SMELL WORD · FRESH AND CLEAN
Herbal
Leafy aromatic herb and dried-plant directions.
Spanish (pilot): Herbáceo · pending native-speaker review
herbal · green · cool · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Cultural ReferencePeppermintminty · cool · sharp · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: SourceBasilgreen · herbal · aromatic · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Cultural ReferenceEucalyptusaromatic · green · sharp · cool
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Fragrance ReferenceLavenderaromatic · floral · herbal · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Herbal ReferenceChamomileherbal · soft · floral · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / ExperienceBlack Teadry · warm · aromatic · tannic
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / HerbRosemaryherbal · resinous · green · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / HerbSageherbal · dry · green · earthy
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / HerbThymeherbal · green · dry · savory
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Mixed BotanicalFresh Herb Bundleherbal · green · fresh · aromatic
Open entry →Herbal in SmellBook Learn
- Green and Herbal · Smell Vocabulary word pair
Close words
Easily confused with
- How do green and herbal differ? (SmellBook Learn)
SmellBook uses “herbal” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.
Often used with herbal
- Green: 7 of 11 entries
- Dry: 6 of 11 entries
- Fresh: 5 of 11 entries
- Cool: 3 of 11 entries
- Woody: 3 of 11 entries
- Floral: 2 of 11 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:herbal · This record and its links as data (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Herbal (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:herbal. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/herbal
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.