SMELL WORD · TEMPERATURE AND TEXTURE

Waxy

Wax, honey and soft lipid-like material smell character.

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

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SMELLS DESCRIBED AS WAXY3

Smell entry · Type: Material / ProductCandle Wax

waxy · soft · warm · muted

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Natural ProductHoney

sweet · floral · warm · waxy

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Cultural EnvironmentOld Church

woody · waxy · dry

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Close words

Same family: temperature and texture

All smells in the temperature and texture family

HOW SMELLBOOK USES THIS WORD

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

Often used with waxy

Warm: 2 of 3 entries
Dry: 1 of 3 entries
Floral: 1 of 3 entries
Smoky: 1 of 3 entries
Soft: 1 of 3 entries
Sweet: 1 of 3 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:waxy · This record and its links as data (JSON)

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

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).