SMELL WORD · FRESH AND CLEAN
Citrus
Bright peel-like freshness ranging from juicy to bitter and aromatic.
Spanish (pilot): Cítrico · pending native-speaker review
citrus · bright · bitter · green
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Fragrance ReferenceBergamotcitrus · green · aromatic · bright
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: SourceLemon Zestcitrus · bright · sharp · bitter
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / FoodGrapefruit Peelcitrus · bitter · bright · sharp
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Prepared StateFresh Orange Juicecitrus · juicy · fresh · sweet
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Prepared StateLemonadecitrus · fresh · sweet · tangy
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Cultural ExperienceDish Soapclean · fresh · citrus
Open entry →Citrus in SmellBook Learn
- Citrus and Fresh · Smell Vocabulary word pair
Close words
Easily confused with
- Is citrus a kind of fresh? (SmellBook Learn)
SmellBook uses “citrus” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.
Often used with citrus
- Fresh: 6 of 7 entries
- Fruity: 4 of 7 entries
- Bitter: 3 of 7 entries
- Green: 2 of 7 entries
- Sweet: 2 of 7 entries
- Tangy: 2 of 7 entries
Counts of Atlas entries described by both words. They show how SmellBook's entries use the vocabulary, not how people perceive smells, and they change as entries are added. All counts (JSON)
Permanent identifier smellbook:descriptor:citrus · This record and its links as data (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Citrus (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:citrus. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/citrus
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.