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SMELL WORD · ANIMAL, MATERIAL AND LIVED-IN

Fabric

Textile, laundry and soft-fiber smell directions.

Spanish (pilot): Textil · pending native-speaker review

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SMELLS DESCRIBED AS FABRIC23
Smell entry · Type: Cultural / ProductClean Linen

clean · airy · soft · fresh

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / ExperienceFresh Laundry

clean · soft · airy · fresh

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / Cultural ReferenceCotton

soft · clean · dry · fabric

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / StateWet Wool

damp · animalic · soft · warm

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / ExperienceFresh Towels

clean · soft · warm · fresh

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentHotel Room

clean · soft · fabric

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentVintage Clothing Shop

fabric · dry · dusty · aged

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTrain Carriage

fabric · metallic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentAirplane Cabin

dry · clean

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTaxi Interior

fabric · plastic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Object / ExperienceBeach Towel

fabric · salty · warm

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentSports Hall

rubbery · warm

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentBus Interior

fabric · rubbery

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTram Interior

metallic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Object / Seasonal ExperienceWinter Coat

fabric · dry · warm · stored

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / Product ExperienceFresh Carpet

fabric

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Textile / ExperienceFresh Bedsheets

clean · soft · fabric · fresh

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Textile / State ExperienceIroned Shirt

fabric · warm · dry · clean

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Object / Weather ExperienceRaincoat

wet · cool

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Object / State ExperienceUmbrella After Rain

wet · fabric · metallic · cool

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Object / Personal ExperienceBackpack

fabric · paper · stored

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentLaundromat

clean · warm · humid · fabric

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Material ExperienceNew Furniture

woody · fabric

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Close words

Same family: animal, material and lived-in

All smells in the animal, material and lived-in family

HOW SMELLBOOK USES THIS WORD

SmellBook uses “fabric” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.

Often used with fabric

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:fabric · This record and its links as data (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Fabric (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:fabric. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/fabric

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30; changed in the first of two dataset releases of 2026-10-01 (localized names).