.	Yogurt smells cool, creamy and tangy, with a light sourness that sits on top of a soft dairy base.	Not compared
Smell words EDITORIAL	dairy, creamy, soft, fresh	dairy, creamy, tangy, cool	dairy, creamy
Families EDITORIAL	Temperature and texture, Fresh and clean	Temperature and texture, Sweet, fruity and floral	Temperature and texture
Met in EDITORIAL	No setting linked	Kitchen	None shared
States	fresh (editorial)	None recorded	None shared
VERIFIED evidence VERIFIED	1 claim from 1 source	1 claim from 1 source	Not compared
Molecules named in claims VERIFIED	γ-dodecalactone, γ-nonalactone	2-butanone, 2,3-butanedione, acetaldehyde, acetoin, acetone	None shared
History	None linked yet	None linked yet	Not compared

What SmellBook records as different

Words: soft, fresh only for Fresh Milk; tangy, cool only for Yogurt.
Families: Fresh and clean only for Fresh Milk; Sweet, fruity and floral only for Yogurt.
Settings: none only for Fresh Milk; Kitchen only for Yogurt.
Molecules named in claims: γ-dodecalactone, γ-nonalactone only for Fresh Milk; 2-butanone, 2,3-butanedione, acetaldehyde, acetoin, acetone only for Yogurt.

What is not known

How similar the two smell to any one person: SmellBook records no measurement of similarity between smells.
Whether the two were ever studied together: their claims come from separate studies unless a source is named for both.

This table compares what SmellBook records about each smell. Rows marked EDITORIAL come from editors' descriptions and links; rows marked VERIFIED come from VERIFIED claims, each resting on a registered source; a claim that could not be checked against the source text says so on its own page. It is not a similarity score: SmellBook shows no percentage or distance between smells.

STATUS

Editorial comparison based on the current public profiles, not a live similarity score.