Onion
A sharp, pungent and savoury bulb smell that changes dramatically when cut, cooked or browned.
pungentsharpsavourysulfurous
- Type
- Source / Food Experience
- Color
- Onion white
- Texture
- Crisp layers
- Temperature
- Fresh to warm
COMPARE TWO SMELLS
Onion vs Garlic
Both are pungent, sharp, savoury and sulfurous. Onion is sweeter and more tear-sharp when raw; garlic is heavier and more lingering, with a hot, clinging edge.
Garlic
A strong savoury, sulfurous and pungent food smell that changes dramatically when cut or cooked.
pungentsavourysharpsulfurous
- Type
- Source / Food Experience
- Color
- Warm ivory
- Texture
- Fresh clove
- Temperature
- Warm
In the evidence
- Named for both
- No molecule is named in the evidence for both.
- Only Onion
- 3-mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol
- Only Garlic
- None named.
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.
Editorial comparison based on the current public profiles, not a live similarity score.